* Jerusalem to be officially recognized as Israel in US passports The move marks a departure from historical State Department policy regarding Jerusalem in American passports.
* Abbas to UN: Convene an international peace conference Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called on United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold urgent consultations on convening an international peace conference, the Xinhua news agency reports.
* U.N. Chief Demands Respect for Muslim World as Protests Erupt over ‘Inflammatory’ Cartoons The chief of a U.N. anti-extremism body expressed “deep concern” Wednesday as Muslims around the world reacted to cartoons featuring Mohammed, saying “insulting religions and sacred religious symbols provokes hatred and violent extremism.”
* Offensive Charlie Hebdo cartoon pushes Turkey-France tensions into overdrive. “Macron is against Muslims. He is sowing seeds of hatred,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday of his French counterpart.
* Hezbollah threatens Sudan over ties with Israel Hezbollah has condemned reports that Israel and Sudan could normalize ties.
* The Abraham Accords as an Impetus to Rehabilitate Western Civilization Biblical morality, which can also be called Abrahamic morality, was born in Mesopotamia and from there spread west.
* Former Prime Minister of Malaysia: ‘Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people’ Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.
* A New Nuclear Deal with Iran? How then can the United States get around the Iranian regime's adamant opposition to any restrictions on its nuclear or missile ambitions and secure a sound nuclear deal?
* These new totalitarians now want to police what we say around the dinner table. This is Soviet-style denunciation, 2020-style The Scottish government is planning a new law that allows people who use language deemed to be abusive or hateful in their homes to be prosecuted.
* China’s digital yuan aims to halt US ‘dollarisation’, boost retail payments, ex-central bank governor says Former central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan says China’s digital currency aims to push back against US dollar hegemony and boost retail payments.