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Hong Kong Rings In 2026 Without Fireworks After Deadliest Blaze In Decades

Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong’s New Year celebrations. Not this year. The territory will ring in 2026 without spectacular and colorful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November that killed at least 161 people. The city’s tourism board will instead host a music show Wednesday […]

Police Arrest Two East Jerusalem Youths After Mezuzahs Torn Down in Bnei Brak Building

Police in Bnei Brak–Ramat Gan have opened an investigation following the circulation of a disturbing viral video showing two young men tearing mezuzahs off the doorposts of a residential building in the chareidi city of Bnei Brak. In the footage, the suspects are seen approaching apartment doors, forcefully ripping the mezuzahs from the doorframes and […]

China Says It “Successfully” Completed Taiwan Drills Aimed at Thwarting “Separatists” and Foreign Forces

China’s People’s Liberation Army said Wednesday that it “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan, concluding a set of high-powered maneuvers aimed at asserting its sovereignty over the island — actions that ratcheted up tension in East Asia during 2025’s waning days. In a New Year’s Eve announcement, the PLA said that the operation […]

IDF Chief Visits Gaza, Vows to Disarm Hamas and Recover Last Hostage

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visited southern Gaza today with senior commanders and met with troops in the field. He said the IDF is fully determined to disarm Hamas and will not allow it to rebuild, adding that Israel will continue operating until the last hostage, Ran Gvili, is brought back for burial […]

Israel, U.S. Give Hamas Two-Month Deadline to Disarm or Face Consequences

Israel and the United States have agreed to give Hamas a two-month window to fully disarm, a move that sharply escalates pressure on the terror group and sets the stage for renewed Israeli military action if the deadline is not met. According to Yisrael Hayom, the agreement was reached during an overnight meeting at Mar-a-Lago […]

U.S. 250th Anniversary Organizers Aim to Make 2026 Nation’s Biggest Year for Volunteering

The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America’s 250th birthday celebration into the country’s single biggest year for volunteering. But America Gives, the program unveiled Wednesday just before the U.S. begins commemorating the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, will have to revitalize a culture of service that has recently waned. Declining volunteering rates […]

Do More Than Just Save On Taxes, “BUY TORAH”

“A Yissachar-Zevulun shutfus (partnership) with Shas Yidden is MEHADRIN MIN HAMEHADRIN”   The words of Maran Hamashpia Hagadol, Hatzadik Harav Elimelech Biederman, shlit”a The Most Mehudar and Unique Yissachar Zevulun Pact Is at Shas Yiden Earns Almost 7 Million Mitzvos!     C Do More Than Just Save On Taxes, “BUY TORAH” Maximize Your Tax Deduction […]

Fellow Supreme Court Judge Slams Amit: “He’s No More Than A Politician In A Robe”

In rare remarks directed at fellow Supreme Court justices Yitzchak Amit and other left-wing justices, justice Alex Stein slammed the Court’s increasing political intervention, saying that a judge who invents laws is no more than a “politician in a robe.” Speaking on Tuesday evening at a conference of the Israel Law and Liberty Forum at […]

DRAMATIC RESCUE: Four Men Cling to Boat Stranded Above South African Dam

Watch the dramatic moment four men hold on for their lives on a stranded boat as it hangs high above the edge of a dam. The video shows the men gripping their ski-boat as water surges near Standerton, in the South African province of Mpumalanga, on December 29th.

Trump’s Freedom 250 to Light Washington Monument as “World’s Tallest Birthday Candle” for America’s 250th

Tonight, in honor of our America’s 250th birthday, Freedom 250, the organization President Trump announced to lead the 250th celebration, will transform the Washington Monument into the world’s tallest birthday candle. From New Year’s Eve through Jan. 5, a six-night projection-mapping spectacle will illuminate the iconic Monument, creating a canvas that tells America’s story of […]

Malaysia Renews Search for Missing Flight MH370 More Than a Decade Later

More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation’s most baffling mysteries. Despite years of multinational searches, investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane or its 239 passengers and crew. On Wednesday, the Malaysian government said a vessel began a new search operation for the […]

Yemen’s UAE-Backed STC Begins Troop Withdrawal from Hadramout

Military convoys of Yemen’s UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) have started withdrawing from parts of Hadramout, seemingly in compliance with a deadline set by the Presidential Leadership Council for the UAE to pull its forces from the country.

India Tests Two Indigenous Pralay Missiles in Rapid Succession

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out a salvo launch of two indigenously developed Pralay quasi-ballistic missiles in rapid succession from a single mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.

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