Month March 2019
The Lod District Court accepted Thursday the appeal filed by Mickey Ganor’s defense attorneys against a ruling by the Rishon LeTzion Magistrate’s Court to extend his remand by five days.… Read more » The post Court Frees State’s Witness in… Continue Reading →
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire near Beit Lechem on Wednesday night, and the IDF announced on Thursday that a soldier had discharged his weapon and it was… Read more » The post IDF Questions Soldier Who Killed Palestinian… Continue Reading →
European Union leaders meeting for a Brexit summit are likely to grant Britain a short extension, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, if the U.K. government can win parliamentary support… Read more » The post EU Leaders Open to Brexit… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described Hezbollah on Wednesday as a risk to Middle East stability and conferred with Israel about the heavily armed, Iranian-backed Lebanese terror group ahead… Read more » The post Pompeo, in Israel, Calls Hezbollah… Continue Reading →
European Union regulators have fined Google 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for abusing its dominant role in online advertising, the third big antitrust penalty they’ve given the internet giant since 2017. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Miami – Police say they’ve arrested a man linked to drawing swastikas and writing “death” and “kill the Jews” around Miami Beach. Investigators charged Sean Kenna late Wednesday with seven counts of felony criminal mischief. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez… Continue Reading →
Washington – Casting aside rare censure from Republican lawmakers, President Donald Trump aimed new blasts of invective at the late John McCain, even claiming credit for the senator’s moving Washington funeral and complaining he was never properly thanked. By the… Continue Reading →
New York – The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $625 million after no one matched all six numbers Wednesday night, lottery officials said. The prize is the fourth largest in Powerball history and the seventh largest in U.S…. Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a lower court to take another look at a lawsuit that involved Google and privacy concerns and ended in a class-action settlement. The high court said in an unsigned opinion that a lower court… Continue Reading →
A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for victims of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that horrified… Continue Reading →
Christchurch – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an immediate ban Thursday on sales of “military-style” semi-automatic and automatic weapons like the ones used in the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch that killed 50 worshippers. The man charged in the… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week. The president will welcome Netanyahu for his third White House visit since Trump took office, the White house said Wednesday. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Philadelphia health officials say they’ve now believe 67 people have contracted mumps at Temple University. City Department of Health spokesman James Garrow said Tuesday the total number of probable cases stands at 67 — up from 54 cases a day… Continue Reading →
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a ban of “military-style” semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines like those used in the shootings at two mosques last week. Ardern… Read more » The post After Gun Attacks, New Zealand… Continue Reading →
Shares were mixed in Europe on Thursday after a day of gains in Asia spurred by the Federal Reserve’s promise not to raise interest rates during this year. Britain’s FTSE… Read more » The post European Shares Shaken by Brexit… Continue Reading →
Israeli and U.S. officials say they expect that an announcement on U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan could come as early as Prime Minister Binyamim Netanyahu’s visit to… Read more » The post Israeli and U.S. Officials: U.S…. Continue Reading →
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U.S.-backed Syrian fighters said they were still searching territory captured from Islamic State at its final enclave in eastern Syria on Thursday and denied a report the jihadists had been… Read more » The post U.S.-Backed Force Denies Report of… Continue Reading →
Iranian leaders vowed on Thursday to control soaring prices, bring stability to the national currency and create jobs as the nation marked the end of a year of economic crisis… Read more » The post Iran Vows to Control Prices,… Continue Reading →
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