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While 84% of the 502 adults surveyed in India felt a diabetes risk check was worthwhile even if they were healthy, only 14% believed they were likely to develop Type 2 Diabetes

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1440,w_2560/746230' alt='The IDF and ISA killed more than 10 terrorists throughout the week in the Gaza Strip (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)' title='The IDF and ISA killed more than 10 terrorists throughout the week in the Gaza Strip (photo cre

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1536,w_2048/746223' alt='Winter supplies enters the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Winter supplies enters the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' /><br />According to the IDF, thousands of additional tents

The 39th edition of IDFA – the world’s biggest nonfiction film festival – is underway in Amsterdam, gathering the documentary field’s top talents, Oscar seekers and emerging filmmakers with dynamic work. “It’s hectic, all the last-minute things,” artistic director Isabel Arrate Fernandez told Deadline just before the kickoff. “From the lineup competitions to

"War does not end for these women when the weapons fall silent," highlights director Elwira Niewiera, whose doc about women going through long-term therapy premieres at IDFA in Amsterdam.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/725404' alt='IDF SOLDIERS operating in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='IDF SOLDIERS operating in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' /><br />The pilot program will begin next week in the

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4620,w_6927/693177' alt='FEMALE IDF field intelligence collection soldiers S, D, and V in the Syrian buffer zone. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='FEMALE IDF field intelligence collection soldiers S, D, and V in the Syrian buffer zone. (phot

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_900,w_1600/746143' alt='Assorted weapons returned to IDF under its anonymous equipment return operation, November 11, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Assorted weapons returned to IDF under its anonymous equipment return operation

Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen has been the head of industry at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) for almost 20 years. Having selected thousands of projects for the festival’s renowned co-production and co-financing market, the Forum, she acquired a great understanding of what documentary audiences are looking for. According to the veter

Three Canadian filmmakers spent time in a secret training camp in the jungle for their Amsterdam documentary festival opening film.

Three Canadian filmmakers spent time in a secret training camp in the jungle for their Amsterdam documentary festival opening film.

It is only fitting that this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam kicks off on a Friday the 13th. The date, long associated with ideas of disruption, feels an apt omen for the current moment in documentary filmmaking. This year’s fall festival season was largely dominated by conversations on docs like Lance Oppenheim and Nathan […]

Boutique sales company Asian Shadows has acquired “Vertigo Garden,” the new feature from Chinese filmmaker and animation artist Lei Lei, ahead of its world premiere in the Envision Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). This is Lei’s second feature. IDFA has also nominated it for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award, [

Foundation Future Industries in discussions with Israeli military to deploy its machines in Gaza’s tunnels and potentially engage in combat

An Israeli soldier is expected to be charged with severely abusing a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee at an army post near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Israe...

EXCLUSIVE: Lightdox has acquired world sales rights to The Big Boom! ahead of its world premiere in the Frontlight section of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Swiss filmmaker Gabriel Tejedor directed the feature documentary that explores “the contradictions of a Bulgarian town pulled into Europe’s shifting geopolitical order, where arms p

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3415,w_5120/673967' alt='HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' /><br />The first bill woul

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3771,w_5657/745832' alt='Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, November 8, 2026. (photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90)' title='Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the West Bank city of

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_927,w_1231/745767' alt='Chinese Ambassador to Israel Xiao Junzheng speaks at the no-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership on November 5, 2026. (photo credit: Courtesy)' title='Chinese Ambassador to Israel Xiao Junzheng speaks at the no-Israel Gl

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5464,w_8192/745699' alt='Traffic moves on a rainy day in Tehran, November 8, 2026. (photo credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)' title='Traffic moves on a rainy day in Tehran, November 8, 2026. (photo credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)' /><

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_540,w_960/745646' alt='IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' /><br />The soldiers opened fire in accordance with the r

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1536,w_2048/745562' alt='Tents being brought into the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Tents being brought into the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' /><br />In addition to the tents and winter supplies, t

