Headlines & Breaking News

Knesset Speaker (Likud) Reuven Rivlin spent much of Sunday morning speaking with various radio stations, supporting Israel’s policy to continue construction in the capital....

France’s foreign minister feels America and Europe must act against Iran, unilaterally if need be. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner spoke during a meeting of...

The Wall Street Journal reports: Google Inc. appears increasingly likely to shutter its Chinese-language search engine, a step that would remove one of the...

NYC taxi passengers taken for a ride by an illegal fare scheme could get some of their money back. The Taxi and Limousine Commission says...

Following the failure of LibertyPointe Bank on Thursday, the FDIC has announced another New York bank failure, The Park Avenue Bank, bringing the 2010...

The Ministry of Education on Sunday ordered the closure of a Beis Yaakov School operating in the Shomron chareidi community of Emanuel. Municipal officials...

Yes, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham’s opinion is important, as is America’s support, but this support does not eliminate Israel’s raison d’être, to...

Until such time that terrorists are released from Israeli prisons in prisoner exchange deals, many opt to avail themselves of the may services offered...

Several tens of protestors were on hand in the Nachal I’ron (Wadi Ara) area of northern Israel, the site of the planned chareidi community...

Vandals targeted a Holocaust memorial in Poland, situated near Krakow, spray painting anti-Semitic epithets. They messages were painted in German and English local media...

By flooding the city’s 311 line with phony building complaints, someone has put thousands of homeowners in Queens under a state of bureaucratic siege. And...

FIRST REPORT 9:00PM EST: (UPDATE BELOW) YWN has learned that two people were R"L killed just after Shabbos in Teaneck, NJ after a tree...

Saturday's storm left behind a mess of downed power lines and trees in New York City. Falling trees did such a number on power...

Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dr. Michael B. Oren was summoned by US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, who had harsh words for Israel’s...

Meretz MK Nissan Hurwitz was on hand on motzei shabbos, taking part in a Paris Square protest in Yerushalayim against mehadrin bus lines. They...

IDF forces operating in the Ramallah district nabbed Mahar Udda, 47, a very senior Hamas commander who has been on the wanted list for...

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rav of the Kosel and holy sites, has turned to senior Muslim leaders asking them to ensure the Monday evening...

Responding to weekend violence and attacks coupled with intelligence information pointing to planned Islamic violence, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has extended the weekend closure...

It would appear that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jumped the gun last week after issuing an apology to visiting US Vice President Joe Biden...

Last Sunday, YWN-Israel reported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery to remove his gallbladder in a German hospital. He has not been seen since...

NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly warned Thursday that the city's budget woes will plunge the number of cops on the street to the lowest levels since...

New York - The head of the Port Authority wants you to dig deeper in your pockets for the billions the agency needs to...

A Jerusalem Municipal Court canceled legal action against two avreichim, tenant and landlord, for permitting shabbos davening in the private home in the Kiryat...

Jim Sikes is finding out the downside of instant celebrity in the Internet age after his highly publicized trip in a runaway Toyota Prius:...

A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases. The cases, brought by the children's...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation to participate in a dedication of the Churva Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem, many...

Wireless Internet may soon be coming to commuters on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking developers to submit plans...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday with a stomach virus. "He is getting...

Federal authorities are investigating a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member and going on a deadly rampage at a hospital...

"Traditional and new forms of anti-Semitism continued to arise, and a spike in such activity followed the Gaza conflict in the winter of 2008-2009,"...

Stepping aside from the scandals at the statehouse, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo decided on Thursday not to lead the investigation into Gov....

We all have an increasingly difficult time balancing our budgets when yomtov arrives, especially Pesach with the added expense to merit the fulfillment of...

The Jewish community of Jaffa in Tel Aviv does not have an easy life and local Arab residents frequently exhibit their hostility by targeting...

Is your smart phone smart enough to save your life? Future cellphones may be tricked out with James Bond-like technology capable of alerting users to...

Israeli leaders are tripping over themselves with apologies and explanations for daring to announce planned construction in Ramat Shlomo in the presence of US...