UK’s Defense Chief Holds Back Tears Amid Afghanistan Chaos
LONDON (AP) — British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace held back tears Monday as he conceded that Britain was unlikely to be able to evacuate all its Afghan allies from Kabul.
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Poland Keeping Ambassador At Home Amid Dispute With Israel
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government said Monday that its ambassador to Israel will remain in Poland until further notice after Israel downgraded diplomatic ties with Warsaw a...
Europe Eyes Arthritis Drug For COVID-19 Cases
AMSTERDAM — The European Medicines Agency has started an accelerated review process to determine if a common arthritis drug might help people hospitalized with severe COVID-19, mon...
Holocaust Researchers In Poland Win Libel Case On Appeal
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars in a case that has been closely watched because it was expect...
IDF Soldiers From Chareidi Battalion Nab Armed Terrorist Dressed In Fake IDF Uniform
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF soldiers in the Binyamin region arrested a Palestinian in his 20's on Monday afternoon dressed in a soldier's uniform. The terrorist was identified by loc...
Detainee Says China Has Secret Jail In Dubai, Holds Uyghurs
BEJING (AP) - A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first e...
Chaos As Thousands Flee Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the count...
Hamas Congratulates Taliban On Afghan Takeover
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic group Hamas has congratulated the Taliban for their swift takeover of Afghanistan and the end to the United States’ 20-year presence in the coun...
Israel’s Benevolent Heroes Revealed
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A social media page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/beautifulIsraelis) silhouetting Israelis who go out of their way to help others in unique ways has publis...
Biden Team Surprised By Rapid Taliban Gains In Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal...
Watch: Metzudah Winery Gutted In Jerusalem Hills Fire
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The fire which spread Sunday in the Jerusalem Hills destroyed 17,000 dunams of forests, four times more than the fire last June which broke out near Neve Ilan...
Melbourne Jewish Engagement Party Flouting Lockdown Angers Local Gov’t: ‘Dangerous, Selfish Behavior’
NEW YORK (VINnews/JTA) — Video from a packed engagement party is roiling the Jewish community of Melbourne, Australia, amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19 that has extended yet ano...
Death Toll Of Powerful Earthquake In Haiti Soars To 1,297
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rub...
An Afghan Woman In Kabul’s Dashed Hopes Amid Taliban Blitz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hunkering indoors and watching her country fall to the Taliban, one young woman in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul described on Sunday the anxiety...
Death Toll From Haiti Earthquake Rises To More Than 700
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead and a minimum of 2,800 injured.
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Official: Taliban To Declare Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban official says the group will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace in the capital, Kabul.
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2020 US Census Shows Significant Increases In Major Jewish Communities in Northeast Of US
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Data from the 2020 Census Bureau which have just been released show B'H a significant increase over the previous 2010 Census in the number of people in the maj...
Afghan President Flees The Country As Taliban Move On Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and sign...
Hungary Bus Crash Kills Eight, Injures Dozens
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bus traveling on a highway in Hungary crashed through a guardrail and tipped over early Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, police...
Pfizer CEO Praises Netanyahu’s Level Of Proficiency About Vaccine: ‘He Just Knew Everything’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla spoke with The Financial Times about his company's decision to choose Israel as the sample country for checking the efficacy of the CO...