Month January 2020

A massive explosion and fire triggered by a gas cylinder explosion engulfed a small perfume factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, rescuer workers and police… Read more » The post Pakistan Gas Cylinder Explosion Kills… Continue Reading →

A post on Snapchat lead police right to the vehicle of an alleged drug dealer. Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Taishaun Cosme, 24, of Brick, was arrested and charged on January 23, 2020 with Possession of Cocaine in an… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department Correspondents’ Association says the State Department has denied a National Public Radio reporter a seat aboard Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s plane for an upcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia. The decision came… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Metropolitan Travel Authority (MTA), which is responsible for providing public transportation in New York State with an estimated 11 million passengers daily, revealed a new advertising campaign Monday designed to encourage passengers on public transport… Continue Reading →

A group of Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday asked parliament to debate a motion for Iran to quit a treaty governing global nuclear arms control, a move apparently aimed at pressuring… Read more » The post Iran MPS Call for Debate… Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong said Tuesday it will cut all rail links to mainland China as the United States and other governments prepared to evacuate citizens from the Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak that has… Continue Reading →

Anti-Semitic acts increased in France last year by 27%, acts against Muslims inched higher while anti-Christian acts remained stable but highest of all, France’s interior minister said Sunday, denouncing the situation as intolerable. On top of that, acts described as… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to leave Washington Wednesday, after meeting again with President Donald Trump on the “deal of the century” peace plan – but he will not… Read more » The post After Trump Meeting, PM to… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin. Netanyahu, who was visiting Washington ahead of the launch of President Donald Trump’s… Continue Reading →

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Tuesday submitted the indictments against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to the Yerushalayim district court. The move follows Netanyahu’s decision earlier in the day to withdraw… Read more » The post Mandelblit Submits Netanyahu Indictment to… Continue Reading →

A person in Japan who had not visited the Chinese city of Wuhan has contracted the new coronavirus, Japan’s Health Ministry said Tuesday. The infected man is a tour bus… Read more » The post Person in Japan Who Has… Continue Reading →

French and German ministers warned there was little time to agree to a new trade deal with Britain as they arrived on Tuesday for the last senior European Union meeting… Read more » The post Germany, France Fret Over Time… Continue Reading →

Amid reports that the U.S. “deal of the century” peace plan calls for establishment of a Palestinian state, the Yesha Council said Tuesday that if this were to happen, it… Read more » The post Yesha Council: No PA State,… Continue Reading →

The IDF is preparing for an uptick in security incidents in Yehudah and Shomron in the wake of the revelation of details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “deal of the… Read more » The post IDF Increases Forces Prior to… Continue Reading →

Although there is no longer any need for it, the Knesset will continue with its agenda to establish a panel that was to hear Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s request for… Read more » The post Despite Netanyahu Retraction, Knesset to… Continue Reading →

Details of President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” peace plan are set to be released at noon Tuesday (Washington time), but speculation has been rife on what those details… Read more » The post Abbas: ‘Trump Is a Dog,… Continue Reading →

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday he is confident in China‘s ability to contain a new coronavirus that has killed 106 people, and he called… Read more » The post WHO Chief Confident in China’s… Continue Reading →

Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman on Monday signed a public health ordinance that adds the coronavirus to the list of infectious diseases. Signing the order means that when necessary, enforced… Read more » The post Health Minister Rabbi Litzman Signs… Continue Reading →

Asian shares skidded again Tuesday on deepening worries over the expanding outbreak of a new virus in China. Markets in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China were closed Tuesday for… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Tumble as China… Continue Reading →