A historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside. Moscow-installed authorities marked the rebuilding of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater with a gala concert on the building’s new main stage […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic petirah of Israel (Sol) Zaltz Z”L, a resident of Cedarhurst, who was R”L killed in a devastating car accident in the Five Towns early Monday morning. He was 77 years old. As YWN previously reported, the niftar was critically injured when a vehicle slammed head-on into his […]
A Muslim vendor who intervened during a deadly antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach has described the moment he ran toward one of the assailants and wrestled a gun from him
The head of Iran’s Central Bank resigned Monday as the biggest protests since 2022 erupted in Tehran and other cities after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low against the U.S. dollar. The resignation of Mohammad Reza Farzin was reported by state TV, as traders and shopkeepers rallied in Saadi Street in downtown […]
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered no other details. Trump made the comments in what seemed to be an impromptu radio interview Friday. The president, who called radio host John Catsimatidis during a program […]
“A Yissachar-Zevulun shutfus (partnership) with Shas Yidden is MEHADRIN MIN HAMEHADRIN” The words of Maran Hamashpia Hagadol, Hatzadik Harav Elimelech Biederman, shlit”a ? Do More Than Just Save On
Energy Minister Eli Cohen appeared to criticize the handling of the so-called “Qatargate” affair in the Prime Minister’s Office, saying that anyone working on behalf of a foreign country while employed there should face criminal consequences. Speaking to Kan Reshet Bet, Cohen, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, said, “If someone in the […]
President Donald Trump warned Iran against reconstituting its nuclear program Monday as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his home in Florida for wide-ranging talks. The warning comes after Trump has insisted that Tehran’s nuclear capabilities were “completely and fully obliterated” by U.S. strikes on key nuclear enrichment sites in June. But Israeli officials have been quoted in local […]
A document authored by the intelligence arm of Hamas helped persuade the group’s leadership to carry out the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel, according to research published this week by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. The document, written less than a month before the attack and later uncovered during an […]
Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor. Can he do it? Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, already faces intense scrutiny, even before taking office in one of the country’s most scrutinized political jobs. Republicans have cast him as a liberal boogeyman. Some of his fellow Democrats have deemed him too far […]
Police conducted searches of the phones of key figures in the Likud campaign without the appropriate warrants in the case concerning the harassment of then-state witness Shlomo Filber, Kan News
Authorities on Monday identified two pilots who died after their helicopters collided midair in southern New Jersey. Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71, were friends who both lived in
When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip are following the token into retirement. The last day to buy or refill a […]
New York City officials on Monday announced plans for NYC Health + Hospitals to move forward with a partnership that would bring Maimonides Health into the city’s public health care system, a move they say is aimed at stabilizing one of Brooklyn’s largest hospital networks and expanding access to care. As previously reported by YWN, Hatzolah […]
Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, has officially confirmed the deaths of several senior figures months after they were assassinated by Israel, marking the terror group’s most comprehensive public acknowledgments of leadership losses since the start of the war. In a statement released Monday, Qassam confirmed that its commander, Muhammad Sinwar, and the head of […]
China’s military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against separatist and “external interference” forces. Taiwan said it was placing its forces on alert and called the Chinese government “the biggest destroyer of peace.” Taiwan’s aviation authority said more […]
Immigration to Israel declined significantly in 2025, with approximately 21,900 new immigrants arriving during the year, according to data released by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry. The figure represents a
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move their mechanical bodies like humans and do things that […]
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid announced on Monday that his party will file a petition tomorrow to the Supreme Court against what he described as “the theft of more than one billion shekels from the citizens of Israel.” “Yesh Atid will petition the Supreme Court tomorrow against the theft of more than one billion shekels […]
The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 years to deter Russia from further attempts to seize its neighbor’s land by force. U.S. […]
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