About 60 people were crushed to death in a stampede outside a stadium in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan after a New Year’s Eve fireworks display, the government said
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Chana Scherman A”H, the wife of Rabbi Nosson Scherman, longtime general editor of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. The Levaya will take place
Iran has warned off foreign surveillance planes that have tried to approach its forces during naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian military spokesman said on Tuesday. The
Many city services and community centers will not be available today, so we’ve put together a brief list of what’s open and what’s not on the first day of 2013.
Thousands have gathered for the Levaya of the Sadigur Rebbe, HaRav Avrohom Yaakov Friedman ZATZAL, who was Niftar early this morning at the age of 84. The Rebbe was a
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for an end to confrontation between the two Koreas, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53
The Senate moved the U.S. economy back from the edge of a “fiscal cliff” on Tuesday, voting to avoid imminent tax hikes and spending cuts in a bipartisan deal that
A Democratic aide says the White House and congressional Republicans have reached an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. The measure would extend Bush-era tax cuts for family incomes
[VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Bar Ilan University on Sunday night, the eve of 18 Teves 5773 hosted a panel discussion surrounding the upcoming general elections. Addressing the audience were MK
The IDF Chief Prosecutor Major-General Dan Efroni is planning to launch an investigation at the behest of the state prosecutor surrounding alleged incitement against the military. The case pertains to
The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on other
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffered a blood clot in a vein between her brain and skull behind her right ear but is expected to make a full recovery,
Gun-owner groups called on Monday for an advertising boycott of a suburban New York newspaper that is under fire for publishing the names and addresses of pistol permit-holders in New
Rav Yisrael Eichler cynically praised the High Court of Justice decision to overturn the Central Election Committee’s ban against Arab MK Hanin Zoabi. Zoabi was banned from running for Knesset
Police arrested a New York City couple in their apartment on Saturday after authorities investigating a credit card theft found a highly explosive compound, bomb-making manuals, a sawed-off shotgun and
The Big Apple is a bigger-than-ever tourist draw, welcoming a record 52 million visitors this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday. The estimate, up more than 1 million from last
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] From a neglected Jewish baby, to those ravaged by Hurricane Sandy – everyone counts at OHEL. And this year, many of OHEL’s residences themselves were badly
According to a poll commissioned by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs headed by former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dr. Dore Gold, most Israelis don’t believe a retreat to
A $100 million claim filed against the state of Connecticut in the wake of a school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead two weeks ago is misguided,
The Cabinet on Sunday, 17 Teves 5773 unanimously approved an approximately 300 million NIS expansion of the health basket, pursuant to the proposal of Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman. The
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