Israeli intelligence officials have assessed that the US only has enough firepower in the Middle East to carry out four or five days of intense airstrikes on Iran, according to a report in the UK’s Financial Times on Tuesday. The assessment comes despite the fact that the US has deployed the most firepower in the […]
Hundreds of flights at New York City-area airports remain grounded in the aftermath of the powerful blizzard, leaving thousands of travelers stranded across the Northeast. NYC Emergency Management confirmed Monday that there were “major flight disruptions” at all three major regional hubs — John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport. […]
The first official trip to China by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz comes as his country’s manufacturers face increasing pressure from Chinese competitors and as U.S. President Donald Trump shakes up a post-World War II global order that Europe has long depended on. Merz is set to arrive Wednesday for a two-day visit, the latest in […]
A wide-ranging federal inquiry began on Tuesday into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen believed to be inspired by the Islamic State group allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival in December. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced last month that Australia’s most powerful form of public inquiry, known as a royal commission, would investigate the Dec. […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow’s ambitions. In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the […]
Israel sent a message to Lebanon that it would strike the country hard if the Hezbollah terror group attacks Israel in the case of a US attack on Iran, Reuters reported, quoting two senior Lebanese officials. Israel’s message included a threat to attack Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure, including its airport. The sources said that the threatening […]
Israeli intelligence officials have assessed that the US only has enough firepower in the Middle East to carry out four or five days of intense airstrikes on Iran, according to a report in the UK’s Financial Times on Tuesday. The assessment comes despite the fact that the US has deployed the most firepower in the […]
France’s spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris took another turn Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must respond to a summons and won’t have access to French government officials until he complies. French authorities had summoned Ambassador Charles Kushner — the father of U.S. President Donald Trump […]
A wave of arrests of yeshiva bochurim took place in Beit Shemesh overnight Monday, with two bochurim stopped by an Israel Police officer and handed over to the military police, and another bochur arrested at his home by the military police. The first incident took place when an Israel Police officer stopped two Chassidish bochurim […]
In a stinging defeat for Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich and an embarrassment to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Knesset overnight Monday voted down Smotrich’s order doubling the VAT exemption on overseas online purchases from $75 to $150. The vote was an unprecedented political drama, as it was the first time since the government was formed […]
