The Knesset voted 39-16 in favor of the first reading of a government-backed bill that would impose the death penalty on terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis. Two similar proposals — one by Likud MK Nissim Vaturi and another by Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer — also passed their first readings, 36-15 and 37-14, respectively. The […]
BREAKING: The Knesset has passed a mandatory death penalty law for terrorists. Until now, the only execution conducted in Israel was that of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann in 1962.
The BBC was facing a leadership crisis and mounting political pressure on Monday after its top executive and its head of news both quit over the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The resignation of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness over accusations of bias was welcomed by Trump, who said the way […]
Flight disruptions from shutdown pile up as Trump threatens air traffic controllers • More air travel disruptions piled up Monday as the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown continued. • Air traffic controllers missed their second full paycheck of the shutdown. • The Senate made progress overnight on a deal that could end the shutdown, but it […]
WATCH: A small plane carrying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a lake in a Coral Springs, Florida neighborhood Monday morning. No word yet on casualties.
A startling new report from The Blaze alleges that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer has been forensically linked to the still-unsolved January 6 pipe bomb case—an explosive claim that, if confirmed, could upend the federal government’s narrative about the events of that day. According to The Blaze, a forensic gait analysis comparing security footage […]
A car explosion near the historic Red Fort in India’s capital city killed eight people on Monday and injured at least 19 others, police in New Delhi said. The blast, which triggered a fire that damaged several vehicles parked nearby, was reported near one of the gates of the Red Fort metro station, the fire […]
The Vatican said Monday it was investigating a possible antisemitic incident, in which a Swiss Guard allegedly made a spitting gesture toward two Jewish women. The alleged incident occurred during a papal audience Oct. 29, at the entrance to St. Peter’s Square. The audience that day was dedicated to marking the anniversary of a 1965 […]
President Trump on Monday pressured air traffic controllers to return to work amid the ongoing government shutdown or else be “substantially docked.” “All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially ‘docked,’” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. “For those Air Traffic Controllers who […]
Israeli forces operating along the so-called Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip uncovered and dismantled four Hamas terror tunnels over the past month, the IDF announced Sunday night. The tunnels, discovered in the Khan Yunis region of southern Gaza, were part of an extensive Hamas underground network used for smuggling fighters and weapons toward Israeli-controlled […]
Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that House lawmakers should start returning to Washington “right now” after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with legislation that would end the government shutdown. It is unclear when the Senate will hold final votes on the legislation. But […]
When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself. Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and […]
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump and a senior adviser in his first administration, arrived in Israel on Sunday night and met with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday morning. A source familiar with Kushner’s schedule said the meeting focused on advancing Trump’s proposed peace plan for the Gaza Strip, which envisions a phased […]
With thousands of Shluchim expected to arrive in Crown Heights this week, the Kinus Hashluchim committee gathered with New York City law enforcement officials to finalize security protocols for the upcoming International Conference of Chabad Shluchim. More than 6,500 Shluchim from 111 countries will converge on New York this week.
