Iran’s top leader has condemned the bombing attack in Boston but at the same time charged that U.S. policies employ a double standard. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran is opposed to the killing of innocent people, whether in Boston, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria. He was addressing Iranian military commanders in Tehran. His comments were […]

Thousands of Israeli Arab citizens and left-wing Jews took part in a Nakba Day protest rally in the Galil region on Tuesday, 6 Iyar 5773. They decried the expulsion of

Egypt’s Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care for its dwindling, elderly membership. Magda Haroun, 60, told The Associated Press Tuesday she aimed to continue the work of her predecessor, Carmen Weinstein, who died Saturday at the age of […]

The FBI says the letters sent to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker are related and are both postmarked out of Memphis, Tenn., dated April 8. In an intelligence

A bipartisan effort to expand background checks faced almost certain defeat Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As

It appears that Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not meet to discuss the new state budget and the national deficit until the latter returns from

The FBI said on Wednesday that an investigation into mail containing a suspicious substance addressed to a lawmaker and to President Barack Obama has not found a link to the

U.S. law enforcement have reopened the Hart Senate building near the U.S. Capitol after tests on suspicious items showed there was no threat, authorities said on Wednesday. “All test results

The Swiss government is considering a possible solution to a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax. A

The dati leumi community is split over who should become the candidate for the post of Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi. According to a Yisrael Hayom report, the Bayit Yehudi party appears to be preparing to announce its support for Ramat Gan Chief Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, a leading rabbinical figure in that community. The report states […]

This past Sunday, YWN was the first to bring you the details about a massive Yom Tefillah being scheduled due to the recent developments in Eretz Yisroel. Now, sources tell

Authorities investigating the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found

Education Minister (Yesh Atid) Rabbi Shai Piron is expected to appoint a senior advisor, a member of the chareidi community who will advise him on chareidi affairs. It appears that Yitzchak Ravitz, a son of the late MK and Degel Hatorah leader R’ Avraham Ravitz will fill the slot. Maariv reports that Ravitz will not […]

Google Inc is experiencing a small outage of some of its popular applications such as Gmail and Google Drive, the search engine said on Wednesday. The company disclosed on its

[AUDIO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The Boston Marathon was still in progress on a bright Monday afternoon, but for Boston city police officers using the department’s radio scanner channel, the day was winding down. At 2:51 p.m., an unidentified police dispatcher told several units that they could head out from the day’s assignments. “Dan, Sam, I’m […]

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure. Queen Elizabeth II, prime

A bomber may have been seen amid the Boston Marathon revelers carrying an unusually heavy nylon bag, weighed down with shrapnel-packed explosives, the FBI has suggested. Or perhaps someone heard