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FILE - Zaheerul Hassan Shah, the deputy chief of a radical Islamist party, speaks to his supporters during a gathering in Lahore, Pakistan, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistani court sentences cleric from banned party to 35 years for inciting violence

11:45 PM on Monday, December 15

Pakistani officials say an anti-terrorism court has sentenced a senior leader of a banned Islamist party to 35 years in prison for inciting violence

Rabbi Yossi Friedman speaks to people gathering at a flower memorial by the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, following Sunday's shooting in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group

8:01 PM on Monday, December 15

Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett says a mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State."

Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff (12) reacts after a touchdown against North Texas during the first half of the American Conference championship NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Tulane's 'Bayou Jew,' Jake Retzlaff, humbled by his CFP spotlight after his difficult BYU departure

5:47 PM on Monday, December 15

Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff recalls being “devastated” when it became clear last spring that he would be unable to play his final season of college football at BYU

Rescuers search for victims after a multi-story building that was under construction collapsed on a temple below it, near the town of Verulam, north of the east coast city of Durban, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo)

Death toll climbs to 5 in South African temple building collapse

12:00 PM on Monday, December 15

The death toll from last week's building collapse at a Hindu temple site in South Africa has risen to five

Rabbi Levi Shemtov speaks to the crowd before he lights the Menorah during the annual National Menorah Lighting in celebration of Hanukkah, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia

11:53 AM on Monday, December 15

Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security at public events following the weekend's mass shooting attack on a Hanukkah celebration on a beach in Australia

A 27-meter fir tree from the Ultimo valley in South Tyrol, Italy, is lit up as Christmas tree together with a crib in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican unveils Nativity scene, lights Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square

11:11 AM on Monday, December 15

The Vatican has unveiled its Nativity scene and lit the towering Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square

Ribbons representing lives saved from abortion according to Catholic organizations are seen on Nacimiento Gaudium, a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience led by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope denounces 'antisemitic violence' of Sydney attack as he thanks Christmas donors

7:18 AM on Monday, December 15

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the antisemitic violence behind the Sydney Hanukkah massacre

Number of people killed in Australian beach shooting rises to 16, New South Wales minister says

12:31 PM on Sunday, December 14

Number of people killed in Australian beach shooting rises to 16, New South Wales minister says

A small Christmas tree is at the center of an abandoned holiday picnic at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

10:15 AM on Sunday, December 14

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a Sydney beach that killed at least 11 people an act of antisemitism and terrorism

Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Israel's Netanyahu lashes out while world shows shock and sympathy over Australia shooting

9:59 AM on Sunday, December 14

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized Australia's leader, linking calls for a Palestinian state to rising antisemitism

Palestinians pray during the funeral of Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades operatives, whose bodies are draped in the group's flag, killed in an Israeli strike Saturday, in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas confirms the death of a top commander in Gaza after Israeli strike

8:23 AM on Sunday, December 14

Hamas has confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City

Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families

5:12 AM on Sunday, December 14

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families

Shenna McClean lays flowers at a memorial at Sydney's Bondi Beach, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, a day after a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach

2:32 AM on Sunday, December 14

A child is one of at least 15 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches

Palestinians looks at a destroyed car following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel says it has killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza

9:35 AM on Saturday, December 13

Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south

Joel Bowman, left, takes the stand before Shelby County Judge James Jones III on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Man who opened fire outside his former Jewish school in Memphis avoids prison with guilty plea

12:30 PM on Friday, December 12

A Tennessee man who fired a gun at a contractor outside his former Jewish school in Memphis in 2023 has pleaded guilty

Tennessee man who opened fire outside his former Jewish school avoids prison by pleading guilty to assault

12:25 PM on Friday, December 12

Tennessee man who opened fire outside his former Jewish school avoids prison by pleading guilty to assault

Archaeologists clean and restore frescoes inside a 3rd-century tomb where a rare early Christian depiction of Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" was discovered, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Rare fresco of Jesus as the 'Good Shepherd' uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

7:37 AM on Friday, December 12

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a significant fresco of Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" from Anatolia's early Christian era

A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

10:21 PM on Thursday, December 11

Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates

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