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Israeli military forces carried out a series of raids in Ramallah on Monday, bursting into stores and offices of the official Palestinian news agency in a manhunt for terrorists who
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Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in their sights.
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Senior Israeli military officers are flying to Moscow to update their Russian counterparts about an operation launched last week to “expose and thwart” Hezbollah tunnels burrowed under Israel’s border with
When you are the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, the person who ‘signs the checks’ for the State of Israel, it is not too difficult to exact revenge by
Israel’s prime minister on Monday announced that Oman will open its airspace to Israel’s national airline. The move appears to have no immediate practical effect because carrier El Al is
Rome’s mayor, Catholic groups and politicians of every stripe joined Italy’s Jewish community on Monday in denouncing the theft of 20 small bronze plaques honoring a Jewish family deported during
Outrage built Monday over a video showing police officers violently yanking a toddler from his mother’s arms at a Brooklyn public benefits office, with officials criticizing police for not de-escalating
Two woman were mugged in the heart of the Flatbush Orthodox Jewish Community on Monday evening. Sources tell YWN that the women were mugged in two separate incidents, taking place
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are searching the electronic devices of travelers more often, and did not always follow proper protocol, a new watchdog report has found. The report
An off-duty New York City firefighter was killed in a suspected road-rage incident following an early morning collision on a Brooklyn highway. Police say officers found 33-year-old Faizal Coto lying
A woman accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government has likely taken a plea deal, prosecutors indicated Monday in a court filing that said her case has
Washington, DC In just a few days a historical prison reform bill will, with Hashem’s help, be brought to the Senate floor for a vote. After 10 years of fighting,
As YWN has been reporting, New York State is taking steps towards stricter enforcement of its education requirements on yeshiva elementary schools. In line with recently released NYS Education Department
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Israel says it has been accepted as a member in a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog group. The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental group of some
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