The U.S. sought to step up pressure on Russia over Ukraine on Sunday, promising to put Moscow on the defensive at the U.N. Security Council as lawmakers on Capitol Hill said they were nearing agreement on “the mother of all sanctions.” The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said the Security Council will press Russia […]
North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since President Joe Biden took office, as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship
Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 riots if he returns to the White House. “If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly,” Trump said Saturday night during a rally in Conroe, Texas. “And if […]
A federal trial against three former Minneapolis police officers seeks to hold them responsible for not stopping George Floyd’s murder — and perhaps strike a blow against long-standing police culture that breeds reluctance to rein in fellow officers. The circumstances of Floyd’s death — pinned under Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee for more than nine minutes, […]
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy’s emotional recitation of Kaddish at the German Parliament on Thursday made headlines around the world. However, many religious and traditional Israelis condemned Levy for not wearing
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directly called then-Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to have the kingdom’s license to use controversial Israeli spyware renewed, the New York Times reports. NSO
First responders from United Hatzalah, Magen David Adom, the Fire Department, and the Police department responded to a fire in an apartment building on Har Tzion Street that claimed the
The widow of murdered NYPD officer Jason Rivera blasted the pro-crime policies of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg while eulogizing her husband in front of thousands of police officers. Rivera and a police partner, Wilbert Mora, were both killed last week while responding to a fight in a Bronx apartment. The suspect was shot and killed […]
A revived Trump-era policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court is reviled by immigration advocates and repudiated by the Biden administration, which acted under a judge’s order. Asylum hopeful Alexander Sánchez of Venezuela has a more favorable view. “There is no other way to cross legally and, for that reason, […]
Gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze Sunday as people started digging out after a powerful nor’easter dumped mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and knocked out power to tens of thousands. Dangerous wind chills fell below zero in many locations across the region after the storm dumped snow from […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog flew to Abu Dhabi on Sunday morning for the first official visit to the United Arab Emirates by an Israeli president. The Herzogs received a royal greeting by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Israeli national anthem was played in the palace in honor […]
Democrats in Congress have fractured repeatedly over President Joe Biden’s agenda, stalling legislation and creating an atmosphere of mistrust that has made it increasingly difficult for progressives and centrists to work together. But one area where the party has not cracked, not even an inch, is on Biden’s nominations to the courts. That ironclad unity […]
Two men in a snow plow truck recorded themselves targeting two frum, hapless victims in Lakewood. The clip shows the driver lowering his plow as they approach two Orthodox Jewish
A tow truck driver in Boro Park unleashed an antisemitic diatribe after being called out for blocking a street. The incident occurred at about 10:30 Sunday morning on 50th Street
The army takeover in Myanmar a year ago that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi not only unexpectedly aborted the country’s fledgling return to democracy: It also brought a surprising level of popular resistance, which has blossomed into a low-level, but persistent, insurgency. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander of Myanmar’s military — known as […]
Turkey’s president has fired the head of the Turkish Statistical Institute, which is responsible for posting official inflation statistics, among other data, at a time when prices have skyrocketed in Turkey. Tukish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision was announced Saturday on the Official Gazette. He replaced Sait Erdal Dincer less than a year after his […]
Esther Pollard, who has been suffering from cancer for a number of years, was hospitalized in serious condition in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after contracting COVID. Esther tested
A 50-year-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh had been rated as poor on a recent inspection report, but transportation officials and engineering experts cautioned that doesn’t necessarily signal imminent danger for the thousands of other U.S. bridges with the same designation. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Highway Administration have been […]
Two nurses on Long Island are accused of forging COVID-19 vaccination cards and pocketing more than $1.5 million from the scheme, prosecutors and police said. Julie DeVuono, the owner of
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