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Iran observes all U.S. ships in the Gulf region and has an archive of images of their daily movements, the head of Iran's navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said on…
South Korean jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots after a Russian military plane violated South Korea's airspace on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, in the first such incident between the…
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a newly built submarine and ordered officials to further bolster the country's military capability, state media reported Tuesday, as the North is…
The White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reached a tentative two-year budget deal on Monday that would raise spending caps by $320 billion and suspend the debt ceiling…
Severe wind and rain in the northeastern states left thousands without power on Monday and into early Tuesday, even as a record-breaking heat wave ebbed. The heat wave blanketing about a…
Israel
Deputy Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman called on nurses to go back to work, after they went out on strike Tuesday morning. “Nurses do holy work and their issues must…
A Chinese railway manufacturer will be supplying “explosion-proof” light rail vehicles (LRV) for the Tel Aviv system, scheduled to start running by 2021, according to the U.K. news site Intelligent…
The rise in new suppliers of oil and gas has reduced the ability of Iran to influence global oil markets, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Monday. The price…
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The Torah community mourns the petirah of Harav Reuven Scheiner, zt”l, who served as a Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas for more than half a century. Rav Reuven was born…
We regret to report that Rabbi Yitzchok Wenger, z”l, the longtime administrator of Lakewood Cheder, was niftar . Rabbi Wenger maintained a close relationship with Bais Medrash Govoha, where he…
National
Prosecutors have asked an Arizona appeals court to let them pursue the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store…
The Trump administration on Tuesday will significantly expand its power to quickly deport illegal immigrants who have illegally entered the United States within the past two years, using a fast-track…
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At least 14 Venezuelan states lost power on Monday, according to Reuters witnesses and reports on social media, the first nationwide blackout to include the capital Caracas since March. Venezuela…
President Donald Trump brought the leader of Pakistan to the White House on Monday to discuss a peace deal in neighboring Afghanistan, breezily declaring he could end the longest U.S.…
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