Federal authorities have deported a Jordanian national caught attempting to cross the U.S.-Canada border earlier this month, citing concerns over his potential ties to terrorism. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Lynden, Washington, near the northern border. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed Wednesday that Albana was expelled from the United States on November 15. ICE has not disclosed the exact timeline or details of how or when Albana entered the country but stated that his removal was part of an ongoing effort to protect national security. “ERO Seattle is committed to the removal of noncitizens who pose a risk to the national security of the U.S.,” said Drew H. Bostock, ICE Seattle Field Office Director.

Donald Trump’s drive to upend the FBI was welcomed by Republican senators although it was not clear on Sunday how strongly members of the incoming majority party would embrace his move to install ally Kash Patel as the next director of the Justice Department’s top investigative arm. Patel, a onetime national security prosecutor who is aligned with the president-elect’s rhetoric about a “deep state,” “must prove to Congress he will reform & restore public trust in FBI,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in line to be the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman when Republicans take control in January, in a post on X.

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, the 22-year-old terrorist accused of a shooting spree targeting an Orthodox Jewish man on the way to shul on Shabbos morning, Chicago police officers, and paramedics in West Rogers Park, has been found dead in Cook County Jail, officials said. His death is believed to be a suicide by hanging. The visibly Jewish victim, who was wearing a yarmulka and a tallis, was walking in the 2900 block of West Farwell Avenue on October 26 when Abdallahi fired at him from behind. Prosecutors said the Jewish man heard the gunshot and felt pain in his shoulder but did not realize he had been shot until noticing a hole in his jacket. Surveillance footage captured Abdallahi firing at the victim and then running away while attempting to clear a jammed semi-automatic pistol.

A Jewish student from the United States living in Ireland was severely assaulted last month in Dublin in what authorities are investigating as a possible antisemitic hate crime, The Irish Times reported Saturday. The attack occurred on November 9 when three men confronted the victim, who was wearing a Star of David necklace. According to the report, one of the men asked if he was Jewish. After confirming he was, the men attacked him, causing a concussion before security intervened. One suspect has been arrested, and prosecutors are reportedly considering hate crime charges. Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, Dana Erlich, condemned the attack, citing an “alarming increase” in anti-Israel rhetoric in Ireland, which she said often “mutates” into antisemitism.

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They are at an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics. The negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024. But with time running out early Monday, negotiators agreed to resume the talks next year. They don’t yet have firm plans.

Dean Sweetland casts his gaze over a forlorn street in the Israeli community of Kibbutz Malkiya. Perched on a hill overlooking the border with Lebanon, the town stands mostly empty after being abandoned a year ago. The daycare is closed. The homes are unkempt. Parts of the landscape are ashen from fires sparked by fallen Hezbollah rockets. Even after a tenuous Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire designed to let Israelis return to the north, the mood here is far from celebratory. “The ceasefire is rubbish,” said Sweetland, a gardener and member of the kibbutz’s civilian security squad.

Heavy snowfall and numbing temperatures kept parts of the U.S. in a deep freeze Sunday as the Thanksgiving holiday weekend draws to a close. Despite the Arctic-type weather, however, snowmobilers and skiers are reveling in their respective wintry terrains, and weather forecasters gave possible good news ahead of the NFL game in Buffalo. In the remote Tug Hill region of upstate New York, where lake-effect snow off Lake Ontario can dump several feet of snow at a time, there was up to 46 inches (117 centimeters) in the Barnes Corners area. “We just keep digging out,” Kevin Tyo, a local businessman, said Sunday.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed multiple pieces of legislation aimed at enhancing public safety, including a law that classifies the removal or threat of removal of religious clothing as a hate-fueled crime. The new legislation, signed this week, amends existing state law to define the removal or threat of removal of religious attire, such as a yarmulke or hijab, as aggravated harassment in the second degree. “Public safety is my top priority, and I’m committed to using every possible tool to keep New Yorkers safe,” Hochul said in a statement. The move comes amid a rise in incidents involving religious clothing. One recent example occurred on Staten Island, where a man’s yarmulke was knocked off his head in an apparent hate crime. The incident took place on Nov.

Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Friday, further raising tensions over Tehran’s program as it enriches at near weapons-grade levels. The notice from the International Atomic Energy Agency only mentioned Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5% purity, far lower than the 60% it currently does — likely signaling that it still wants to negotiate with the West and the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) on Motzei Shabbos issued a warning about the escalating threat of terrorism against Israelis and Jews in Southeast Asian countries, especially Thailand. The NSC stated that “intelligence indicates that the ‘terrorist infrastructure’ responsible for the murder of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, H’yd in Dubai on November 21, is planning additional terrorist activities, according to assessments from all relevant security officials in the Southeast Asian arena, particularly in Thailand.” “In light of the increasing threat, the National Security Council recommends that all Israelis staying in Southeast Asian countries adhere to the following recommendations: 1. Avoid going to places associated with Israel/Jews. 2.