Ashdod, Israel – Alya and Tommy Shapiro were planning to celebrate Liam’s fourth birthday in Ashdod on Saturday when their plans were violently disturbed by barrages of rockets launched by terrorists from Gaza. They understood that celebrating in Ashdod was no longer an option, so they decided to move further north with the hope of [...]

New York – Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, headed to a federal prison to begin a three-year sentence on Monday, taking a parting shot at his former boss in remarks to reporters as he left his Manhattan apartment building. Cohen, who once vowed to “take a bullet” for Trump but now calls [...]

New York – U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25 years. Officials on Monday said 764 cases have been reported as of last Thursday. It’s the most in the U.S. since 1994, when 963 were reported. New York [...]

Washington – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday scheduled a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the battle between the Democrat-led House and President Donald Trump’s administration. Nadler is proposing to hold Barr in contempt after the Justice Department declined to provide the committee with a [...]

Beijing – China said on Monday that a delegation was still preparing to go to the United States for trade talks, even as U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically increased pressure on Beijing to reach a deal, saying he would hike tariffs on Chinese goods this week. Trump’s comments on Sunday marked a major escalation in [...]

Jerusalem – Several locusts were spotted on Israel’s border with Jordan Monday morning, sending teams from the Ministry of Agriculture to contend with them. The Ministry has already prepared its stocks of “friendly” pesticides that do not endanger humans, which can be deployed if necessary. “It should be noted that swarms of locusts do not [...]

Ashdod, Israel – Newly released security camera footage shows the moment a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip explodes into the side of a residential building in Ashdod yesterday. The explosion killed 21-year-old Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, who was running for cover when the rocket came crashing through the stairwell of his building. Hundreds gathered in [...]

Moscow – Russian media have quoted the pilot of the airliner that burst into flames during an emergency landing in Moscow as saying the plane was without radio communications because of a lightning strike. Sunday’s fire killed 41 of the 78 people aboard the Aeroflot plane. The plane had taken off for Murmansk in stormy [...]

Jerusalem – The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in southern Israel on Monday, while Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war. The escalation had killed 23 on the Gaza side, both militants and civilians, while [...]

Washington – A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier and other military resources to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, a defense official told the Associated Press. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity [...]