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If there was any chance for reconciliation between chareidi parties and Blue and White in advance of the elections, it seems to have dissipated Thursday night, when Health Minister Rabbi…
Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program…
Japan's health minister said that the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a new virus will leave the Diamond Princess on Friday after a much-criticized quarantine of the…
The results of the March 2 elections could depend on how many loyalists each party gets out to the polls – because there is less interest in this election among…
After two weeks in which they were isolated from the rest of the world – and even from other passengers – eleven Israelis who were aboard the Princess Diamond cruise…
Israel
With travelers canceling trips to the Far East, excess capacity on flights and ships has forced operators to come up with alternative plans – and one of those plans is…
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin arrived on Thursday in Fiji on his way to an official visit to Australia. During his visit, the president, together with the prime minister of Fiji,…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo received bottles of wine in appreciation for his support of Israel’s rights in Yehuda and Shomron – and they came with his name on it.…
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The third- and fourth-grade boys at Orlando Torah Academy celebrated a milestone last week as they began learning Mishnayos for the very first time! The students had been looking forward…
Police are looking for a man who stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment from Breadberry supermarket early Wednesday morning. Surveillance footage shows a U-Haul truck pulling up to the…
National
Chicago’s former police superintendent has been receiving a pension of more than $15,800 a month since the mayor fired him for allegedly lying about a night he was found asleep…
Trump ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department’s…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is jailed in Britain fighting extradition to the United States for espionage and computer hacking, may seek asylum in France, his lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti said…
Amid Protests, Portugal Lawmakers Weigh Allowing EuthanasiaPortugal’s parliament debated Thursday whether to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people, with lawmakers expected to vote to approve the procedures later in the day. Outside the…
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