Month February 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joe Biden, standing on a Las Vegas stage roughly 1,000 feet from the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, took on White House rival Bernie Sanders Saturday night for his past vote… Continue Reading →

The risk of a military confrontation is higher in the Strait of Hormuz than anywhere else in the Gulf region, Oman’s foreign minister said, due in part to the growing… Read more » The post Oman Sees Biggest Gulf Clash… Continue Reading →

Join the 10,000-Person ‘Crowd-Learning’ Shmiras Haloshon Campaign Each of Us Protecting All of Us When the Chofetz Chaim saw danger for Klal Yisrael looming on the horizon, he urged Jews everywhere to grasp the protection of Shmiras Haloshon. Today, unfortunately… Continue Reading →

Confirming claims by the Likud and placing both Blue and White and Yisrael Beytenu in uncomfortable positions, United Arab List head Ayman Odeh said over the weekend that without his… Read more » The post Odeh: I Will Make a… Continue Reading →

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 22 days amid an outbreak of coronavirus, state media reported on Saturday, to visit a national mausoleum and… Read more » The post North Korea’s Kim Makes First… Continue Reading →

Israel welcomed a petition by Germany to the International Court of Justice that it has no right to adjudicate the situation in Yehudah and Shomron. In a statement, Foreign Minister… Read more » The post Israel Praises Germany For Saying… Continue Reading →

Storm Dennis roared across Britain on Sunday, lashing towns and cities with high winds and dumping so much rain that authorities urged residents to protect themselves from “life-threatening floods” in… Read more » The post U.K. Hit by Hurricane-Force Winds,… Continue Reading →

Two weeks and a day before the elections, the operative word in Israeli politics was “liar,” with politicians of nearly all the major parties bandying the term at their rivals.… Read more » The post UTJ, Blue and White, Liberman… Continue Reading →

China reported Sunday a drop in new virus cases for the third straight day, as it became apparent that the country’s leadership was aware of the potential gravity of the… Read more » The post New Virus Cases Fall; Xi… Continue Reading →

Two Israelis who are aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. According to the Israeli Health Ministry, the Israelis have mild cases of the… Read more » The post Two Israelis Aboard Japan Cruise… Continue Reading →

Rockets hit a U.S.-led military coalition’s Baghdad headquarters early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a coalition spokesman said, in the latest attack to target U.S. facilities in Iraq. Washington… Read more » The post Rockets Strike Iraqi Base Hosting… Continue Reading →

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai personally ordered the removal of a billboard that had been paid for by a right-wing organization demanding Israeli action against terror. The group, called the… Read more » The post Group to Sue Tel Aviv… Continue Reading →

IDF forces early Sunday struck at Hamas targets in Gaza, after Gaza Arab terrorists fired two rockets at southern Israel on Motzoei Shabbos. The targets were located in central Gaza.… Read more » The post Israel Strikes Back in Gaza… Continue Reading →

MUNICH (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump is receiving bad advice if he believes an American “maximum pressure” campaign against his country will cause the government in Tehran to collapse. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad… Continue Reading →

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, where she met with women entrepreneurs and was to meet Abu Dhabi’s crown prince. She was in… Continue Reading →

A child is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Monsey on Motzei Shabbos. It happened at around 8:00PM on Remsen Avenue near Hilda Lane. Sources tell YWN that the child was dragged by the vehicle. Rockland… Continue Reading →

China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the head of the World Health Organization praised the country’s efforts to contain the new disease, saying they have “bought the world time” and that other nations… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump is out to rev up his appeal with a key voting demographic — NASCAR fans — as he takes in the Daytona 500 on Sunday. NASCAR drivers may veer to the left during their trip around the… Continue Reading →

Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike. The verdict was returned by a federal jury in Manhattan following a… Continue Reading →

A cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the astronauts’ cravings. Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus capsule from the Virginia seashore. The nearly 4-ton shipment should arrive at the orbiting lab… Continue Reading →

The man who helped catch the suspected Monsey attacker back was recognized Thursday night at an event in Williamsburg, not just for his heroic actions that day, but also for refusing to accept money from “Zionists”. Josef Gluck was supposed… Continue Reading →