AROUND THE WORLD

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD (JTA)

Egypt and Jordan agreed to return their ambassadors to Israel, but did not say when.

A group of U.S. lawmakers called on Saudi Arabia to stop distributing anti-Western and anti-Semitic propaganda in the United States.

A Russian Jewish journalist called on President Vladimir Putin to break his silence on a controversial TV show.

Syria said it would buy apples grown by Arab farmers in Israel’s Golan Heights.

A murder suspect pleaded guilty Monday in Toronto to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of an Orthodox Jew.

An Iraqi politician who drew criticism for visiting Israel lost two sons to assassins.

Slovak lawmakers overwhelmingly voted against a government proposal to decriminalize Holocaust denial.

Israel is honoring an Italian man who saved thousands of Jews during World War II.