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The leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara died of wounds from a drone strike that hit him on a motorcycle last month in southern Mali, in a
Lawyers for two Palestinians who were captured after escaping from an Israeli prison last week said Wednesday their clients were badly beaten during their arrest, with the most well-known of
The residents of two buildings on Rechov Bar Ilan in the Shichun Hei neighborhood of Bnei Brak were evacuated overnight Thursday (Motzei Yom Kippur) due to fear of the buildings’
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An Arab resident of the Palestinian Authority was arrested an hour before Yom Kippur for carrying out a suspected terror attack in Yafo. Shortly afterward, it became apparent that the
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The bracha that is recited on the Sukkah is “Blessed are You..who has sanctified us with His mitzvos and commanded
Dozens of trucks carrying Iranian diesel arrived in Lebanon on Thursday, the first in a series of deliveries organized by the militant Hezbollah. The powerful group operates independently from Lebanese
Sikh businessman Balbir Singh Sodhi was helping plant a flower bed at his Arizona gas station when he was shot dead by a man seeking to avenge 9/11. Mistaken for
One side is energized by the prospect of the greatest expansion of government support since the New Deal nearly a century ago. The other is fearful about dramatically expanding Washington’s
All workers at child-care centers in New York now must wear face coverings under a plan announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday. The Democratic governor said the requirement is
There’s been an increase in recent days in the number of pregnant and postpartum women hospitalized in Israel after contracting the coronavirus. As of Wednesday, there were 39 pregnant women
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Rottenberg zt”l was the Rabbi of the Chareidi community in Paris, France under the Nazis y”sh. He
Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public beachfront to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse site so that a memorial to the 98 victims could
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is forming a new Indo-Pacific security alliance with Britain and Australia that will allow for greater sharing of defense capabilities —
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