The Economist piece, titled 'why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,' triggered blazing criticism on social media, as local rights groups issued denunciations

Meeting on margins of security conference comes as Russia seeks allies around the world to counter what Putin described as Western hegemony and neo-colonialism amid Ukraine war

Athletes from Israeli European Championships team visit Olympic Park in Munich when banned straight-armed gesture made, police say; suspect banned from all further events

PM says history will not forgive PA leader, Yad Vashem Chair Dani Dayan calls comments new low, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is 'disgusted,' saying, 'relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable'

PA president says Holocaust is 'the most heinous crime in modern human history,' and he had no intention to deny the genocide; clarification allegedly made after correspondence with Gantz and his office

Yosef Fitoussi says Nathan always said 'God chose us to make Aliyah,' and loved Israel; parents said they haven't spoken with the soldier who shot their son, but that he was Nathan's friend and visited his home many times

Both countries will return ambassadors in first since 2018 in a move that will 'contribute to deepening ties between the two peoples, expanding economic, trade, and cultural ties, and strengthening regional stability,' PM's office says

Suspects arrested on suspicion of gathering information about security facility where one of them works and handing documents over to foreign agent in Egypt; two released to house arrest