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3833,w_5600/744525' alt='Israeli soldiers deploy in the West Bank city of Hebron as Palestinian residents protest against their forced displacement from their homes amid an ongoing Israeli military operation and restrictions on movement in parts of th

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1066,w_1600/714931' alt='Golani Brigade troops conduct targeted activity in southern Lebanon. Image released April 6, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Golani Brigade troops conduct targeted activity in southern Lebanon. Image rele

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1706,w_2560/745432' alt='The military funeral of Hadar Goldin. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)' title='The military funeral of Hadar Goldin. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)' /><br />The IDF said the route ran more than 10 km beneath a dens

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/745428' alt='IDF finds rifles, rockets, explosives near UN positions in Lebanon. Image released November 8, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='IDF finds rifles, rockets, explosives near UN positions in Lebanon. Image rele

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/745385' alt='IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir and Mossad Director Roman Gofman. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir and Mossad Director Roman Gofman. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLAS

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822/735130' alt='Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026 (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)' title='Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv,

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4543,w_6814/714685' alt='Israeli soldiers seen in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanon border on March 22. Calling up highly skilled reservists from the tech and service sectors created a massive shortage of workers. (photo credit: JALAA MAREY/AFP VIA G

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3648,w_4719/740086' alt='IAI HERON MK II unmanned aerial system (photo credit: COURTESY IAI)' title='IAI HERON MK II unmanned aerial system (photo credit: COURTESY IAI)' /><br />An alert was sounded after a hostile aircraft intrusion was identified al

Wael al-Jabaa's home was demolished by the IDF after two Israeli soldiers were shot dead. He didn't know until afterwards that his son was one of the gunmen.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5464,w_8192/745049' alt='Jewish Israeli settlers are seen at a compound of eight houses near the Palestinian city of Jericho in the West Bank, November 5, 2026. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='Jewish Israeli settlers are seen at a compo

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3305,w_4958/745201' alt='Jews seen in the West Bank city of Hebron, during Shabbat Chayei Sarah celebrations, November 15, 2025. (Illustrative) (photo credit: WISAM HASHLAMOUN/FLASH90)' title='Jews seen in the West Bank city of Hebron, during Shabbat

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3821,w_5732/744093' alt='Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Tal Gal/Flash90)' title='Yisrael Beiteinu party chairma

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1066,w_1600/740457' alt='IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a conference of senior command staf at the Glilot IDF base on October 4, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1443,w_2041/609422' alt='The newest photo of Muhammed Deif (right) holding US dollars and a plastic cup of juice. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='The newest photo of Muhammed Deif (right) holding US dollars and a plastic cup of juice.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/744868' alt='IDF kills six terrorists in series of strikes near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, November 4, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='IDF kills six terrorists in series of strikes near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip,

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/744814' alt='Ayelet Kroizer. (photo credit: Screenshot/X/@Ayelet_Kroizer)' title='Ayelet Kroizer. (photo credit: Screenshot/X/@Ayelet_Kroizer)' /><br />IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin responded to the announcement with an urgent le

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2624,w_3936/489953' alt=' The Gaza border barrier; Illustrative. (photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS OFFICE)' title=' The Gaza border barrier; Illustrative. (photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS OFFICE)' /><br />Following the October 7 attack, the "

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2616,w_3924/744803' alt='IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='IDF Chief of Staff Eya

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1069,w_1600/726384' alt='IDF MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL Maj.-Gen. Itay Offir seen speaking at the Israel Bar Association's annual conference in Eilat, May 2026. (photo credit: Israel Bar Association)' title='IDF MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL Maj.-Gen. Itay

Les autorités ont évoqué un parcours "incompatible avec les contraintes de sécurité en vigueur" mises en place "dans un contexte social extrêmement tendu". L'organisation étudiante dénonce "une interdiction généralisée de manifester dans Paris".

