Month March 2019
Jerusalem – Photos: Online Campaign Urging Public To Attend Funeral Of Lone Solider, Draws Thousands
Jerusalem – Thousands of soldiers and civilians attended Thursday the funeral of IDF soldier Alex Sasaki. Sasaki from Laguna Beach, California, who had been serving as a lone soldier in the Golani Brigade was found dead reportedly from a drug… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to boost oil production to lower the price of the commodity. “Very important that OPEC… Read more » The post Trump Calls for OPEC to… Continue Reading →
Reykjavik, Iceland – Icelandic Budget Airline WOW Air Ceases Operations, Leaving Passengers Stranded
Reykjavik, Iceland – Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceased operations on Thursday, stranding passengers across two continents. In a statement on its website the airline, which had earlier suspended all its flights, told passengers there would be no further flights… Continue Reading →
A Border Guard was injured Thursday afternoon in a car-ramming incident at the Kalandiya checkpoint north of Yerushalayim. The officer was lightly injured. The driver of the vehicle sped away… Read more » The post Border Guard Injured in Car-Ramming… Continue Reading →
A report released Thursday claims that the crime rate among African migrants in Israel is significantly higher than for any other group living in the country. The study, by Israel… Read more » The post Report: Crime Rate Among African… Continue Reading →
Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the Department of Justice will “review” the case of actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with staging a fake hate crime in Chicago before prosecutors abruptly dropped the case this… Continue Reading →
Damascus – A Syrian war monitoring group says an Israeli airstrike the night before killed seven Iranian and Iranian-backed fighters in northern Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that the airstrike targeted an Iranian weapons… Continue Reading →
In the two months since Jussie Smollett reported a late-night attack by assailants shouting racial and anti-gay slurs, the “Empire” actor and activist went from victim to defendant. Police and many in the black community rallied to his defense before… Continue Reading →
New Berlin, WI – A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the Wednesday night Powerball drawing to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Due to strong ticket sales, the jackpot climbed to an estimated… Continue Reading →
A fire broke out at a 22-story building in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka on Thursday, killing at least five people, injuring 60 and trapping and many, officials said. Many of… Read more » The post Fire at High-Rise in Bangladesh… Continue Reading →
Israeli researchers said Thursday they have surveyed what they now believe to be the world’s longest salt cave, a network of twisting passageways at the southern tip of the Dead… Read more » The post Israeli Researchers Say Sodom Salt… Continue Reading →
Washington – It would cost $1.8 billion and take 10,000 new employees for the U.S. aviation regulator to handle all aircraft certification internally, the agency’s acting chief told a Senate panel on Wednesday, facing tough questions after two Boeing 737… Continue Reading →
A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the Wednesday night Powerball drawing to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Due to strong ticket sales,… Read more » The post Winning $768M Powerball Ticket Sold… Continue Reading →
Iceland’s WOW air became the latest casualty among budget airlines on Thursday, ceasing operations and canceling all its flights after efforts to raise more funds failed. WOW, which is focused… Read more » The post Flights Grounded After Iceland’s WOW… Continue Reading →
Relations between Arab states and Israel need to shift to help progress towards peace with the Palestinians, a senior United Arab Emirates official was quoted on Thursday as saying. The… Read more » The post Report: UAE Official Urges Arab… Continue Reading →
WoW Air has announced it has shut down. The company did not release a statement as to why it shut, but released the following information. WOW AIR has ceased operation. All WOW AIR flights have been cancelled. How will I… Continue Reading →
A water main break has shut the two Route 9 Southbound lanes in Lakewood between 9th and 8th Streets. One lane remains open for each direction. Expect heavy delays in the area for several hours.
Unless a last-minute solution is attained, nearly a dozen Magen David Adom first-aid stations operating in Yehudah and Shomron will close down at 3:00 p.m. Thursday. That’s the deadline the… Read more » The post Failing Last-Minute Solution, MDA Stations… Continue Reading →
The election for 21st Knesset is underway abroad, while in Israel, Election Day is on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Outside of Israel, there will be 96 polling stations for Israelis wishing to cast a ballot. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
British Prime Minister Theresa May is making a final effort to save her European Union withdrawal deal after her promise to quit failed to win over lawmakers from Northern Ireland.… Read more » The post U.K. PM May Makes Final… Continue Reading →
The European Union is moving to require cars and trucks to have technology that would help keep drivers from speeding as well as data recorders that would document the circumstances of accidents. Read more on Yeshiva World News