Yeshiva World News

President Trump will welcome Israeli hostages, freed in last month’s Gaza ceasefire, to the White House on Thursday, November 20.

The Egyptian Committee for Assistance to Gaza has announced the launch of construction on the largest shelter camp in the Gaza Strip, located at the Netzarim crossing.

Dramatic video from Rosh HaAyin shows a palm tree ablaze after being struck by lightning, with loud explosions from nearby electrical wires rocking the neighborhood.

A short time ago, Palestinian media reported Israeli airstrikes in the Zeitoun neighborhood, located in Gaza City. It is unclear what the strike targeted.

China is rolling out hundreds of UBTECH’s new Walker S2 humanoid robots, marking the first mass delivery of industrial robots to major manufacturers for continuous factory and logistics work.

Heavy rainfall caused a roof leak at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Throngs of mispallelim enter the area of Kever Yitzchok in Meoras Hamachpeila, opened special today in honor of Parshas Chayei Sarah.

The Syrian Liberal Party is urging President Ahmed Al-Sharaa to hold Iran accountable for its actions during the civil war and to seek $500 billion in compensation from Tehran.

VP Vance: “They just want to burn it down. They don’t care if the troops don’t get paid. They don’t care if you cause billions of dollars in lost productivity… They just want to get Trump,”

VP Vance: Democrats “caused a lot of stress for our troops. They made our air traffic controllers not get paid…They had a lot of people thinking they weren’t going to get [SNAP],”

A memorial was held at Ankara’s Mürted Air Base to honor the 20 Turkish service members killed in the C-130 crash near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border, earlier this week.

footage captures a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse in São Paulo, Brazil, damaging several nearby homes. Injuries are unknown.

Israel is seeking a far-reaching 20-year security agreement with the United States that would reshape the future of U.S. military assistance and anchor the relationship through 2048 — Israel’s 100th anniversary — according to a report in Axios citing Israeli and American officials. The proposal, discussed in recent weeks, would represent the longest and most […]

City webpages in Houston, Texas, and Jackson, Mississippi, are redirecting to an AI-generated website titled “Why are Jews so successful in business?”, raising concerns about security breaches and the spread of antisemitic tropes through government-linked domains. A Google search of government sites shows at least three pages from each city leading users to the non-government […]

President Donald Trump urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last month to move toward normalizing relations with Israel in the wake of the October 9 Gaza ceasefire deal, according to a report published Thursday by Axios that cites two U.S. officials familiar with the call. The conversation took place shortly after the October 13 […]

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is looking to overhaul New York City’s emergency response system by replacing police officers with social workers on many 911 calls — a central pillar of his proposed $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety (DCS). But the program he plans to expand, the city’s existing B-HEARD initiative, is already showing signs […]

University College London—one of the United Kingdom’s leading academic institutions—is facing a firestorm after a guest lecturer delivered an antisemitic blood libel during a campus event, prompting immediate condemnation, a police referral, and sweeping disciplinary action. Dr. Samar Maqusi, identified in event materials as a UCL researcher and former UNRWA employee, was invited to speak […]

Indonesia has trained as many as 20,000 troops for potential deployment to Gaza as part of a U.S.-backed international peacekeeping force, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said Friday, highlighting both Jakarta’s growing engagement in postwar planning and the persistent uncertainty surrounding the mission. Speaking to reporters during a visit by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Sjamsoeddin said […]

Canada’s top intelligence official said Thursday that the country’s domestic spy agency has disrupted multiple potentially deadly threats orchestrated by Iran and thwarted attempts by Russia to illegally obtain Canadian technology, offering one of the most explicit public warnings yet about foreign interference on Canadian soil. Dan Rogers, the recently appointed director of the Canadian […]

Dear YWN, As a member of the Syrian Sephardic community, I am deeply troubled by the upcoming event where former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be hosted this Sunday at a large venue attended by many in our community. Bennett’s agenda is clear and singular: to undermine Prime Minister Netanyahu, who led Israel through its […]