Month June 2019
The IDF is investigating what is being termed a “serious security breach” after two IDF soldiers and two officers were injured when a rocket they were working with exploded. The… Read more » The post Report: IDF Investigating ‘Serious Security… Continue Reading →
A federal jury in Texas has ruled that Huawei stole trade secrets from a Silicon Valley startup, but it didn’t award any damages. After a three-week trial, jurors in U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Britain’s Labour opposition risked further souring its relationship with the Jewish community after readmitting a lawmaker who was suspended for suggesting the party had been “too apologetic” about anti-Semitism. Chris… Read more » The post British Labour Party Readmits Lawmaker… Continue Reading →
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second such bout within two weeks, but her spokesman said she was fine. Merkel,… Read more » The post Germany’s Merkel Seen Shaking for… Continue Reading →
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, approved changing the name of Natzrat Illit (Upper Nazareth) to Nof HaGalil. Mayor Ronen Flut conducted a referendum among residents of the city regarding a name change. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
The family of a 54-year-old black man fatally shot by a white officer is suing the officer and the city of South Bend, Indiana, where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) is mayor. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Arab riots in several towns in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Yehudah and Shomron in protest of the Bahrain economic conference continued Wednesday night. IDF soldiers faced off against rioters in… Read more » The post PA Riots Against Bahrain Conference… Continue Reading →
Asian shares crept higher on Thursday following a media report that the United States and China have tentatively agreed to a truce ahead of a highly anticipated weekend meeting of… Read more » The post Asian Shares Turn Up on… Continue Reading →
New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding big changes in corporate governance. DiNapoli, writing in his capacity as trustee of the state retirement fund, said he will vote against the nominees for Facebook’s… Continue Reading →
Russian officials on Thursday denied any connection to disruption of the GPS system that has been ongoing at Ben Gurion Airport for the past three weeks. “This is fake news,… Read more » The post Russia Denies It’s Behind Airport… Continue Reading →
Iran warned the United States against violating its borders, with Parliament speaker Ali Larijani threatening a stronger reaction, the Tasnim news agency said on Thursday, a week after Tehran shot… Read more » The post Iran Warns U.S. of Stronger… Continue Reading →
Democratic presidential contenders battled over healthcare coverage and border policy on Wednesday during a surprisingly heated first debate that laid bare the party’s divisions on whether to abolish private insurance… Read more » The post Democrats Clash on Healthcare, Border… Continue Reading →
North Korea said Thursday that South Korea must stop trying to mediate between Pyongyang and Washington, as it stepped up its pressure on the United States to work out new… Read more » The post N. Korea Urges South to… Continue Reading →
The two-year-old boy who is in critical condition after drowning in a pool in the community of Meitzad on Wednesday is in need of Rachmei Shomayim. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was updated on the incident shortly after is occurred,… Continue Reading →
North Korean and U.S. officials are holding “behind-the-scenes talks” to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fate of the North’s expanding nuclear arsenal, South Korea’s president said, four months… Continue Reading →
Miami – Ten Democrats railed against a national economy and Republican administration they said exist only for the rich as presidential candidates debated onstage for the first time in the young 2020 season, embracing class warfare as a defining theme… Continue Reading →
New York – Ratings agency Moody’s Corp and Israeli cyber group Team8 launched on Thursday a joint venture to assess how vulnerable businesses are to cyber attacks and create what they hope will become a global benchmark. Cyber attacks are… Continue Reading →
The “Ezras Nashim” Organization held a CPR demo open to the public in front of Amnon’s Pizza on 13 Avenue in Boro Park. The organization put up a small tent and handed out literature as well as educating people about… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for the death of a man and his 23-month-old daughter shown in a searing photograph that has become a symbol of the peril faced by migrants. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Berlin – Germans itching to shoot virtual Nazis will soon get a chance to do so, after a change in the rules concerning the use of forbidden symbols in video games. U.S. games publisher Bethesda Softworks said Wednesday that the… Continue Reading →
What appeared to be just another apartment in the chareidi city of Modi’in Illit was in fact used for drugs. The Petach Tikvah Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday released the chareidi suspect without restrictions. Read more on Yeshiva World News