Kremlin says separatists want Russian soldiers to repel 'Ukrainian aggression,' in possibly pretext for incursion; US official says Putin's troops as ready for assault as possible

France's Macron phones Putin in last-ditch effort to stave off open conflict; European Council chief warns West can't keep offering 'olive branch' to saber-rattling Moscow

Marine watchdog finds blue whiting fish floating off coast of Bay of Biscay; operators of Lithuania-registered trawler Margiris claim incident cause by tear in net

Terrorists are still hailed as heroic resistance fighters and Zionism is deemed racism; PA leaders defend curricula as authentic expression of 'narrative and national identity'

Margot Friedlander was arrested and sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1944, while her mother and brother perished in Auschwitz

Head of European Council says lessons of Holocaust 'more relevant than ever' as EU officials hold virtual meeting on combatting Jew hatred ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Correspondents Tal Schneider and Lazar Berman update us on a near-unprecedented UN resolution against Holocaust denial and aftershocks from the scandal-ridden submarine deal

EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels in effort to show 'unprecedented unity' in face of Putin's threats to invade Ukraine; Ireland says Russian war games not welcome off its coast

France, Germany, Italy and Spain say proposed Jewish neighborhood near Har Homa threatens viability of future Palestinian state

This year's 'Global Anti-Semitism Top Ten' includes the BBC, Germany and Jewish Voice for Peace alongside Iran and Hamas; German Jewish groups also condemn list