A 30-year-old Moroccan man was arrested in Naples by DIGOS police for allegedly planning an attack on the city's Jewry, police announced on Wednesday. A seguito di indagini svolte dai poliziotti della #Digos di Napoli, con supporto #Dcpp, arrestato un giovane originario del Marocco per terrorismo internazionale di matrice islamica #essercisempre #22gennaio https://t.co/RJOw1WQNZq#essercisempre #22gennaio— Polizia di Stato (@poliziadistato) January 22, 2025The man is accused of terrorism and is believed to have membership in ISIS. The suspect's social media account reportedly revealed that he planned to obtain a knife to carry out the attack.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visits Lebanon on Thursday in the first trip to Beirut by Riyadh's top diplomat in 15 years, seeking a commitment to reform as the Gulf state reasserts sway in a country where Iranian influence is waning.The visit by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud reflects seismic political shifts in Lebanon since Israel pummelled the Iran-backed Hezbollah in last year's war, and since Hezbollah's Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels in December.Prince Faisal is expected to meet Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun and its Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam. Both took office this month, marking a new phase for a country that has been mired in financial crisis since 2019 and is now facing a reconstruction bill of billions of dollars.Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, Prince Faisal said Saudi Arabia regarded the election of a Lebanese president after a vacuum of more than two years as extremely positive. He expressed hope that a new Lebanese government would be formed "in the not too distant future"."We will need to see real action, we will need to see real reform, we will need to see a commitment to a Lebanon that is looking to the future, not to the past, in order for us to raise our engagement," he said.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin told Interim Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit that he would do everything in his power to ensure Amit would not be appointed for the role of chief justice until the existing allegations against him had been cleared, Israeli media reported on Wednesday evening. "I will do everything in my power to ensure that you are not appointed before the claims against you are clarified regarding a conflict of interest," Levin reportedly said.Reports also added that Levin said Amit "should voluntarily step aside and request that these claims be investigated before the vote on appointing the chief justice."

Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest after winning Channel 12's Rising Star with her rendition of Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall.