British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to Britain’s most important diplomatic post in 2024. “The decision […]
In a victory for the Shas party, HaRav Avraham Deri, the nephew of Shas leader Aryeh Deri, was elected as the Chief Rabbi of Be’er Sheva on Sunday. Rav Deri, narrowly elected by just one vote after a tense race against the candidate backed by the mayor of Be’er Sheva, will fill the place of […]
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan and alleged sabotage of train infrastructure, calling those responsible “enemies of Italy and Italians” early Sunday. The protesters “demonstrate ‘against the Olympics,’ causing these images to end up on televisions around the world. After others cut the railway cables to prevent the trains from leaving,” […]
Ali Ahmad Khomeini, the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, delivered a series of inflammatory remarks targeting Israel and the United States during a February 4, 2026 interview with Lebanon’s Mayadeen TV. In the interview, Khomeini claimed that Israelis “know full well” that if any Islamic nation becomes capable of firing missiles at Israel and “erasing […]
Threats against the Jewish community in Munich and Upper Bavaria, which has already faced a surge in antisemitic incidents in recent months, have escalated further after the community received a letter containing a bullet and violent threats late last week. German police confirmed that the envelope, delivered on Thursday, included “threatening content and a bullet.” […]
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party is almost certain to win a single-party majority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, NHK public television and other major networks say, citing their exit polls. NHK says Takaichi’s governing coalition led by her Liberal Democratic Party could also win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, the […]
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met Sunday morning at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem with Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano. The two discussed President Trump’s Gaza plan and other regional issues and later held a press conference. In his remarks, Saar first spoke about Trump’s plan for Gaza, stressing that Hamas and Gaza must first […]
An avreich, Avraham Ben Dayan, who got married two months ago, was arrested by traffic police on Motzei Shabbos and transferred to the military police for “draft dodging.” The avreich, a resident of Netivot who attended Maor HaTalmud Yeshiva as a bochur, had spent Shabbos on the moshav of Tifrach. As he left the moshav, […]
A nationwide outburst of rage is sweeping Iran, as people outraged by last month’s mass killings express their hatred of the regime despite the risks of arrest or retaliation, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the report, Iranians are carrying out acts of defiance as they struggle to comprehend the scale of the January […]
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Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday. The brief confrontation came at the end of a peaceful march by thousands against the environmental impact of the Games and the presence of U.S. agents […]
President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza. The meeting, proposed for Feb. 19, would include both world leaders who accepted Trump’s invitation in January to join the board as well as members of an executive committee […]
Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington this month to raise funds for Gaza’s reconstruction, bringing together invited world leaders and an executive committee overseeing the territory’s governance, security, and redevelopment.
Trump is increasingly relying on senior U.S. military leaders for diplomacy, sending CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper to Iran nuclear talks in Oman and positioning Army Secretary Dan Driscoll as a key negotiator in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant launched a blistering public attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of lying to the public and deliberately distorting the narrative surrounding the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, to shield himself from responsibility. In an interview with Channel 12, Gallant repeatedly described Netanyahu as dishonest and self-serving, […]
At least 100 million Americans are on alert for dangerous cold weather in the coming days across the East. Much of this extreme cold is due to strong winds gusting 30 to 50 mph this weekend, especially Saturday.
Automakers are largely skipping Super Bowl 60 ads amid industry uncertainty, with only GM, Toyota, and Volkswagen participating as the sector’s share of ad time has fallen from 40% in 2012 to 7% by 2025.
