Days after a fatal collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a merchant container ship, little information has emerged to explain how it could have happened. As the families of seven American sailors mourn their losses, here’s a look at what we know, and what we don’t: ——— Q. WHAT HAPPENED? A. Experts generally agree […]
Northern district police announced on Tuesday morning 26 Sivan that the recovery mission for the body of missing person Natan Hajani z”l ended on Tuesday morning with the discovery and positive ID of the body. A body was discovered by divers during the morning hours and police released official confirmation of the identity a relatively […]
If Republicans can’t pass a budget, forget about a major overhaul of the nation’s tax code — at least if they want a GOP-only approach with President Donald Trump that would avoid Democratic delaying tactics. Congressional Republicans are struggling to first figure out a budget, but despite weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, they remain stuck. Tea […]
White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seeking to take on a more strategic role that would give him a limited presence in the daily press briefings that have made
(COMMUNICATED CONTENT) A fundraising campaign went viral this week after a young Jewish mother uploaded an emotional video. Her son, now known to the public as ‘Baby Raphael’ was born with a severe cleft clip. The two-month-old baby is unable to eat without pain, and exhausted from hunger. Doctors in Israel would need to perform […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Magen David Adom Ayalon District dispatch received the call for a vehicular accident on Highway 443 near the Maccabim Checkpoint at 9:27AM on Tuesday morning, 26
North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests, its carefully scripted propaganda bluster, even its military threats: Far from the scattershot workings of a madman, most of this fits the playbook of
The U.S. military says it shot down what it called an Iranian-made, armed drone in southern Syria. A defense official says the drone was approaching a military camp near the
5:07PM IL: A terrorist who tried to perpetrate a stabbing attack at Geva Checkpoint near Kikar Adam in the Shomron was neutralized before succeeding in harming any intended victims. The terrorist tried to stab IDF soldiers stationed in a pillbox in proximity to Kikar Adam. B’chasdei Hashem, soldiers shot and killed him before anyone was […]
The first day of summer is forecast to bring some of the worst heat the southwestern U.S. has seen in years. The forecast calls for 119 degrees in Phoenix, where
The U.S. Navy says the bodies of the seven American sailors killed in a collision between their destroyer and a container ship off the Japanese coast have headed home. The
British media have identified the suspect held in connection with the van attack outside a London mosque as Darren Osborne, from the Welsh city of Cardiff. He is being held
Lacking the votes to stop it, Democrats are criticizing the still-evolving Senate Republican health care bill as a stealthy measure that GOP leaders want to rush through the chamber before
Australia on Tuesday suspended its airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria as a precaution, after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane earlier this week and
Please be Mispallel for the Skverer Rebbe who is undergoing open-heart surgery this morning. The Rebbe was flown to a hospital in Minnesota, where the surgery will take place. The
Yesha leaders are unifying in the hope of bringing an end to the construction freeze, which seems to have lingered over from the Obama administration. YWN-ISRAEL recently reported that Beit
On Monday morning 25 Sivan, a special additional session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee was held to address the planned closure of Yeshivat Ohr Etzion, the nation’s only yeshiva military academy. After Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced the planned closure, graduates of the yeshiva launched a campaign to save the school. The […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) President Reuven Rivlin on Monday morning 25 Sivan made a short solidarity visit, meeting with security personnel at Shar Shechem, the site of the fatal Friday night terror attack that claimed the life of 23-year-old border policewoman Sgt. Hadas Malka HY”D. Mr. Rivlin was met by the troops and their commanders. […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The “OneFamily” hall in Jerusalem hosted a Sheva Brachot for Renana Meir, daughter of Dafna Meir HY”D, and Or Cohen, who got married on Sunday, 23 Sivan. Family members were present, headed by Dafna’s widower Nathan, Renana’s father, who got remarried three weeks ago with Zohar Morgenstern. Among the guests were […]
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