The far-right AfD party has its sights set on the next election, but all roads to the government go through Chancellor Fredrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance. Inside the AfD, members can't agree on how much it should change its ways in order to stay in the game

In Israel, news of the assassination attempt on Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of the late Yahya Sinwar, pushed Trump's high-profile Gulf visit off the front pages. While this would be a significant achievement for Israel, it could take months to verify if the attempt was successful

Yeshiva University's Aaron Koller will be the first Jewish Regius Professor of Hebrew. In his new role, Koller wants to promote the study of Hebrew texts over the thousands of years between the Hebrew Bible and the modern state of Israel