Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected as France’s new president, early estimates say. He got about 52% of votes in Sunday’s run-off, according to projections based on partial results, against

Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed appeared at a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay Navy Base in Cuba Saturday. In the end, it was the prospect of a nap that

The New Jersey Lottery has set a new sales record. Officials said the agency pulled in about $2.6 billion in the last fiscal year. That’s $31.5 million more than the

The following is from the BBC: Ritual slaughter is lawful in the UK and the EU to satisfy the dietary requirements of Jews and Muslims. Prof Bill Reilly, former president

According to Israel Prison Authority officials there are about 4,600 imprisoned “security prisoners”, the term used for terrorists, in Israeli jails. The number of hunger strikers depends on who one

Dozens of protestors took part in the weekly Shabbos demonstration on HaNevi’im Street to decry Jerusalem City Hall’s operating the Karta parking lot. While protests take place weekly, this Shabbos’

MK (Yahadut HaTorah) R’ Moshe Gafne is signaling support for the immediate draft of eligible chareidim who are not learning, those who “are taking advantage of the situation”. Gafne explains

The Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Tzfat was broken into on Friday night Chabad officials report. Six sifrei torah were stolen from the ancient shul. When mispallalim arrived on Shabbos morning

Many are concerned regarding the well-being of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, who stopped his live broadcasted motzei Shabbos shiur last night, the eve of 14 Iyar 5772 after

Israel Police from the department’s Fraud Division on Sunday morning, raided a number of chareidi yeshivos in the capital and Betar Illit, with officials releasing a statement to the media

Eida Chareidis Gavaad HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss Shlita is traveling to Yavne today, Sunday, 14 Iyar 5772 with dozens of chassidim to protest continued construction at a location that

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] One person was killed in a high-speed crash, on Ocean Parkway and Avenue X, Motzei Shabbos. The incident happened just before Midnight, when two cars collided

On Sunday morning, more than 30,000 cyclists will experience New York City from a perspective unlike any other: pedaling down 42 miles of car-free streets through all five boroughs, taking

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suffered a fresh setback in run-off parliamentary polls. Mr Ahmadinejad’s supporters won only 13 of the 65 seats up for election in Friday’s vote, further

The following is a WCBSTV report: Some neighbors in Cambria Heights, Queens are fighting a synagogue’s plan to expand a building in a cemetery, where already hundreds of worshipers pray

A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 million in punitive damages by a jury who found the telecommunications giant AT&T created a “hostile

Opening what is likely to be a bitter and grueling election, President Obama held his first official campaign rally here in the Buckeye State, cranking up his populist pitch while

The arraignment of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks got off to a rocky start on Saturday when the defendants removed their earphones and refused to

Two Delta jets hit each other at John F. Kennedy Airport Friday night, prompting a Federal Aviation Administration investigation. The Delta 767 jets hit each other at a gate at