— Vice President JD Vance and top Trump administration officials projected cautious optimism Tuesday about the fragile Gaza ceasefire, announcing the opening of a new U.S.-Israel coordination center aimed at cementing a lasting peace after two years of brutal conflict between Israel and Hamas. The visit, Vance’s first to Israel as vice president, comes amid […]
Progressive groups looking to reconnect with Latino voters are emphasizing economic hardship and highlighting President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda in an effort to regain support in places where the Republican leader made inroads. The $1.4 million digital ad and field campaign is led by a Democratic donor fund backed by a progressive network called Way to Win, […]
JPMorgan Chase unveiled its new 60-story headquarters to the public on Monday, one of the first major office buildings to be constructed after the COVID-19 pandemic and one that will
France’s culture minister said Tuesday that the security apparatus installed at the Louvre worked properly during a dramatic weekend heist in which historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum. Questions have arisen about the Louvre security — and whether security cameras might have failed — after thieves rode a basket lift up the […]
Hamas announced that it plans to transfer the remains of two additional Israeli hostages to the Red Cross tonight at 9:00 p.m. local time. According to the terror group’s military wing, the bodies were “recently located” in Gaza. Since the start of the ceasefire on October 10, Hamas has turned over 13 of the 28 […]
House Republicans are preparing to release a report on the findings of their investigation into former President Joe Biden and what they allege is potential misuse of the presidential autopen during his term. The report, which is likely to be released in the coming weeks, centers on contested and thus far unsubstantiated claims that Biden not only […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Leba Werdiger A”H, beloved mother of noted philanthropist and Agudath Israel Chairman, Reb Shloime Werdiger. She was 97. Mrs. Werdiger was a longtime resident of Boro Park and leaves behind a large Mishpacha known for their extraordinary acts of Chesed and community leadership. The Levaya […]
Most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about next year’s health coverage and a government shutdown keeps future health costs in limbo for millions. About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going up in the next year, the survey from The […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned. Sarkozy, 70, was greeted by hundreds […]
Prime Minister Netanyahu met Tuesday afternoon in Jerusalem with the head of Egyptian intelligence, his office announced. The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s Office, was attended by Netanyahu’s senior professional staff. Discussions centered on advancing US President Donald Trump’s regional framework, strengthening ties between Israel and Egypt, and other key regional matters aimed at […]
Sometimes, lost items have a way of finding their way home—even after years have gone by. Earlier this week, a Far Rockaway boy was chatting with his school bus driver, mentioning that he was preparing for his upcoming bar mitzvah. The conversation took an unexpected turn when the bus driver recalled that her husband had […]
Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous […]
U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the past few days following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for cementing a long-term peace. Also Tuesday, Israel said it has identified the body of a […]
Overnight Sunday, 18 of the 20 hostages who returned to Israel on Hoshanah Rabba were treated to a three-hour private outing at the Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan, which was
Roughly half of the hostages freed and returned to Israel last week met Tuesday morning in Tel Aviv with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior White House adviser Jared
Newly uncovered documents from Gaza show that Hamas has been directly influencing the Qatari state-run network Al Jazeera’s coverage of events in Gaza, according to findings by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. The research center says Hamas’s media operatives coordinated with Al Jazeera editors to ensure coverage aligned with the terror group’s […]
Officials in Washington are reportedly concerned that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may end the Gaza ceasefire and resume military operations against Hamas, according to a New York Times report. The
A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted the man in last year’s attempted assassination of the country’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico of a terror attack and sentenced him to 21 years in prison. The shooting and the trial have shaken this small, European Union and NATO-member country where Fico has long been a divisive […]
Thousands of mispallelim entered Kever Yosef in Shechem overnight, ahead of Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, in a large and organized visit coordinated with IDF forces. Among those present were the Kaliver Rebbe, MK Michal Woldiger, MK Tzvi Sukkot, and Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, who urged the government to “learn from the strength of Yosef […]
A new report by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) warns that antisemitism has surged to alarming levels worldwide since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, with more than 13,000 incidents recorded globally over the past two years — the highest in recent memory. The findings, released by CAM’s Antisemitism Research Center (ARC), show […]
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