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Police gather at the crime scene after a man stabbed a woman and attempted to stab others in central Sydney on August 13, 2019, before being pinned down by members of the public and detained by police. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)
August 13, 2019, 9:28 am
Knife-wielding man injures 1 in Sydney stabbing rampage; body found
Attacker shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ in center of Australian city, 2nd woman found dead in related slaying; attacker has no terror links but may have ‘related ideologies,’ police say
By Agencies and TOI staff
Illustrative: Police man a checkpoint in the Sydney inner suburb of Surry Hills on July 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/William West)
May 2, 2019, 12:48 pm
Sydney jury convicts machete stabber of terrorist act
Pharmacy student claims a jinn told him to carry out attack; prosecutors say he was a radicalized Islamic State supporter
By AP
A swastika spray-painted on a mural at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 10, 2019, 2:37 pm
20 swastikas spray-painted near Bondi Beach in Australia
Head of local Jewish group calls graffiti near popular Sydney beach an ‘expression of blatant racism,’ while mayor vows to ‘stand united against anti-Semitism’
By Michael Bachner
New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House, during the fireworks show on January 1, 2019. (PETER PARKS / AFP)
December 31, 2018, 9:56 pm
Revelers the world over begin to welcome in 2019
Sydney hosts city’s largest-ever fireworks show, Dubai to attempt longest-ever pyrotechnic display, as cities around the world ready for a night of New Year’s celebrations
By Glenda Kwek
Illustrative: A man plays a song on a guitar on the Sydney Harbor in front of the iconic Opera House on May 11, 2016. (AFP/SAEED KHAN)
December 4, 2018, 1:34 pm
Australian arrested for fake terror plot in love spat
Arsalan Khawaja apparently convinced police his colleague was embroiled in plan to attack Malcolm Turnbull, Sydney Opera House; false accusation motivated by dispute over woman
By Daniel DE CARTERET
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to media after the official opening of the refurbished ANZAC Memorial in Sydney on October 20, 2018 (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
October 20, 2018, 2:02 pm
Australia government loses crucial vote, leaving Israel embassy move in doubt
Result in by-election snuffs out coalition’s one-seat majority, sends country into period of political instability, diminishes prospects of mission relocating to Jerusalem
By AFP and TOI staff
Newly elected leader of the Liberal Party, Scott Morrison addresses media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Aug. 24, 2018 (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 20, 2018, 4:56 am
Australia gov’t braces for defeat in vital by-election marked by Jerusalem offer
Loss will leave PM without parliamentary majority; he floated idea of moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in apparent attempt to woo Jewish voters
By AFP
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media in Canberra, October 17, 2018. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 19, 2018, 11:50 am
‘Desperate’ times for Australian government as crunch election looms
Loss of by-election in heavily Jewish Sydney suburb of Wentworth, where former envoy to Israel Dave Sharma is running, could cost Liberal party its parliamentary majority
By AFP and TOI staff
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media in Canberra, October 17, 2018. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 17, 2018, 2:41 pm
Australian parliament debates fallout from possible embassy move to Jerusalem
PM Scott Morrison tells lawmakers that support for two-state solution is ‘very clear,’ while support for Israel is ‘very, very clear’
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Undated picture of Lisa Jackson Pulver, a Jewish member of the Aboriginal tribe called the Wiradjuri. (From 'Hand in Hand: Jewish and Indigenous people working together' by Anne Sarzin and Lisa Miranda Sarzin.)
September 3, 2018, 7:25 pm
Aboriginal Jewish woman appointed deputy vice-chancellor at University of Sydney
Former synagogue president Lisa Jackson Pulver, who converted to Judaism in 2004, was first in her family to enter tertiary education
By henry Benjamin
Ilan Buchman and Oscar Shub at their wedding at Sydney's Emanuel Synagogue on May 2, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 16, 2018, 6:34 pm
Couple holds Australia’s first same-sex Jewish wedding
Ilan Buchman and Oscar Shub tie the knot at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue 5 months after country legalized gay marriage
By JTA
Screen capture from video of recovery efforts after six people died when a sea plane crashed into the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2017. (YouTube)
December 31, 2017, 1:58 pm
Six dead after Sydney seaplane crash
Tour aircraft plunges into river, killing all on board; unconfirmed reports say four passengers were British nationals
By AFP and TOI staff
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan speaks to the media about a North Korean agent in Sydney on December 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)
December 17, 2017, 7:43 am
N. Korea ‘agent’ charged over missile tech sale plot in Australia
Police say Australian national was in touch with senior officials in Pyongyang, worked to boost regime’s ballistic missile program
By AFP
Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk at the police headquarter in Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
August 22, 2017, 6:56 am
Lebanon says four nationals behind failed plot to down plane in Australia
Suspects hid bombs inside a large Barbie doll and a meat grinder but failed to get them onboard aircraft after bag deemed overweight
By Bassem Mroue
An architect’s rendering shows the synagogue building that a Chabad affiliate, Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, hoped to build near a popular beach in Sydney, Australia. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe)
August 10, 2017, 6:59 pm
Australian group to resubmit plans for Sydney synagogue
Waverley council affirms security arrangements can be found for house of worship to be built near Bondi Beach
By henry Benjamin
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