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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…

North Western State of Somalia’s president says Israel has recognized the breakaway republic, a move he casts as both a moral reckoning and a strategic recalibration in one of the world’s most contested maritime corridors. In a statement published Thursday, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdilahi (Cirro) wrote that Israel extended recognition on Dec. 26, framing it as a response to shared history and aligned security interests along the Gulf of Aden. The claim, originating from the president’s account of events, puts fresh…

Two men were convicted of planning an Islamic State-inspired mass shooting against Jews in the Manchester area, a plot police say could have become Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack if not for an undercover operation that exposed it. A jury at Preston Crown Court found Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, guilty of preparing acts of terrorism between December 2023 and May 2024. Prosecutors said the pair intended to attack a mass gathering and then move on to north Manchester to kill more Jewish people, though no…