Amsterdam

An explosion lightly damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early today, an incident the city’s mayor called “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community” that will trigger tighter protection for synagogues and other Jewish institutions. The blast struck the school in an upscale residential neighborhood on the south side of the Dutch capital. It scorched an exterior wall and damaged a rainpipe, authorities said. No injuries were reported. Mayor Femke Halsema said the city is treating the incident with the utmost…

Snowfall from Storm Goretti forced hundreds of flight cancellations in Paris and Amsterdam and snarled ground transport across parts of Western Europe, stranding passengers and disrupting supply chains as authorities warned residents to stay home and avoid icy roads. Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest hubs, said at least 700 flights were canceled because of snow and high winds after days of weather-related disruption. More than 1,000 people spent the night at the airport, which set up camp beds and…

AMSTERDAM — A massive fire gutted one of Amsterdam’s best-known 19th-century churches during a New Year’s Eve marked by two fireworks deaths and what the Dutch police union called “unprecedented” violence against officers and emergency crews nationwide. The blaze broke out in the early hours at the Vondelkerk, a neo-Gothic landmark that has stood beside the city’s Vondelpark since 1872 and is a frequent stop for tourists. Amsterdam officials said the church’s 50-meter (164-foot) tower collapsed and the roof was badly…