The United States will send a 200-person military team to the Middle East to help monitor and enforce the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, senior U.S. officials said Thursday, marking Washington’s most direct on-the-ground role in the conflict since the Gaza war began nearly two years ago. Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central […]
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition presidential candidate was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure” in the once deeply divided opposition to President Nicolás Maduro’s government, said Jřrgen […]
In the annals of American political theater, few storylines are as richly ironic as Thursday’s federal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. The Democrat, who built her career
A multinational task force including Israel, the United States, Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar will be established to locate the bodies of Israeli hostages still missing in the Gaza Strip. The
The IDF completed its withdrawal to agreed-upon deployment lines in the Gaza Strip on Friday, officially activating a fragile ceasefire and triggering a 72-hour deadline for Hamas to release all
Israel’s Justice Ministry on Friday published the names of 250 Palestinian security prisoners serving life sentences who are slated for release under the U.S.-brokered hostage and ceasefire agreement, a deal officials hope will mark the formal end of the Gaza war. The list’s publication follows the cabinet’s late-night approval of the agreement, which conditions the […]
The IDF has announced that an Israeli reservist was killed yesterday afternoon in Gaza City after being struck by Hamas sniper fire. The soldier has been identified as Sgt. First Class (res.) Michael Mordechai Nachmani, 26, of Dimona, who served in the IDF’s 614th Combat Engineering Battalion under the Technology and Maintenance Corps. The deadly […]
President Donald Trump marked the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary with a speech that veered into personal territory Sunday, declaring himself the “best physical specimen” among recent presidents while addressing sailors and dignitaries in Norfolk, Virginia. Speaking aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, Trump was midway through his remarks thanking officials when he turned his attention […]
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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana has officially invited US President Donald Trump to address the Knesset, following earlier informal offers extended ahead of Trump’s expected visit to Israel next week. In a letter posted to X, Ohana praised President Trump for his role in brokering the Gaza ceasefire deal, which includes the release of all 48 […]
President Donald Trump lashed out at a CNN journalist during a White House roundtable, cutting her off mid-question and branding her “one of the worst reporters” before refusing to answer. The confrontation erupted as Trump fielded questions during a session on Antifa at the White House. Moments earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had passed […]
Vice President JD Vance delivered a scathing speech during Thursday’s White House Cabinet meeting, lavishing praise on President Donald Trump while torching Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over the ongoing government shutdown. At the meeting, top administration officials took turns thanking Trump for his leadership. When it was Vance’s turn, he used the moment to […]
Two men accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in northwestern England went on trial Wednesday, in a case prosecutors say could have resulted in “hundreds of innocent deaths.” The 12-week trial, which opened at Preston Crown Court, centers on Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, who were arrested in […]
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, one of Washington’s most respected foreign affairs commentators, offered rare praise for President Donald Trump, crediting him with achieving what he said former President Joe Biden “could never do” — securing a permanent Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. Appearing Thursday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Ignatius said Trump’s breakthrough marked […]
Mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani spent some time in Williamsburg on Chol Hamoed Sukkos, meeting with local community leaders, from both Satmar factions. His first visit was to the sukkah of
The Israeli government has officially approved the agreement to secure the release of all hostages held in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Thursday night. Under the terms of the deal, the IDF will reposition its forces to new lines inside the Gaza Strip. Once that move is completed, a 72-hour window will begin for […]
A one-year-old baby from Jerusalem who had not been vaccinated has tragically passed away after contracting measles, Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed Monday night. This marks the seventh fatality since the current measles outbreak began in May — all of the victims were under two and a half years old. According to the Health Ministry, 19 […]
New York state Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on at least one charge of mortgage fraud. Federal housing regulator Bill Pulte referred James to the Justice Department in April, claiming that she “falsified records” to get sweetheart home loans for a Virginia property she claimed as […]
Far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich announced Thursday that their parties will vote against the first phase of Israel’s newly announced ceasefire and hostage-release agreement, setting up a potential confrontation that could fracture Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fragile governing coalition. The deal — which the cabinet is expected to approve tonight following hours […]
Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s chief negotiator in the ceasefire deal announced Thursday, delivered his first public remarks since the agreement was reached, declaring that the group had secured U.S. guarantees to end the war “indefinitely” and confirming the key terms of the accord with Israel. Speaking in Gaza City, al-Hayya claimed Hamas had “acted responsibly” throughout […]
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