Israel is reportedly arming local militias inside the Gaza Strip in a bid to erode Hamas’s influence, but its strategy may be propping up a figure accused of looting humanitarian aid and trafficking in weapons. Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a militia called the “Popular Forces,” has emerged as a powerful and polarizing presence […]

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Tesla is awarding CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares of restricted stock valued at approximately $29 billion, just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his massive

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South Korea’s military said Monday it had begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing tensions. The speakers had previously been used to blast anti-North Korean propaganda across the border, but the South’s new liberal government halted the broadcasts in June in a conciliatory gesture as it […]

The United States, United Kingdom, and a dozen allied nations have issued a joint statement accusing Iran of waging an escalating campaign of assassinations, kidnappings, and harassment across Europe and North America, targeting dissidents, journalists, and Jewish communities. “We are united in our opposition to the attempts of Iranian intelligence services to kill, kidnap, and […]

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Kagawa, a symbol of Japan’s extraordinary longevity, graduated from medical school before World War II, served at a hospital in Osaka during the war, […]

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Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean excoriated tens of thousands of pro-Hamas protesters who marched in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend, following Hamas’s release of a video on Friday

Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million people, a quarter of Afghanistan’s population, face acute food insecurity. One in three children is stunted. The WFP said the rise in child malnutrition was […]

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Synagogues in both Canada and Australia have come under attack in recent days, prompting investigations and renewed calls for action against hate crimes. In Canada, authorities are probing a disturbing act of vandalism at Victoria’s Conservative Congregation Emanu-El — the country’s oldest continuously operating synagogue — where antisemitic graffiti scrawled across the property included genocidal […]

A disturbing image circulating online has prompted sharp condemnation from New York State Assemblyman Kalman Yeger and a call for immediate action from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The photo shows a vehicle in Closter, NJ, bearing a large swastika and New York State EMT license plates—despite sources telling YWN the vehicle’s owner is no […]

The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain widespread. About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major” source of stress in their life right now, […]

The name “Yahya” saw the single largest rise in popularity among boys’ names in the UK in 2024 despite – or perhaps because of - its association with one of the world’s most notorious terrorists: Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas mastermind behind the October 7th massacre in Israel. According to newly released data from the UK’s Office for […]

Senior Hamas terrorist Ghazi Hamad said over the weekend that one of the fruits of the October 7 massacre was the world’s willingness to recognize a Palestinian state. In an

A Muslim nurse in the Netherlands is under criminal investigation after reportedly posting graphic threats on social media about murdering Israeli patients in her care. Btissame Chait-Said, a home health nurse for the elderly, is alleged to have written in mid-July: “All Zionists can die in healthcare and I’m happy to help,” and chillingly added, […]

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