Month June 2019
Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared unsteady and unwell as she met with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Berlin, her whole body visibly shaking as she received the new Ukrainian president at the chancellery. The incident came Tuesday afternoon as the… Continue Reading →
Cairo – Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom, his family and a member of his defense team… Continue Reading →
The IDF called off a naval closure of the Gaza shore Tuesday, reauthorizing vessels to ply the waters off the Gaza shore again – and it restored the area Gaza… Read more » The post Despite Ongoing Balloon Terror, Gaza… Continue Reading →
Rescue efforts were under way Tuesday after an earthquake in southwestern China left 12 people dead and 135 others injured, authorities said. Hundreds of firefighters arrived early Tuesday and rescued… Read more » The post Rescue Efforts Underway After China… Continue Reading →
When President Donald Trump’s campaign discovered he was trailing Democrats in crucial states earlier this year, it did what any campaign would do: tried to bury the bad poll numbers. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Passengers on an ALK aircraft from Pristina, Kosovo, to EuroAirport in France experienced extreme turbulence on Sunday that left 10 passengers injured. According to reports, the turbulence started about 30 minutes before the plane landed and lasted five minutes, a… Continue Reading →
The 275 year old auction house Sotheby’s is being sold to a French Israeli business man for about $3.7 billion. Sotheby’s, founded in London in 1744, is the oldest company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Israelis feel safer when flying on a plane with an Israeli pilot. A new poll shows that two-thirds of Israeli plane passengers preferred an Israeli pilot when flying. Among those… Read more » The post Poll: Israelis Feel Safer With… Continue Reading →
The United Nations says the world’s population is getting older and growing at a slower pace but is still expected to increase from the current 7.7 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A Qatari technical delegation held talks in Israel and the Gaza Strip this week about helping pay for a proposed new power line between them, officials on both sides announced… Read more » The post Qatar Sends Technical Experts to… Continue Reading →
Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, head of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, was reportedly buried at a cemetery east of Cairo in a limited ceremony attended by just a few –… Read more » The post Islamist Morsi a Hero to… Continue Reading →
A European human-rights watchdog said on Tuesday that the European Union was violating international law with its increasingly restrictive stance on migration and should step up sea rescues – an… Read more » The post Watchdog Calls on EU to… Continue Reading →
Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom, a… Read more » The post Egypt’s Ousted President Morsi Buried… Continue Reading →
As this coming Shabbos we read Parshas Shelach, there will be a trip to the kevarim of Yehoshua bin Nun and Kalev ben Yefune, located in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Kifl Haris, near Ariel. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
The state has once again filed a request with the High Court that the evacuation of the illegal Bedouin settlement of Khan al-Ahmar be delayed yet again – for the… Read more » The post MK: Americans Asked Us Not… Continue Reading →
Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will address the city on Tuesday after some of the biggest and most violent protests ever seen in the financial hub against an extradition… Read more » The post Hong Kong Leader to Address… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump is threatening to remove millions of people living in the country illegally on the eve of formally announcing his re-election bid. In a pair of tweets Monday… Read more » The post Trump Threatens to Deport Millions… Continue Reading →
Iran will not wage war against any nation, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state media. Fears of a confrontation between Iran and… Read more » The post Rouhani: Iran Will Not Wage… Continue Reading →
New York will become the 13th state to authorize driver’s licenses for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally. The state Senate approved the proposal Monday and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo… Read more » The post NY Authorizes Licenses for Immigrants… Continue Reading →
Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, state-run Anadolu news agency said… Read more » The post Turkey Orders Arrest of 128… Continue Reading →
Stocks in Asia mostly advanced Tuesday ahead of interest rate decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks. The Kospi in South Korea gained 0.5% to 2,101.43, and… Read more » The post Asian Markets Mostly Edge Higher… Continue Reading →