Rapper Macklemore has posted an apology on his website, saying he did not mean to mock Jewish people by wearing a costume that some say was anti-Semitic during a performance in the US.

Authorities in an eastern Polish city are trying to stop a funeral company from building a crematorium in the same neighbourhood as the former German Nazi death camp of Majdanek.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the summit of the Nonaligned Movement of mainly developing countries in Tehran next week despite strong opposition from Israel and Jewish groups outraged at Iran’s calls for the destruction of Israel, the UN announced today.

His fists clenched and muscles rippling beneath a tight blue suit, the yellow-caped character appears poised to take on evil-doers.

Adolf Hitler, for years a vessel of frustration in a popular internet video, was silenced by YouTube.

Pope Benedict XVI moved two of his predecessors closer to possible sainthood, signing decrees on the virtues of Pope John Paul II and the controversial Pope Pius XII – who has been criticised for not doing enough to prevent the Holocaust.

Argentina has thrown out Holocaust-denying British bishop Richard Williamson, saying he must leave the country in 10 days.

Mel Gibson’s latest apology drew mixed reactions from Jewish leaders, with some saying they were willing to help the actor address the anti-Semitic slurs he made during a drunken-driving arrest and others demanding proof of his repentance.

Mel Gibson said today he is not a bigot and he apologised to “everyone in the Jewish community or the vitriolic and harmful words” he used when he was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.

Russia has launched a satellite for Israel that the Israelis say will be used to spy on Iran’s nuclear programme.

A rare German gun that may have belonged to Adolf Hitler is commanding $13,000 (€10,800) at an online auction today, but the price could at least treble before bidding closes on Thursday, experts predict.

POPE Benedict XVI won praise from Jews and respect from Muslims for his blunt warnings about the rise of anti-Semitism and terrorism in the world - issues that are likely to define his papacy and ones which he confronted head-on during his first foreign trip as pope.

WHITE-POWER groups are making a comeback in the US after losing support in the wake of the September 11 attacks on Washington and New York.

A Jewish leader met with Vatican officials to ask them to publicly restate church teachings on Jesus’ crucifixion, saying Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ, contradicts the Roman Catholic Church’s repudiation of the charge that the Jews killed Jesus.

JEWS and Christians who fear Mel Gibson’s epic on the crucifixion of Jesus will fuel anti-Semitism are planning lecture series and other programmes to try to mute the film’s impact.

Jews and Christians who fear Mel Gibson’s epic on the crucifixion of Jesus will fuel anti-semitism are planning lecture series, interfaith talks and other programmes to try to subdue the film’s impact.

REPRESENTATIVES of two Jewish groups who attended screenings of Mel Gibson’s forthcoming film, The Passion of the Christ, said it contained offensive stereotypes about the Jewish role in the crucifixion.

Representatives of two Jewish groups who attended screenings of Mel Gibson’s forthcoming film, The Passion of the Christ, said it contained offensive stereotypes about the Jewish role in the crucifixion.

EC President Romano Prodi insisted today that two leading Jewish organisations retract accusations of anti-Semitism before plans for a joint seminar on the issue can get back on track.