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The IDF said Monday that in the wake of Sunday night's rocket attacks, Prime Ministers Binyamin Netanyahu had halved the amount of diesel fuel Israel was allowing into Gaza. The…
Iran's foreign minister made a flying visit for talks with host France at the G7 summit on Sunday, as Paris ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington,…
President Donald Trump's “deal of the century” peace plan has been on the table for some two years now – but no one really knows the details, because none have…
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israeli air strikes in Syria, expressed Washington’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself from…
The Iron Dome missile defense system and air raid sirens were activated in southern Israel on Sunday night. B’chasdei shamayim, no serious injuries were reported. A music festival in…
In a broadcast speech even more belligerent than usual, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah responded to Israeli airstrikes against Iranian operatives across its northern borders with Syria and Lebanon with threats…
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Sometime over Shabbos, someone defaced the front of the building which houses Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim at 147 East Broadway in Manhattan with anti-Semitic graffiti. Mayor Bill DeBlasio said that the…
At this time last year, Zev and Tehiya Meyers were raising their two daughters, ages 8 and 13, in a two-bedroom apartment in west Los Angeles’ densely populated Pico-Robertson neighborhood.…
A 17-year-old Toldos Aharon bachur was seriously injured after an accident on the way to daven at Meron on Motzoei Shabbos. Overnight, he was operated on but his condition is…
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A New Zealand teenager who visited Disneyland and other Southern California tourist spots last week brought along more than just her luggage. She brought measles. Public health officials in Los…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, according to the Supreme Court. It…
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Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondônia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest, according…
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was “touch and go,” as other European Union capitals grasp the problems Britain has with the…
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