Alleged Chinese Police Database Hack Leaks Data Of 1 Billion
HONG KONG (AP) — Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data ...
Russia Orders Jewish Agency To Alter Operations In The Country
MOSCOW (JNS) - Russia has ordered the Jewish Agency to modify its operations inside the country, in a move that could hamper the organization’s ability to function, according to Is...
‘Say Tehillim, There Is A Dramatic Life-Threatening Incident’, MK Smotrich Tweeted
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Betzalel Smotrich, the leader of the Religious Zionism party, caused a scare in Israel when he tweeted Tuesday morning that everyone should stop and say Te...
Chareidi Stabbed, Seriously Injured On Bridge Near Bnei Brak
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police and emergency medical responders were alerted early Tuesday morning to a 47-year-old chareidi avreich who had been stabbed on the bridge connecting Giv...
Israel And Poland Agree To Return Ambassadors, Improve Relations
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda agreed on Monday to move towards restoring full bilateral ties, according to a statement released by Herzog’s...
Rain Hampers Search For 15 Missing In Italian Glacier Avalanche
ROME (AP) — Thunderstorms hampered Monday the search for more than a dozen hikers who remained unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off, sen...
Germany: 101-Year-Old Appeals Conviction In Nazi Guard Case
BERLIN (AP) — A 101-year-old man who was convicted last week as an accessory to murder for serving as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has appealed, a Germa...
BREAKING: Suspect in Disappearance of Moishe Kleinerman Released
ISRAEL (VINnews) The suspect who was arrested last week in the disappearance of Moishe Kleinerman has been released.
No details have been provided about the release, however it ...
Lebanese PM Criticizes Hezbollah Over Drone Provocation With Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's caretaker prime minister on Monday criticized the militant group Hezbollah for sending three unmanned aircraft over an Israeli gas installation last week, s...
US State Dept. Releases Findings After Examining Bullet that Killed Palestinian Journalist, Blames IDF
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but that there was “no reason to believe” ...
Six Prominent Chareidi Rabbis Ban Peninei Halacha Books Which ‘Uproot Halachic Traditions’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Six prominent chareidi poskim have published a letter in which they call on the public not to use the Peninei Halacha series written by Rabbi Eliezer Melame...
Holocaust Survivor Who Heads Jerusalem Hospital Department Celebrates 89th Birthday-Still Working
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — She is by far the oldest department head in Israel still actively involved in medicine, but Prof. Rena Gil has no plans to stop working, despite 61 years serv...
Chareidi IDF Draft Dodger Arrested At Demonstration, Detained By Military
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A member of the Jerusalem Faction was arrested and charged with desertion during the course of a demonstration outside a jail at 2 AM on Monday morning. The d...
After 3 Feet Of Rain, 32,000 In Sydney Area May Need To Flee
SYDNEY (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia’s largest city braces for w...
Israeli Citizen Fighting for Ukraine Gets Captured by Pro-Russian Forces (VIDEO)
UKRAINE (VINnews) — Israel’s government has confirmed that an Israeli citizen fighting for Ukraine has been taken captive by pro-Russian forces.
Vladimir Kozlovsky, age 40, was ...
Several People Shot At Copenhagen Shopping Mall, Police Say
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Sunday that several people were shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall, one of the largest in Scandinavia.
Copenhagen police said that ...
4 Reported Dead After Alpine Glacier Chunk Strikes Hikers
ROME (AP) — A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside, slamming into more than a dozen hikers on a popular trail on the peak. At lea...
IDF Representatives Participate In Military Exercise In Morocco For The First Time
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Representatives from the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Defense Ministry took part for the first time in a military exercise held in Morocco, the Defense Minis...
Lapid Holds First Cabinet Meeting As Prime Minister
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s primary message during his inaugural Security Cabinet meeting on Sunday was one of urgency.
“In the coming months, our goal...
Israel’s Fifth Election Depends On Same Dynamic As Previous Four: Will Netanyahu Reach 61?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's fifth elections in the last 3.5 years will continue to focus on the same issue which had motivated the previous four rounds of elections: Will Binyam...