Jerusalem Controversy

Russia has ended lockdown restrictions in Moscow after two months of stay-at-home orders and has eased travel curbs. Meanwhile, Brazil now has the second-highest number of cases after the US. Follow DW for the latest. Moscow ends lockdown restrictions and travel curbs More than half the residents of the hard-hit Italian…

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that took place on October 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshipped in the building, was…

Coronavirus: The consequences for tourism German government extends worldwide travel ban The beaches of the world people dream of, like here on Ko Phi Phi in Thailand, will have to do without German tourists. The German government has extended the travel warning for tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic for…

In Monty Python’s “Life of Brian,” a Jewish rebel leader sarcastically asks “what have the Romans ever done for us?” – only to be forced by his bumbling acolytes to acknowledge a laundry list of the empire’s achievements: aqueducts, sanitation, education and so on. The fictional People’s Front of Judea…

Wilson's Arch excavation area.(A) Map of the old city of Jerusalem and the location Wilson's Arch. Copyrights: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2020. (B) An artistic reconstruction of the Temple Mount in the time of Herod the Great (1st century AD). The arrow points to the arch known today as Wilson's Arch.…

In Monty Python’s “Life of Brian,” a Jewish rebel leader sarcastically asks “what have the Romans ever done for us?” – only to be forced by his bumbling acolytes to acknowledge a laundry list of the empire’s achievements: aqueducts, sanitation, education and so on. The fictional People’s Front of Judea…

Three people could stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from annexing all or part of the West Bank a month from now. And the three do not include Defense Minister Benny Gantz or Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, the leaders of the Kahol Lavan party, who so far have evinced near-total submission…

Residents of Bamenda in Cameroon's troubled northwest region are torn between insecurity and the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Some say they prefer the crisis to the virus. Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's northwest region, has been at the heart of a three-year conflict between Cameroon government troops and armed…

Toyko is bringing back some lockdown measures, urging people to stay home after a spike in cases. Elsewhere, former high-ranking politicians have called for a G20 summit to help poor countries. Follow DW for the latest. The number of global deaths now stands at 375,208 with over 6 million confirmed…

With foreign tourists not visiting Cambodia, an increasing number of people find it difficult to make ends meet. Experts say the tourism industry will take years to revive. Ate Hoekstra reports from Siem Reap. It's been two months since Horn Bo took passengers to Angkor Wat. Like many other Cambodians,…