Yeshiva World News

MetroCards will soon no longer be available to pay for rides on the New York City subway, and the OMNY system will fully take over.  

A senior diplomat from Riyadh declared that reforming the Israeli government — not the Palestinian Authority — is the key to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East. Speaking onstage at the Doha Forum, Manal Radwan, a minister in Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry, pushed back against what she described as an international fixation on Palestinian […]

WATCH: House Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressman Mike Lawler seen leaving the home of the Skvere Rebbe following a visit.

The New York Post reports Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. worked at the same counterterrorism base as Mohammad Alokozay, the man accused of posting a video of himself on TikTok indicating he was making a bomb to target Fort Worth, Texas.

NY Seniors May Receive Up to 65% Property-Tax Exemption Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new legislation allowing local governments to offer seniors a property-tax exemption of up to 65% of a home’s assessed value. * This raises the previous maximum exemption from 50% to 65%. * Savings for eligible seniors could reach about $300 a year, […]

President Trump unleashed on Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) after the congressman, freshly pardoned on federal bribery and corruption charges, announced he would seek reelection as a Democrat. Cuellar, 70, had faced sweeping allegations — including bribery, money laundering, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent — stemming from what prosecutors said was $600,000 in payments […]

HAPPENING NOW: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who was in Rockland County today for fundraisers supporting Congressman Mike Lawler, has just arrive, together with Congressman Mike Lawler, at the home of the Skvere Rebbe, in New Square for a visit.

TUNE IN NOW! WATCH HERE      

BREAKING: i24NEWS reports that top Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich is set to be indicted in the classified-documents leak case. According to the investigation, Urich is accused of improperly handling and leaking sensitive military intelligence. The accusations include possession and unauthorized transfer of classified material that may have endangered national security.

NYC Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani pledges to protect illegals in NYC and stand up to ICE.

Israel and Qatar Hold Secret Meeting in New York to Repair Ties Axios reports a secret trilateral meeting between Israel, Qatar, and the U.S. is taking place today (Sunday) in New York to rebuild relations after the Israeli strike in Doha that killed a Qatari security guard. * Hosted by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. * […]

FLATBUSH: Early Sunday morning at approximately 5:00 a.m., a catalytic converter was stolen from a Prius at the corner of Avenue K and East 13th Street in Flatbush. The theft was carried out in under two minutes! Flatbush Shomrim responded to the scene within minutes, however, the suspects had already fled the area. The cost […]

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $875 million after no one hit all six numbers Saturday, marking the second-largest prize of the year and one of the biggest in the game’s history.

Waymo issued a voluntary software recall on its autonomous vehicles after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched a preliminary investigation around allegedly illegal maneuvers.

The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, which can begin as early […]

IDF and Shin Bet expose Hamas–Iran funding network in Turkey Israel says Hamas, under direct Iranian guidance, operates a covert network of Gaza-born money exchangers in Turkey to fund terrorism. The network allegedly moves hundreds of millions of dollars from Iran to Hamas through Turkey’s financial system. Three key operatives were identified – Tamer Hassan, […]

Beninese forces were able to “thwart” a coup that was announced on Sunday, the country’s interior minister said.

Amid an unusually early and harsh flu season and an ongoing measles outbreak, hospitals across Israel are reporting overcrowding, and several babies and children are in serious to critical condition. Hadassah Hospital reported on Sunday that the pediatric departments at Ein Kerem and HaTzofim Hospitals in Jerusalem have been treating children of all ages hospitalized […]

Ilhan Omar: “When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany!”

Sec. Scott Bessent on the massive Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota: “When you come to this country, you gotta learn which side of the road to drive on, you gotta learn to stop at the stop signs, and you gotta learn not to defraud the American people.”