A Bulgarian shipping company on Monday denied that one of its ships had intentionally damaged an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland. Swedish prosecutors
It is with great regret that YWN informs you of the petirah of Rav Shlomo Isaacson Zt”l, the rav of K’hal Beis Dovid in Passaic and Rav Hamachshir of KOA. Rav Shlomo’s leadership and dedication to his kehillah and klal Yisrael left an indelible mark on all who knew him. Rav Shlomo zt”l is survived […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing growing scrutiny and accusations of corruption after a damning report from the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) exposed a long-standing but secretive practice of storing high-end gifts in a hidden “Gift Room” at City Hall. The report details how expensive items, including Hugo Boss cufflinks, Givenchy, […]
The European Union agreed a 6-month extension Monday for a raft of sanctions aimed at depriving Russia of funds to finance its war against Ukraine after Hungary lifted its objections
The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a few days after President Donald Trump said he would
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being
Israel has announced a groundbreaking agreement with NASA to send the country’s first female astronaut into space. Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology Gila Gamliel revealed the news during the 20th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Tel Aviv on Monday. “I received confirmation from NASA to send the first Israeli woman astronaut into space,” […]
Some of the hostages released from Gaza in the current ceasefire were held in Hamas tunnels for up to eight consecutive months, deprived of daylight and with little to no
A heinous act occurred late Sunday night when vandals broke into a shul located in a public bomb shelter on David Remez Street in Bat Yam. The perpetrators forced open
Israel has confirmed that eight of the 26 hostages listed for release in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal have been declared deceased, based on information provided by
The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board […]
Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter. The proposal, submitted last week, is a revision of a prior plan the artificial […]
The Hamas terror group on Sunday provided Israel with an official list detailing the status of 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the deal. According to
An Air Force aircraft carried out a strike on a vehicle at the Nur al-Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm on Monday afternoon, as part of a joint operation by the
Two IDF reserve soldiers from northern Israel were arrested for spying for Iran, the Shin Bet and Israel Police announced on Monday. The suspects, Yuri Eliasfov and Georgi Andrayev, both
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, who was scheduled to visit the European Parliament in Brussels to participate in the events marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, was ordered to cancel his
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of Hamas’s political bureau, has indicated that the terrorist group might not insist on governing Gaza after the war it initiated with Israel on October 7, 2023. Speaking to the Saudi Al Arabiya news outlet, Abu Marzouk acknowledged the need for regional and international backing, including the involvement of […]
A senior intelligence officer in the Lebanese army leaked sensitive military information to the Hezbollah terror group during the ceasefire with Israel, the British outlet The Times reported on Sunday,
Thousands of Palestinians began moving north along Gaza’s Rasheed Street today, marking the start of a northward return as part of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. Under the
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. He
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