Near Lake Maggiore in northwestern Italy, 14 people were killed and one child was injured at Mottarone mountain on May 23 when a cable car fell 65 feet after a cable snapped. Five of the passengers were Israeli; the rest were Italian.

According to investigators, a towing cable broke and the car’s emergency brake failed, causing it to speed backward and fall off of the support cables. Investigators determined that the brake had been disabled due to a maintenance issue, but the...

At press time, active COVID-19 infections had been confirmed in 192 countries and territories, with more than 149.8 million cases and, resulting from those, more than 3.1 million deaths.

Numbers of new cases of COVID-19 were rising in nearly every country in the world. During the week of April 11-17, there were 5.2 million confirmed cases worldwide, the most recorded during a one-week period. The number of deaths has also been rising worldwide but at a much slower rate than infections...

Nationalist Israeli and Palestinian protesters clashed in East Jerusalem on April 22, causing injuries to at least 100 people. The clashes occurred after days of counterprotests between the groups, who began throwing bottles and rocks at each other as police worked to keep the groups separate.

Tensions have been rising in East Jerusalem, which is occupied by Israel but considered an integral part of any future independent Palestine. In April, there was an uptick in reports of attacks...