The references seem endless, and they can come from anywhere. In recent days, Pope Francis compared Nicaragua’s repression of Catholics to Hitler’s rule in Germany. In Britain, a BBC sportscaster likened the nation’s asylum policy to 1930s Germany, resulting in his brief suspension and a national uproar. For Holocaust and anti-Nazi scholars and organizations, the […]
On Tuesday, a joint training drill practicing the combined response of emergency services to a major fire was conducted near the villages of Kfar Oranim and Lapid. Large teams from
Naval forces from China, Iran and Russia — countries at odds with the United States — are staging joint drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, China’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Other countries are also taking part in the “Security Bond-2023” exercises, the ministry said without giving details. Iran, Pakistan, Oman and the United […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he spoke to his Russian counterpart on Wednesday about the destruction of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, which had brought the two countries closest to direct conflict since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. It was the first call between Austin and Defense Secretary Sergei Shoigu since […]
Honda is recalling a half-million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the front seat belts may not latch properly. The recall covers some of the the automaker’s top-selling models including the 2017 through 2020 CR-V, the 2018 and 2019 Accord, the 2018 through 2020 Odyssey and the 2019 Insight. Also included is the Acura […]
Speaking at the ongoing Agudah Israel Leadership Mission to Washington, D.C., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he is working on resolving issues that have recently cropped up with Americans seeking to fly home for Pesach. As reported earlier by YWN, many couples who gave birth to children in Eretz Yisroel over the past […]
Austrian police warned Wednesday of a possible “Islamist-motivated attack” in Vienna against churches and other houses of worship, citing undisclosed information received by the country’s intelligence service. Police in Vienna tweeted that they had heightened security in front of certain buildings and increased the presence of officers in the Austrian capital. “There is a nonspecific […]
New pants to replace Alex Morisey’s tattered khakis will have to wait. There’s no cash left for sugar-free cookies either. Even at the month’s start, the budget is so bare that Fixodent is a luxury. Now, halfway through it, things are so tight that even a Diet Pepsi is a stretch. “How many years do […]
Yeshiva Nesivos Ahron is a yeshiva that offers a structured learning program in a warm environment, with dedicated, caring rebbeim teaching in small groups, who are available to the bochurim
It was cleared for publication on Wednesday evening that the explosion at the Megiddo Junction on Monday which severely injured an Israeli-Arab was carried out by a terrorist who infiltrated
U.S. Rep. George Santos filed paperwork Tuesday indicating his intent to run for reelection, even as he faces calls to resign amid ongoing criminal and ethics investigations into lies he
Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was confirmed Wednesday by a divided Senate as the nation’s next ambassador to India, 20 months after he was first nominated by President Joe Biden and after weathering doubts about his truthfulness in a sexual harassment scandal involving a top adviser during his time at City Hall. The 52-42 […]
Russia wants to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that American forces brought down in the Black Sea after an encounter with a Russian fighter jet, a Russian security official said Wednesday. Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, claimed in televised remarks that Tuesday’s incident was “another confirmation” of direct U.S. […]
In the wake of the terror attack in northern Israel on Monday that seriously injured an Arab from northern Israel, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held several situational assessments on Tuesday
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq — in blinding explosions of shock and awe — American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key military and diplomatic partner in the Middle East. The roughly 2,500 U.S. troops are scattered around […]
A little over a month after the Ramot terror attack in which the two Paley brothers, h’yd, were murdered, their parents, Reb Avraham Noach and Devorah, welcomed a baby boy
The Israeli initiative to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has been labeled a “failure” by State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman in a recent report. The report accuses the Institute for Biological Research
During his Tuesday night broadcast, Tucker Carlson labeled the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol as the second-largest hoax of his lifetime, behind only the 2020 election as the biggest
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that Ukrainians could be behind the blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last year, and again pointed the finger at the U.S. Putin spoke after The New York Times, The Washington Post and German media published stories last […]
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are emerging as leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. But when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they are united in arguing that stopping the aggression isn’t a vital U.S. strategic interest. Trump and DeSantis were among the declared and potential GOP presidential candidates […]
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