A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has threatening cultural loans between the two countries.

Back in February, the world raised an eyebrow as Egyptian Jamal Ibrahim named his newborn daughter “Facebook”, as a tribute to the role Facebook played in the revolution in Egypt.

A German court convicted John Demjanjuk for his role in the killing of 28,000 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, then set the 91-year-old free because of his age.

Joseph Merimovich, who led Israel to the Asian championship title in the 1960s, has died aged 86, the country's Football Association said on Thursday.

A former ballerina and her husband have left their comfortable lives in Tel Aviv to run a rehabilitation centre for sick and injured animals in the desert. Their philosophy is: if an animal can be saved it will be saved.

A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has threatening cultural loans between the two countries.

A German court convicted John Demjanjuk for his role in the killing of 28,000 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, then set the 91-year-old free because of his age.

The award, presented at a national tribute dinner May 5, was given to Cruise for his longtime support of the center and its Museum of Tolerance, the organization said.