Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba Wednesday from the State Department’s short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against violent groups. In a statement, the State Department said Blinken had found that Cuban and U.S. law enforcement were again working together on counterterrorism and other efforts. The State Department had […]
President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur that’s at the center a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, the Justice Department told lawmakers in a letter publicly released on Thursday. It comes as the the House Oversight and Accountability […]
Three soldiers were injured, one very seriously and two lightly, in a Hezbollah drone attack near Metula in northern Israel late Thursday afternoon The wounded soldiers were evacuated to Ziv Hospital in Tzfas. In recent hours, the IDF carried out numerous strikes against Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon in response to Hezbollah’s rocket barrage of […]
The Slovak interior minister said Thursday that a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico and prompted soul-searching among leaders in the deeply divided society. Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a hospital official said, after the populist leader was hit multiple times in an […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Jamie R. Mill, 50, from Alabama is the next person on death row in the United States of America. He is not a very nice person at all. He was found guilty of robbery and the double murder of an elderly couple. He is scheduled to die by lethal injection in […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday for China’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine, which have been rejected by Ukraine and its Western supporters as largely following the Kremlin’s line. At their summit, Putin and Xi reaffirmed a “no-limits” partnership that has grown deeper as both countries face deepening tensions […]
In a move that has sparked outrage, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has ordered the removal of all political signs from legislators’ desks, including pro-Israel posters and flyers depicting hostages being held by Hamas. Adams claims the move is aimed at reducing tensions between lawmakers over the Israel-Hamas war, but many are calling it an […]
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other signs that the labor market is cooling have surfaced. Jobless claims for the week ending May 11 fell by 10,000 to 222,000, down from 232,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last week’s applications were […]
Five IDF soldiers were hit by a car on Thursday morning while standing on the sidewalk outside the Israeli Air Force Technological College in Haifa. The soldiers received emergency medical aid at the scene and were evacuated, one in moderate condition and four in light condition, in a mobile intensive care unit to Beilinson Hospital […]
The IDF confirmed on Thursday that a sensitive military site near Tiveria was hit by a suicide drone launched by Hezbollah on Wednesday evening. The site that was damaged is an Air Force base that houses and operates the Sky Dew (טל שמיים) aerostat, a high-altitude observation balloon that differs from a blimp by the […]
Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase. U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains. […]
An Israeli civilian was injured in a stabbing attack on Thursday morning at the Yitzhar intersection in the Shomron, south of Shechem and near Huwara. The terrorist assaulted the victim when he stopped at an intersection, stabbing him through his open car window. The injured victim managed to continue driving to an IDF checkpoint, where […]
A terrorist attempted to stab Border Police officers in the Old City of Jerusalem overnight Wednesday. The incident began when officers stationed outside the Shalem police station noticed a suspicious individual in the vicinity. They asked him for identification and the suspect suddenly pulled out a knife and lunged toward the officers. The officers immediately […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There are so many aspects of Hashem’s Divine Wisdom that they are truly uncountable. But here is an absolutely remarkable one of which we must take note: spiders. Darwin once made an observation when he was on a ship 60 miles from land. Previously the ship had no spiders, but one […]
The IDF has announced that five soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade 202nd Battalion were killed as a result of a friendly fire incident in Jabaliya. An additional 7 soldiers were injured in the same incident – 3 seriously. They have been identified as: Cpt. Roy Beit Yaakov, 22, from Eli Staff Sgt. Gilad Arye Boim, […]
Congress gave final approval Wednesday to a $105 billion bill designed to increase the number of air traffic controllers, add more safety inspectors at aircraft factories, and require airlines to automatically pay refunds to travelers whose flights are canceled or significantly delayed. The House passed the measure to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration programs by a […]
A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” of the […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made an objectively crazy claim that Israel will set its sights on Turkey if it succeeds in defeating Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Addressing his party lawmakers in parliament, Erdogan warned, “Do not think that Israel will stop in Gaza. Unless it’s stopped… this rogue and terrorist state will […]
The photo of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu putting on tefillin that was posted on Sunday was the cause of great excitement among his millions of followers. The Hebrew-language COL website revealed the story behind the photo. It began when Channel 14 journalist Sharon Gal was called to a routine briefing with Netanyahu, a frequent occurrence. Gal […]
Jordan foiled an Iranian-directed plot to smuggle weapons into the kingdom to opponents of the monarchy to commit acts of sabotage, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Iranian-backed militias in Syria sent weapons to a Muslim Brotherhood cell in Jordan that has ties with Hamas. The cell members, Jordanians of Palestinian descent, were arrested in March and […]
