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Moscow – As Economy Shrinks Russian Ruble Drops 7%

Moscow – As Economy Shrinks Russian Ruble Drops 7%

Moscow – As the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions, the Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report… Read More ›

Egypt – Annual Festival Honoring Moroccan Rabbi Abu Hatzeira Banned By Court

Egypt – Annual Festival Honoring Moroccan Rabbi Abu Hatzeira Banned By Court

An Egyptian court has banned an annual festival in honor of Moroccan rabbi that was regularly attended by hundreds of Jewish pilgrims, mainly from Israel… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinian Throwing Rocks At Cars Killed By IDF

West Bank – Palestinian Throwing Rocks At Cars Killed By IDF

West Bank – A military spokeswoman said, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who had been hurling rocks at cars on a highway in the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Two Brothers Who Allegedly Planned A Terrorist Attack In Capital Indicted

Jerusalem – Two Brothers Who Allegedly Planned A Terrorist Attack In Capital Indicted

Jerusalem – For working with Hamas to carry out a major terrorist attack in the capital, the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office on Monday filed an… Read More ›

Seoul – 4 S. Korea Officials Face Punishment Over ‘Nut Rage’

Seoul – 4 S. Korea Officials Face Punishment Over ‘Nut Rage’

Seoul – Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a… Read More ›

Tehran – Iranian Official: One Thing More Important Than Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Is The Fight Against Satellite TV

Tehran – Iranian Official: One Thing More Important Than Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Is The Fight Against Satellite TV

Tehran – According to a senior commander in Iran’s Basij militia, the paramiltary volunteer corps which is part of the Revolutionary Guards, the fight against… Read More ›

Garages Vandalized At Chicago Synagogue With Anti-Semitic Slurs

Garages Vandalized At Chicago Synagogue With Anti-Semitic Slurs

Chicago – Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on various garages and a synagogue in a highly populated Jewish area in Chicago early Sunday morning. Messages were… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Alumni Of High School Calls On Students To Refuse To Serve In IDF

Jerusalem – Alumni Of High School Calls On Students To Refuse To Serve In IDF

Jerusalem – A letter published Sunday and signed by 53 alumni of Jerusalem’s Arts and Science Academy warned current students: “The Israeli military is responsible for… Read More ›

First kosher restaurant in Tokyo

First kosher restaurant in Tokyo

A kosher restaurant “Chana’s Place” established by Rabbi Mendy Sudakveich, and named after his wife, is set to open next week in Tokyo. “Initially, the… Read More ›

Argentinian president adopts Jewish godson

Argentinian president adopts Jewish godson

President de Kirchner met Yair Tawil – son of Shlomo Tawil, director of the Chabad House in Rosario, Argentina – and his family at her office… Read More ›

AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappears

AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappears

AirAsia said there are 155 passengers on board—138 adults, 16, children and one infant. Also on board are two pilots and five crew members. The… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Ranking Senator Graham: If The UN ‘Takes Over’ Peace Process US Congress May Suspend Funds

Jerusalem – Ranking Senator Graham: If The UN ‘Takes Over’ Peace Process US Congress May Suspend Funds

Jerusalem – Visiting US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) on Saturday night alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, There will be a “violent backlash” by… Read More ›

Syria – Islamic State Fighters Are Moving Closer And Closer To Israel

Syria – Islamic State Fighters Are Moving Closer And Closer To Israel

Syria – Islamic State has suffered severe losses as a result of coalition air strikes in the last months. Over 1,000 of its fighters have… Read More ›

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – After the release of a comedy film about a fictional plot to kill its leader, North Korea suffered a new Internet outage on Saturday… Read More ›

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – A twitter account affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) tweeted photos of IRGC soldiers with blurred faces supposedly on the border of… Read More ›

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue flew 730 officers from law enforcement agencies across the country to New York for the wake and funeral of a slain… Read More ›

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow and icy weather swept through parts of Europe on Saturday stranding drivers overnight and leaving thousands of homes without power in Britain.… Read More ›

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – On Saturday, Iranian army officials said it deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic… Read More ›

Israel – Shin Bet: Men Who Led Firebomb Mission Confess To Carrying Out Attack

Israel – Shin Bet: Men Who Led Firebomb Mission Confess To Carrying Out Attack

Israel – The Shin Bet and IDF arrested two Palestinians on suspicion of carrying out a firebombing of an Israeli vehicle on Thursday, which critically… Read More ›

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Peers, family and friends of a policeman gunned down along with his partner lined up outside a church Friday and dozens of… Read More ›