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Fire swept through a studio in Japan on Thursday and 23 people were feared killed and scores injured, with the cause suspected to have been arson after a man was…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will have to decide whether Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar can enter Israel and Yehudah and Shomron for a planned tour, Haaretz reported Thursday. Introducing…
The rotation deal with Yair Lapid is extant and will not be dissolved, but that is no reason for chareidi parties to dismiss the idea of joining a government headed…
The brother of the suicide bomber who killed almost two dozen people at a concert in Manchester appeared in court Thursday to face 22 charges of murder. Hashem Abedi's lawyer, Zafar…
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil with a crew of 12, Iran's state media reported Thursday, just days after an oil…
Israel
The National Planning Council would like to see the Tama 38 refurbishing program come to an end – in what would be a blow to many owners who bought apartments…
After hundreds of complaints, police removed a portrait of the terrorist Sabbah Abu Sabich, who in 2016 carried out a terror attack at the French Hill Junction, close to National…
For the first time since the 1960s, an Israeli-made vehicle will be offered for sale locally, and eventually for export. The Transportation Ministry on Wednesday authorized for sale and manufacture…
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A chunk of 18th Ave. is closed to vehicular traffic after a manhole burst into flames, plunging several blocks into darkness. The central Boro Park artery is closed now as…
14 Tammuz 5779 July 17, 2019 Leaders of Agudath Israel of America were recently contacted by a number of Roshei Yeshiva, Mechanchim and Rabbanim from across America who expressed concerns…
Tefillos were held across the world Wednesday on behalf of the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe, shlita, who underwent a medical procedure on his heart. The Rebbe was operated on at…
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The heat wave that has been roasting much of the U.S. in recent days is just getting warmed up, with temperatures expected to soar to dangerous levels through the weekend.…
Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman says all visible traces of cancer have been removed from his lung during a seven-hour surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Coleman posted on his…
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The U.K. will plunge into recession if it leaves the European Union without a divorce deal, with the pound plunging in value and the economy shrinking by 2% in a…
Millions of people are stranded by flooding in northeast India with concern growing about food and water supplies, and officials said on Wednesday that water levels of a major river…
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