A Turkish-owned jet leased by the private Wings of Lebanon company has landed in hot water after a flight it made to Israel. The head of Beirut’s international airport, Fadi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday, 28 Menachem Av, opened the 2016-2017 school year at the “Tamra Haemek” public elementary school in Tamra, in the Gilboa Regional Council area. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Education Minister Bennett were welcomed by the school’s approximately 200 pupils in Hebrew, Arabic and English […]
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the umbrella body of the European nations in the security field, has chosen Prof. Gabi Weimann of the Department of Communications
Chicago saw its deadliest month in two decades in August, recording 90 homicides for the month, the city’s police department said Thursday. The last time the city recorded 90 killings
Prominent Sephardi posek HaGaon HaRav Bentzion Mutzafi Shlita has come out against slichos concerts, which he feels makes a mockery of slichos. He is of the same opinion regarding an atzeres teshuvah for women held in a stadium. Rabbi Mutzafi is asked We bring a religious well-known chazan to our shul for slichos but he […]
Authorities in Florida said Thursday they have found the Zika virus in three groups of trapped mosquitoes in Miami Beach, the first time this has happened in the continental US.
The IDF is supposed to be apolitical as officers are not permitted to express political views. While this may sound pristine, reality paints another picture because officers, junior and senior
From Medicare to medical costs, more voters trust Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to do a better job on health care issues facing the nation, according to a poll out
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Israels public school system opened on Thursday, September 1, 2016 and Israel Police was on hand, out in large numbers to do its part to ensure the day passes without incident. Following are some photos of the Israel Police Southern District Commander visiting Ofakim and Beersheva. (YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: […]
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Dovid Lau Shlita addressed the Israel Bar Association Conference in Eilat on Tuesday 26 Menachem Av, preferring to speak about the need for better synchronization between the nations secular family courts and batei din. Rabbi Lau explained the dire shortage of manpower and resources is common to both court […]
With the killing of Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the Islamic State group lost one of its most powerful figures, a militant with multiple roles: A propaganda chief, overseer of spectacular attacks
Israeli billionaire and controlling shareholder of Coca Cola Israel, Moshe Wertheim, was niftar at the age of 86. Wertheim also owned 22% of Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot, 51% of Keshet (a subsidiary
Police say they believe that suspicious white powder found at Trump Tower in Manhattan is harmless. Officers were called to the mailroom in the basement of the building near Central
A Romanian hacker who targeted the Bush family, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and others was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday, but will be sent
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[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Volunteers from Israels national emergency medical services (EMS) organization, United Hatzalah, held a mass-casualty training exercise that involved graduates and participants from Alei Siach, an organization that provides comprehensive and all-encompassing programs for individuals with special needs of many ages. The drill took place last week and involved counselors and participants […]
New York City might never tell the public if the police officer at the center of the Eric Garner chokehold death case is disciplined, the mayor and police commissioner indicated
Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, where people put up shutters, nailed plywood across store windows and braced for the first hurricane
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