Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

$86 million aircraft to combat drugs in Afghanistan doesn’t take off

$86 million aircraft to combat drugs in Afghanistan doesn’t take off

  Washington – The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Defense spent more than $86 million on an aircraft for counter narcotics efforts in… Read More ›

Young lives lost in Lahore blast

Young lives lost in Lahore blast

It was a treat for passing their exams. Twelve-year-old Sahil and his cousin Aman John, 13, had been studying hard for weeks. Their parents had… Read More ›

US pans move to blacklist companies working with settlements

US pans move to blacklist companies working with settlements

State Department condemns Human Rights Council’s ‘bias’ against Israel in resolution that is ‘far outside their scope of authority’   The US on Wednesday condemned… Read More ›

Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Patrick Leahy, 10 other lawmakers questioned military aid to Israel, Egypt given allegations of human rights abuses by their security forces   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Trump says nuclear Saudi Arabia may be inevitable

Trump says nuclear Saudi Arabia may be inevitable

GOP front-runner calls for US to consider allowing allies to acquire atomic weapons as defense against rogue states   Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said… Read More ›

Teaneck, NJ – Police Probe If Wind Played Role In Fatal 7-story Fall

Teaneck, NJ – Police Probe If Wind Played Role In Fatal 7-story Fall

  Teaneck, NJ – Police are investigating whether powerful wind gusts played a role in the death of a man who fell off the roof… Read More ›

West Palm Beach, FL – Officials: Airline Worker With $282K In Backpack Arrested

West Palm Beach, FL – Officials: Airline Worker With $282K In Backpack Arrested

  West Palm Beach, FL – A Delta Air Lines employee sneaked $282,000 in a backpack into Palm Beach International Airport with instructions to deliver… Read More ›

Washington – Apple Remains In Dark How FBI Hacked iPhone, Increases Pressure On Security

Washington – Apple Remains In Dark How FBI Hacked iPhone, Increases Pressure On Security

  Washington – The FBI’s announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers suddenly discover they… Read More ›

Japanese teen flees after abduction, two-year imprisonment

Japanese teen flees after abduction, two-year imprisonment

  A 15-year-old girl from Saitama, Japan has escaped a two-year long imprisonment after her captor inadvertently left his door unlocked, allowing her to escape,… Read More ›

Chinese editor quits in protest over media crackdown

Chinese editor quits in protest over media crackdown

  For one editor at a Chinese newspaper, the government’s tightening grip on the media appears to have become too much to bear. Yu Shaolei,… Read More ›

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Detains 15 More Suspected Islamic State Members

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Detains 15 More Suspected Islamic State Members

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian police have detained 15 more suspected Islamic State members, who police say planned to launch attacks and tried to… Read More ›

Radovan Karadzic found guilty of genocide, sentenced to 40 years

Radovan Karadzic found guilty of genocide, sentenced to 40 years

Radovan Karadzic, nicknamed the “Butcher of Bosnia,” was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday after being found guilty of genocide and other crimes against… Read More ›

Intel officials: North Korea ‘probably’ has miniaturized nuke

Intel officials: North Korea ‘probably’ has miniaturized nuke

Washington – Some U.S. intelligence analysts now believe that North Korea “probably” possesses a miniaturized nuclear warhead, several U.S. officials told CNN. The assessment has… Read More ›

Belgian Taekwondo champ condemns suicide bomber brother

Belgian Taekwondo champ condemns suicide bomber brother

‘I didn’t want to believe it was him, but you can’t choose your family,’ Najim Laachraoui tells press conference   BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A… Read More ›

France arrests man in ‘advanced stages’ of attack plot

France arrests man in ‘advanced stages’ of attack plot

Area of arrest op under lockdown; interior minister says no links ‘at this stage’ to deadly attacks in Paris or Brussels   PARIS — A… Read More ›

Purim party canceled, Haredi rockers give Belgian Jews a private show

Purim party canceled, Haredi rockers give Belgian Jews a private show

After terror attacks, instead of performing to 1,000 spectators, Gat brothers set up an intimate concert at a local Jewish family’s living room   JTA… Read More ›

Obama: No Israeli-Palestinian peace deal in my presidency

Obama: No Israeli-Palestinian peace deal in my presidency

In meeting with Argentine counterpart, US president dismisses idea of bi-national state, reiterates support for two-state solution   US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said… Read More ›

Erdogan: We deported Brussels terrorist to Belgium, which freed him

Erdogan: We deported Brussels terrorist to Belgium, which freed him

Turkey warned unnamed suspect was ‘foreign fighter’ when it sent him back last July, but Belgians found no link to terror   One of the… Read More ›

Netanyahu links Palestinians and IS, says all terrorism has same goal

Netanyahu links Palestinians and IS, says all terrorism has same goal

If there is one people that can sympathize with Belgium, it’s terror-struck Israel, PM says at Jerusalem press conference   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made… Read More ›

The terror attack in Brussels: Three steps that nobody wants to take

The terror attack in Brussels: Three steps that nobody wants to take

Analysis: While difficult, several changes need to be made in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels. Mental shifts will have to occur in… Read More ›