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2871,w_4307/734476' alt='IDF soldiers in the West Bank. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='IDF soldiers in the West Bank. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />The security forces were working to halt illegal construction taking place within a closed military

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_900,w_1600/744536' alt='IDF infographic announcing the elimination of four Hamas military wing operatives in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='IDF infographic announcing the elimination of four Hamas military wing operati

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_998,w_1280/744534' alt='A photo of the SIGMA howitzer. (photo credit: ELBIT SYSTEMS)' title='A photo of the SIGMA howitzer. (photo credit: ELBIT SYSTEMS)' /><br />The Defense Ministry and IDF signed a 15-year, NIS 600 million agreement with Elbit Syst

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/744525' alt='Israeli soldiers deploy in the West Bank city of Hebron as Palestinian residents protest against their forced displacement from their homes amid an ongoing Israeli military operation and restrictions on movement in parts of the

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4000,w_6000/685590' alt='Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish reserve soldiers of the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip on June 26, 2025; Illustrative. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)' title='Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish reserve sol

BBC Sport's Kelly Cates and Micah Richards discuss how rounded Declan Rice has become in Arsenal's midfield, while Danny Murphy argues that if he was more selfish he would score more goals.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_797,w_1417/744487' alt='Weapons found inside a civilian home in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon by Israeli troops pictured in a photo shared on November 1, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Weapons found inside a civilian hom

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_853,w_1280/744498' alt='Former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi speaks at Shurat HaDin’s Third Annual Rage Against the Hate Conference on combating antisemitism in New York on November 1, 2026. (photo credit: Yuval Golan, Shurat HaDin Conference in New

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3551,w_5307/717489' alt='A HAMAS terrorist stands on a street during Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City. (photo credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)' title='A HAMAS terrorist stands on a street during Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City. (photo credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reute

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3157,w_4735/606108' alt=' Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of ultra-Orthodox jews to the IDF in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024. (photo credit: SHLOMI COHEN/FLASH90)' title=' Rabbi Dov Lando seen during

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2336,w_3504/744444' alt='A student of an IDF air force school watches the stars through a telescope at a new planetarium in Maale Adumim, January 13. 2008. (photo credit: Michal Fattal /FLASH90)' title='A student of an IDF air force school watches the

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3413,w_5120/744423' alt='Haredi protesters gather outside the Tel Hashomer IDF base in Kiryat Ono on November 1, 2026. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI)' title='Haredi protesters gather outside the Tel Hashomer IDF base in Kiryat Ono on November 1, 202

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2625,w_3937/744139' alt='IDF CONVOY of supplies on the Burma Road to Jerusalem during the War of Independence, June 14, 1948. (photo credit: HANS PINN/GPO)' title='IDF CONVOY of supplies on the Burma Road to Jerusalem during the War of Independence, J

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3409,w_5114/744383' alt='The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), part of the US Department of Justice, is displayed at the J. Edgar Hoover Building on August 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (photo credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images)' title='T

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2883,w_4325/744327' alt='Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, October 7, 2026. (photo credit: NASSER ISHTAYEH/FLASH90)' title='Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the West Bank city of N

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_892,w_1600/744309' alt='IDF kills Ihab Jamil Abu Taqiya who held multiple hostages in Gaza. October 30, 2026 (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)' title='IDF kills Ihab Jamil Abu Taqiya who held multiple hostages in Gaza. October 30, 2026 (photo cred

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1153,w_2048/744288' alt='Israeli security forces operate in the village of Hable, near Kalkilya, in the West Bank overnight on Oct. 29, 2026. (photo credit: ISRAEL POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Israeli security forces operate in the village of H

“We Had a Plan,” a documentary about a gay Filipino couple who head home after a decade as undocumented cleaners in the Netherlands, has been picked up for international sales by Paris-based Cat&Docs ahead of its world premiere at IDFA. Variety has the exclusive first look at the trailer. Directed by Suzanne Raes and co-directed […]