10:55AM IL: Explosions were heard a few minutes ago as Gaza-based terrorists resumed rocket fire into Gaza border communities, Negev and Netivot areas. A short few minutes later, a second
There are unofficial reports that a ceasefire is in effect since 5:30AM but Homefront Command officials are stressing that the citizens are urged in the strongest terms to adhere to
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Wednesday that the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged in the coming months, unless the economy shows signs of
A suspect wanted in the recent string of egging attacks against Hasidic Jews in Boro Park has been arrested. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force (HTCF) made the announcement on
The Ukrainian Jewish Committee’s director has harshly criticized a decision by the Ukrainian capital’s legislature to name streets after Nazi collaborators. Eduard Dolinsky said the Kyiv city council ruled Tuesday to name a city street after Ivan Pavlenko, whom he described as a Nazi collaborator and war criminal. Dolinsky said on Facebook Wednesday that Pavlenko […]
A Russian accused of running a website that helped people commit more than $20 million in credit-card fraud has been extradited to Virginia to face criminal charges. Twenty-nine-year-old Aleksei Burkov
Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable. So there’s some surprising news in a report released Wednesday: U.S. superbug deaths appear to be going down. About 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections in 2017, down 18% from an estimated 44,000 […]
Yerushalayim, the holy city, the heart of Am Yisroel, is known for its legendary Tzadikim. Namely, the many hidden Tzadikim who inhabit its walls, who go about their lives steeped
Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while the terrorist group rained scores of rockets into Israel for a second straight day as the heaviest round of fighting in months showed no signs of ending. The death toll rose to 32 Palestinians, most of them terrorists. The U.N.’s Mideast envoy, […]
The Education Ministry announced on Wednesday that all schools, daycares, and kindergartens within a 40 km (25 miles) radius of the Gaza border will be closed on Thursday due to
President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “very good friends,” but their meeting Wednesday at the White House failed to resolve an issue that has badly strained relations between the two NATO allies. Trump and Erdogan concluded a visit without achieving an agreement on Turkey’s decision earlier this year to […]
Surging gasoline prices caused U.S. consumer prices to rise last month at the fastest pace since March. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its consumer price index rose 0.4% in
University students from mainland China and Taiwan are fleeing Hong Kong, while those from three Scandinavian countries have been moved or urged to leave as college campuses become the latest battleground in the city’s 5-month-long anti-government unrest. Marine police used a boat Wednesday to help a group of mainland students leave the Chinese University of […]
The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of
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California regulators opened a formal investigation Wednesday into preemptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state in October, drawing strong rebukes from public officials and residents who
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Kretchnif Kiryat Gat Rebbe, HaRav Yisroel Nissan Rosenbaum ZATZAL. He was 70. The Rebbe had been hospitalized since Simchas Torah
A bit more than 24 hours have passed since Naftali Bennett was sworn in as the new Defense Minister of Israel. His first day was full of security meetings with
Two Chareidi men in their thirties were R”L killed in a motor vehicle accident on Wednesday afternoon on Highway 444 near the city of Elad. The accident involved a truck
Amnesty International blatantly lied on Tuesday when it accused Israel of violating international law for bombing the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights building in Gaza. Amnesty tweeted: “We strongly
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