The Trump administration is extending a ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea for another year. A State Department notice released Monday says the ban will remain in place until Aug. 31, 2020, unless revoked by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (pahm-PAY’-oh). The ban was imposed in September 2017 by […]

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is confirming that President Donald Trump “wants to take a look at” buying Greenland, although the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has said it’s not for sale. Kudlow tells “Fox News Sunday” that he won’t predict what might happen, but he calls Greenland — which is situated between the Atlantic […]

With a heavy heart, YWN regrets to report that the body of HaRav Dovid Hakohen Traube Z”L who went missing on Sunday afternoon in Greenwood Lake, has been found. He was 38. He was located at around 10:30AM Monday morning by NY State Police divers who were using high-end sonar used to locate drowning victims. […]

The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again. The local Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for […]

The memorial to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing is complete. Three stone pillars representing the three people who died at the race’s Boylston Street finish line were installed early Monday, marking the final step of the $2 million project, which took four years to plan and develop. The monument was supposed to be ready least […]

Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal on Oct. 31, according to a report. The Sunday Times newspaper published what it said was what the British government expects in the case of a sudden, “no-deal” Brexit. […]

The search for Reb Dovid Hakohen Traube, a father of 7, who went missing in Greenwood Lake, was relaunched on Monday morning. Search crews had gathered at the lake at

Tesla is trying to spark its solar-panel business by letting consumers rent rooftop systems rather than buy them. Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk announced the offering in a series of tweets Sunday. The company will allow residents of six states to rent solar-power systems starting at $50 a month — or $65 a month in […]

An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving away from

A fatal vehicular accident occurred on Sunday morning on Route 90 between Kibbutz Afikim and Ashdod Yaakov. The head-on collision resulted in the death of one person. According to the

From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife. An astonishing array of animals and habitats flourished on six obsolete weapons complexes — mostly for nuclear or chemical […]

Israel Police concluded their investigation into the causes of the fire that burnt down the Moshav of Mevo Modi’in in May. The fire, which caught blaze in Ben Shemen national

A search has been launched for a missing person at Bear Mountain, Sunday night. Rockland Chaverim mobilized, and volunteers were deployed to the mountain. After around an hour, the missing

A boy who had gone ATV riding with his father was injured and needed to be rescued, Sunday afternoon. Sources tell YWN that the Ramapo Police Department reached out to

Dozens of IDF soldiers over the weekend visited HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita, head of the Shas Moetzas Gedolei Torah, to receive a bracha from the rav. During the visit

Five people needed to be rescued from the Neversink River in the Woodridge area during a nasty Thunderstorm, Sunday night. The five people had been on rafts in the water, in the area of Avon Lodge Road near River Road. The rafts were tied to trees, and the group were just floating and enjoying the sun […]

According to a 103FM Radio poll, the Yisrael Beitenu party headed by MK Avigdor Lieberman has taken a seat from the right-wing, from URWP. Yisrael Beitenu remains strong, with the

The Blue & White party has hired an information security company in the hope of finding the source of embarrassing leaks pertaining to the party’s election campaign. Officials from the

Emergency personnel are currently searching for a Frum man from Monsey that went missing in Greenwood Lake while boating with his family. Sources tell YWN that a family was boating

Emergency personnel were at the Minnewaska State Park in Kerhonkson on Sunday evening, to rescue a Frum man that fell off a cliff. Sources tell YWN that the man was

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