A clothing store in Gaza City named Hitler 2 is displaying mannequins with knives strapped to their hands as an homage to the upsurge in stabbing attacks on Israelis by Palestinians.

“We believe that the Russian response of deploying missiles in Kaliningrad is an absolutely inappropriate response to what the North Atlantic Alliance is doing,” Witold Waszczykowski said on Monday.

At a July NATO summit in Warsaw, members of the alliance announced they would deploy four multinational battalions to Poland and three Baltic countries, amid fears of potential Russian aggression following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. MORE

The Mission of Iraq, which sits on a wealthy Upper East Side block near Central Park, has a dark secret: Its basement was used as a jail equipped for torture under Saddam Hussein’s regime, The Post has learned.

When he rose to power in 1979, the despot had the terrifying “detention room” installed inside the five-story building at 14 E. 79th St. — right across from billionaire former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s home, according to two Iraqi officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. MORE

Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed. MORE

Just how long can people live?

New research suggests there may be a limit to our life span — one that’s hard to extend without some sort of breakthrough that fixes all age-related problems.

The record for the world’s oldest person is 122 years and the odds of shattering that record are slim, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the journal Nature. MORE

We survived Hurricane Matthew, even though it veered it’s ugly head as a skeleton, Our Lord answered our prayers and it was pushed offshore. There was loss of electricity but only for twenty-four hours in Vero Beach. I would like to mention there are hundreds of Latin Rite Catholics on both sides of the coastline, both West and East of Florida. Thank you and God bless you. Donna Freitag, editor and Kurt Freitag web designer

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He criticized a video comment on the official website of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart: “There is a lack of a rite by which the church says to gay couples: ‘It is a good thing, your love is good.’” MORE

enver city government doesn’t officially recognize Columbus Day, but this year the state capital will join several other large cities in designating the same second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

The move won’t make next Monday a city-observed holiday, with office closures, but several council members underlined what they saw as the symbolism behind the designation. The council approved the proposal 12-0 Monday night, prompting cheers and applause in the audience. MORE

In reaction to news that the Obama administration will spend up to $8.4 million a year for transgender military personnel who want gender reassignment treatments or sex-change surgery, Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said he was “disgusted” and that “this is the kind of immoral garbage President Obama and his administration are allowing to be put in place in our country.”

“[W]hen I read about the government spending $8.4 million of taxpayers’ money a year—starting today—for things like gender reassignment and hormone therapy for military personnel, I’m disgusted! Aren’t you?” said Rev. Graham in an Oct. 3 post on Facebook. MORE

HAVANA—Cuba’s most widely practiced religion is experiencing a popularity boom that it hasn’t seen in decades.

Santeria, a syncretic religion that blends West African Yoruba beliefs and traditions with Roman Catholicism, has existed in Cuba since the days of the West African slave trade, but proliferated during the economic crisis of the 1990s and is now practiced by nearly 80% of the population. MORE

Costco’s power in the auto industry is growing.

On Saturday, the budget retailer announced it is once again partnering with General Motors for its popular Holiday Sales Event, which will last from October 1 to January 3.

Last year, 58,000 vehicles were sold during the promotion, a 34% increase over 2014 sales during the promotion. More than half of the people who purchased vehicles through the event said they switched to a General Motors brand such as Chevrolet, Buick, or Cadillac because of the promotion. MORE

WEED, Calif. — The water that gurgles from a spring on the edge of Weed, a Northern California logging town, is so pristine that for more than a century it has been piped directly to the wooden homes spread across hills and gullies.

To the residents of Weed, which sits in the foothills of Mount Shasta, a snow-capped dormant volcano, the spring water is a blessing during a time of severe and prolonged drought. MORE

Under different circumstances, the appointing of a new Papal Nuncio to Mexico, might have been a truly joyous occasion. But Franco Coppola, who arrived in the country last Wednesday, will face plenty of challenges as the Vatican’s new top diplomat here. MORE