Month August 2021
Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as… Continue Reading →
American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to attack the airport, U.S. officials said, as the United… Read more » The post U.S. Drone Strike Hits Islamic… Continue Reading →
A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that she loved her job. A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the… Continue Reading →
Israel is offering vaccine booster shots for everyone 12 and up who already received their second of two vaccine doses at least five months earlier, the Times of Israel reported.… Read more » The post Israel Offers Booster Shot to… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay-later option that does not involve credit cards. San Francisco-based Affirm Holdings Inc. announced Friday that its flexible payment service will soon be available… Continue Reading →
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden embarked on a solemn journey Sunday to honor and mourn the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as their remains return to U.S. soil… Continue Reading →
A U.S. airstrike Sunday targeted a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing American military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, officials said. There were few initial details about the incident, as… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say an American drone strike has hit a vehicle carrying multiple Islamic State suicide bombers heading for the Kabul airport. A military official said the strike on Sunday caused “significant secondary explosions” indicating the presence of… Continue Reading →
The campaign over who will replace German Chancellor Angela Merkel heated up on Sunday after an opinion poll showed the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) opening up a bigger lead over… Read more » The post German Election Campaign Heats Up… Continue Reading →
Israeli planes struck Hamas militant targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, hours after violent clashes between Palestinian protesters and troops along the border. The Israeli military said in a… Read more » The post Israel Strikes Hamas Targets in… Continue Reading →
On Sunday, hundreds of health-care workers protested outside the Health Ministry in Yerushalayim to protest the lack of hospital funding, the Jerusalem Post reported. Seven public hospitals, including Shaare Zedek… Read more » The post Hospital Workers Go on Strike… Continue Reading →
A rocket struck a neighborhood just northwest of Kabul’s international airport Sunday as the U.S. evacuation there winds down following the Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country, killing a child,… Read more » The post Afghan Police: Rocket Hits Near… Continue Reading →
When Rabbi Moshe Margaretten of the Tzedek Association heard about four siblings in Afghanistan who needed help, he decided to take action. Suneeta, an Afghan woman living in the US since 2018, has four children under 18 living alone in… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF planes attacked targets in the Gaza strip in response to the continuing spate of incendiary balloons which have been causing fires and damage in Israel. The planes attacked a terror tunnel as well as a training… Continue Reading →
A nine-year-old Israeli boy died over the weekend after being stung by a jellyfish while swimming at the beach on the island of Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand. Ynet reported that medics administered first aid to the boy at the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s called the loneliest job in the world for a reason. Surrounded by everything a superpower can offer and watched by all, President Joe Biden wore the weight of a lonely man as he came to grips… Continue Reading →
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the… Continue Reading →
As the U.S. rushes to evacuate Americans and allies from the chaos of Afghanistan, a growing number of Republicans are questioning why the U.S. should take in Afghan citizens who worked side by side with Americans, further exacerbating divides within… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Delta Airlines Pilot Alexander Kahn described to CNN his special feelings on transporting a group of Afghan refugees from Germany to the US. Kahn is the son of a Holocaust survivor who came from Buchenwald to… Continue Reading →