TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned Thursday he ordered his forces to potentially target the U.S. Navy after President Donald Trump’s tweet a day earlier threatening to sink Iranian vessels. Iran separately summoned the Swiss ambassador, who looks out for America’s interests in the country, to complain about Trump’s threat […]

KATMANDU, NEPAL (VINnews) — Chani Lifshitz, the Chabad representative in Katmandu, Nepal was slated to light a torch representing the diaspora communities on Israel’s 72nd Independence Day next week, but on Thursday she informed the Ministry Of Culture and Sport that she would not be able to light the torch at the ceremony (which will […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A truck killed four police officers who had detained a drug-affected speeding driver in a collision on a Melbourne freeway, officials said Thursday. The 41-year-old driver of a Porsche 911 who had been pulled over by police on the Eastern Freeway for speeding on Wednesday evening took grisly photos of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between Washington and Tehran flared anew Wednesday as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard conducted a space launch that could advance the country’s long-range missile program and President Donald Trump threatened to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats that harass Navy ships. The launch was a first for the Guard, revealing what experts […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The porch minyanim taking place in numerous Chareidi neighborhoods around Israel and the US have led to women becoming more involved in communal prayer, as they can hear and see the men praying on nearby porches. In one case this led to an unusual shidduch between two young people from the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s secret service, the Shin Bet, has foiled a number of terror attacks, including one designated for the Teddy Stadium which seats 30,000 people, according to a report released Wednesday. Last month, the Shin Bet arrested three students from Bir Zeit university in Ramallah who were members of a Hamas terror cell […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — For weeks Eli Beer, the president of United Hatzalah, lay sedated and respirated in a Miami hospital after he contracted coronavirus. In an interview with Kikar Hashabat’s Yishai Cohen, Beer recollected the difficult moments he experiences in the last month. Beer described how after he first emerged from sedation, he was […]

ZURICH (VINnews) — A new Swiss study published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet claims that coronavirus does not just harm lungs but also attacks the lining of blood vessels all over the body, ultimately leading to multiple organ failure. “This virus does not only attack the lungs, it attacks the vessels everywhere,” said […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to announce an expanded diplomatic presence in Greenland and a new assistance package for the vast island aimed at thwarting growing Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic. The announcement, expected Thursday, will come less than a year after President Donald Trump drew derision for expressing an […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid tensions with Iran, President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Twitter he has given orders for the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats found to be harassing U.S. ships. A U.S. Navy video last week showed small Iranian fast boats coming close to American warships as they operated in […]