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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children play next to Sukkahs, a temporary structures built for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Jews this week will be celebrating Sukkot, a seven-day holiday intended as a time of joy

3:49 PM on Sunday, October 5

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway

Palestinian women bake bread in a clay oven, using plastic for fire, at a UN school used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

9:38 AM on Sunday, October 5

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza

Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla give the peace sign after arriving at Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel

7:08 AM on Sunday, October 5

Activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have complained of mistreatment by Israeli guards

Police remove a protester taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London Saturday Oct. 4, 2025. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)

UK says it will restrict repeated protests after 500 arrests at pro-Palestinian vigil

5:07 AM on Sunday, October 5

The British government says it will give police stronger powers to restrict repeated protests

Israel's Netanyahu says hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days,' as talks move to Egypt

2:21 PM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's Netanyahu says hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days,' as talks move to Egypt

People run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

What to know after Hamas welcomes US peace plan for Gaza

12:54 PM on Saturday, October 4

Both Israel and now Hamas have signaled support for the new U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza and release all remaining hostages there

People attend the annual thanksgiving celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Oct 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)

Thousands celebrate Ethiopia's thanksgiving festival

10:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

Bishop Yehiel Curry, who was recently elected as the first Black presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), poses for a photo, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Largest US Lutheran denomination installs Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

7:54 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination

FILE - A man stands next to flowers for the victims of a bombing at St. Ann's Square in central Manchester, England, May 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Manchester knows from bitter experience that it takes unity to survive a terror attack

6:06 AM on Saturday, October 4

Manchester is facing the latest tragedy to befall the city with a mix of defiance and shock

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators pass in front of Rome's Colosseum, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, during a march calling for an end to the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Marches in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid protest Israel's military campaign in Gaza

5:23 AM on Saturday, October 4

Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a massive show of growing international anger at the two-year war

A woman wears the flag of Israel wrapped over her back as she attends a vigil for the victims of the attack on at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

UK police given more time to question 4 suspects over deadly Manchester synagogue attack

5:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.K. police have been given extra time to question four people arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England

People attend a rally calling for the release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urges a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. ahead of the second anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days'

4:33 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's prime minister says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on a new U.S. plan to end the war

Elder Henry B. Eyring, bottom center, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other Church leaders raise their hands as part of a sustaining vote during the morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Mormon church leaders encourage forgiveness after Michigan attack

12:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has convened for its twice-annual general conference at a pivotal moment in its history

Young Jewish men attend a vigil for the victims of the attack on at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Manchester's Jewish community feels let down by Britain after deadly synagogue attack

3:52 PM on Friday, October 3

Hundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in the English city of Manchester

FILE - Rev. Gina Stewart preaches during church service at Rankin Chapel, April 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams, File)

First female Archbishop of Canterbury still an outlier among world's top religious leaders

3:21 PM on Friday, October 3

For the first time, a woman will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury, following the 105 men who have held the role since St. Augustine took that position in the year 597

A vehicle that was rammed into the building is surrounded by smoke as a firefighter works on the scene at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Lukas Katilius/The Flint Journal via AP)

'Drop it now!': Video shows Michigan church shooter was ordered to give up before he was killed

1:17 PM on Friday, October 3

Police in Michigan released brief bodycam video from the encounter with a mass shooter at a church last weekend

Young Jewish men attend a vigil for the victims of the attack on at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

One of 2 victims in Manchester synagogue attack apparently shot accidentally by police

2:58 AM on Friday, October 3

British police say one of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester may have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer

Police guard the scene of a stabbing incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, following Thursday's attack. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

What to know about the attack at a synagogue in England on Yom Kippur

8:16 AM on Thursday, October 2

A man drove a car into people and stabbed them outside a synagogue in northwestern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year

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