A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour while its citizens were paid one-tenth what West Germans earned. Today, the economy of the country has edged past Switzerland to become the world’s 20th largest with more than $1 trillion in annual output. It’s a historic leap from the post-Communist ruins of 1989-90 to European growth champion, which economists say […]
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered along the River Thames in London on Sunday for an Al Quds Day rally that featured a prominent rapper leading the crowd in chants calling
The IDF says it has dealt another blow to Iran’s leadership and military infrastructure, destroying the official aircraft used by the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a precision airstrike at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport. The aircraft served as a critical logistical tool for the regime, transporting senior officials and military personnel while facilitating […]
Thousands participated in the Chasunah of two grandchildren of the Bobov-45 Rebbe. The chosson, Naftali Tzvi, is the son of HaRav Yechezkel, a maggid shiur in the yeshiva, and the
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was secretly evacuated to Moscow for medical treatment after being wounded during the first day of the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran, according to a senior source cited by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida. The report says Khamenei was injured on Feb. 28, the opening day of […]
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have so far remained on the sidelines as the Iran war widens across the Middle East, raising questions about why — and when the battle-hardened group might join the fight. Iran has retaliated against the United States and Israel with missiles and drones, targeting American military bases and other locations in […]
It is with deep regret that YWN shares the petirah of Reb Chaim Tzvi Elbaum Z”L, who was tragically niftar Monday morning after succumbing to injuries he sustained when he was struck by a vehicle in Boro Park late last year. He was 89. The accident occurred on December 22, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m. […]
Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and said it was investigating, noting there were […]
B”H Before Pesach While Everyone Prepares Their Homes for the Yom Tov, the Shachar Family Has No Home to Prepare, A devastating battery explosion burned the Shachar family’s home to
Authorities are investigating after chilling antisemitic graffiti was discovered in a Manhattan park. The message — reading “Kill a Jew, go to heaven” — was scrawled on a boulder in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side, one of New York City’s most heavily Jewish neighborhoods. Micah Lasher, the Jewish New York State assemblyman who represents […]
A Knesset committee on Monday advanced a bill that would strengthen Charieidi authority over the Kosel Plaza. The Knesset House Committee voted to send the proposal to the Constitution, Law
Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on Sunday, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. The delegations, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, convened in the […]
President Donald Trump publicly defended conservative commentator Mark Levin on Sunday, calling him “a truly great American patriot” amid growing infighting within the MAGA movement over the war with Iran and Operation Epic Fury. Posting on Truth Social, Trump blasted Levin’s critics and warned their influence would fade. “When you hear others unfairly attack Mark, […]
U.S. Central Command on Monday released before-and-after photos showing the destruction of several Iranian military sites struck by U.S. forces as part of Operation Epic Fury. CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper presented the images during a video briefing, saying the photos reveal “what’s left of” facilities that Iran used to manufacture military weapons. The images […]
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that President Donald Trump is pushing U.S. allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s actions threaten one of the world’s most critical shipping routes. Speaking on “FOX & Friends,” Leavitt said Trump has been speaking with European allies and partners in the Gulf and […]
The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict. Republicans in Congress have so far side-stepped public debate over the war, even as Senate Democrats reach for every tool at their disposal to demand hearings with Trump administration officials. Increasingly frustrated, […]
Can’t beat the problem? Just hide the fact that it exists. Just one month after acknowledging a dramatic surge in hate crimes—driven largely by attacks on Jews—the New York City Police Department has quietly changed the way it reports hate crime statistics, a move that could hide the true scale of antisemitism in the city. […]
Emergency crews in Tzefas responded after a large fragment from an Iranian missile was discovered just a few feet from the historic mikvah of the Arizal. Fire and monitoring teams
Authorities say they have arrested Haitian legislator Arnel Belizaire on charges including financing terrorism and conspiracy against state security. It’s the latest arrest of Belizaire in a country where powerful
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