Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold seized last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigates the case. The gold and the money was being transported through Hungary by road when Hungary seized it last Thursday. Authorities said they […]
Chile’s ultraconservative José Antonio Kast takes office as president Wednesday in what will mark the Latin American nation’s most pronounced shift to the right since the return of democracy in 1990. The Trump-inspired political veteran won a landslide victory in December against government-backed communist candidate Jeannette Jara with the promise of fighting crime and curbing illegal immigration, a project […]
Sen. Schumer on DHS funding: “If Republicans are going to play political games and block funding for the agencies they claim to care about, they should spare everyone the crocodile tears.”
Two Israeli sources told CNN that Israel is preparing for the possibility of a “significant expansion” of attacks by Iran and Hezbollah as early as tonight, as well as the possibility of the Houthis in Yemen firing at Israel for the first time since the war began. An Israeli official said that Prime Minister Binyamin […]
A remarkable simcha took place today in Modi’in Illit, where a well-known and respected family welcomed their 21st child, bli ayin hara. What makes the story even more extraordinary is that all 21 children were born as single births, without a single set of twins. According to a report by the Israeli outlet Hapargod, the […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter observed tests of strategic cruise missiles fired from a warship, state media reported Wednesday, as North Korea threatened responses to U.S.-South Korean military drills. Images sent by the Korean Central News Agency showed the two in a conference room looking at a screen showing weapons […]
An unforgettable evening of Torah and Halacha unfolded this past Sunday evening as members of the Chavra D’Hilchisa Halacha Program gathered in the Beis Medrash of HaGaon Harav Gavriel Zinner Shlit״a, the renowned author of the widely studied Sifrei Nitei Gavriel, for a special in-person Oral Bechinah followed by a beautifully prepared celebratory Seudah. Chavra […]
The IDF is warning that the country may face several more tense days of missile attacks as fighting with Iran and its regional allies continues, with nationwide restrictions remaining in place as the government braces for further escalation. Maj. Gen. Shai Klapper, head of the IDF’s Home Front Command, said Wednesday that Israelis should prepare […]
Reporter: Are you willing to withdraw the US from Iran even if they have not turned over and allowed the US to seize their remaining (uranium) TRUMP: I’m not gonna answer that. But we have hit them harder than virtually any country in history has been hit. And we’re not finished yet. Reporter: Can you […]
The International Energy Agency agreed Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects on energy markets of the war in the Middle East. The Paris-based organization said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves. It’s a […]
A young girl born without a complete inner-ear system cannot hear at all. HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Ezrachi, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir, knows the family personally. She has a chance to restore her hearing through a specialized surgery in the United States, costing approximately $80,000. Her father learns and teaches in the Mir Yeshiva, and […]
A man was taken into custody on Wednesday after driving his van into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said. The Secret Service said the man crashed into the temporary security barrier just before 6:30 a.m. He was immediately arrested by officers from the Secret Service’s uniformed division, the agency said. The man, […]
President Trump told Axios on Wednesday that there is “practically nothing left” to target in Iran as Operation Epic Fury continues for a twelfth day. “Little this and that… Any time I want it to end, it will end,” Trump said during a five-minute phone call with the outlet. Trump also signaled confidence in the […]
Secretary Burgum: “This terrorist regime began 47 years ago by literally taking U.S. hostages, and then here they are, 47 years later… holding the entire world hostage economically by threatening to close the strait. President Trump as made it very clear the consequences if they try to do that.”
