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Poland's second school knife attack in two days kills one, raises copycat fears

"We are facing an extraordinary situation... for the first time, we are dealing with a killer who wore a helmet-mounted camera, intending to film the knife attack," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Children look at the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, some 120 km north of Warsaw on October 7, 2026. Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland.
(Illustrative) A police officer stands guard near the site of a knife attack on the grounds of a Benedictine Sisters monastery that, as per local media, caused multiple casualties, in Jaroslaw, Poland, September 24, 2026.

Seven injured in Polish school knife attack, suspect reportedly detained

Democratic candidate for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed poses with union members from UAW Local 51 during the Labor Day Parade in Detroit, Michigan, US, September 7, 2026.

Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘genocide’ charge revives the oldest antisemitic libel - opinion

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-54 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 12, 2026.

Poland blames sabotage for fire at Starlink station providing Ukraine military with internet


Poland charges neo-Nazi linked teen over alleged plans to attack school, mosque

Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) said that his arrest came after the previously announced detention of two 16-year-olds he had been in contact with online neo-Nazi circles on Telegram.

In this photo illustration a smartphone screen displays the logo of social media app and instant messaging service Telegram, on February 19, 2026 in Bath, England; illustrative

Moscow summons British envoy over weapons supplies to Ukraine

Also on Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham interacts with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, during their visit to Portsmouth Naval Base to meet UK and Ukrainian troops, July 27, 2026.

Zelensky seeks stronger trade, security links through Carpathian Eight

The Carpathian Eight aims to reinforce regional trade and security cooperation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and other participants at the first-time Carpathian Eight Summit meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine, September 18, 2026.

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus was at Ukrainian station where Russia struck train, calls it an act of terror

“For those who have not been under fire, this was terrifying,” Petraeus told the New York Times on Sunday. “This is the act of a truly barbaric leader trying to terrorize Ukrainian civilians.”

Firefighters extinguish a car of a passenger train hit by a Russian drone strike at a railway station, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lutsk, Ukraine September 12, 2026.

Yehuda Widawski, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 107 on Rosh Hashanah

Born in Poland in 1919, Widawski was imprisoned with his family in the Lodz Ghetto following the Nazi invasion. He was later deported to Auschwitz, where he lost his parents and most of his siblings.

Yehuda Widawski.

'Senseless attack': Ex UK PM Johnson narrowly misses Russian attack on Ukraine-Poland railway

"I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning," Johnson wrote, adding that civilians endure similar strikes every day.

Aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Lutsk Saturday, 12th September 2026, 17:49

Russia hits truck near Polish border in latest strike near NATO

Russia has begun targeting Ukraine's border crossings with its Western allies in recent weeks, part of a growing campaign by both sides to erode the other's economic infrastructure.

Police officers of the "Military Gendarmerie" stand guard in an area near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland, 30 July 2026, where a flying object hit the ground and exploded in the early hours of the day, the fire service reported.

France's trade ban on Israeli settlements is political theater dressed up as int'l law - opinion

France is leading a push to restrict settlement goods, but the initiative faces serious questions over its legal force and compatibility with EU law.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting being organized by France and Saudi Arabia in support of a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel on September 22, 2025 in New York City.

Dozens of draft dodgers arrested at border crossings ahead of Rosh Hashanah Uman pilgrimage

The IDF confirmed that dozens of draft dodgers were arrested at border crossings over the past two days but did not provide an exact number or details about the detainees.

Jewish men in the street during Tikkun HaKlali near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, on eve of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 22, 2025.

Israel's settlement policy triggers trade restrictions from 12 nations, incl. Canada, France

The UK, Canada, France, and 10 other countries announced plans to impose national restrictions on goods from Israeli settlements, in a surprise coordinated move.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.