Passenger Trains Collide In Czech Republic, Killing 3
PRAGUE (AP) — Two passenger trains collided in the southwest of the Czech Republic on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens of passengers.
Czech Railways said a lo...
Germany Giving Over $40 Million To Fight Antisemitism
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Wednesday it will strengthen its battle against the quickly growing antisemitism in the country by investing 35 million euros ($41.5 millio...
China Seals City As Its Worst Virus Outbreak In A Year Grows
BEIJING (AP) — China's worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalated Wednesday with dozens more cases around the country, the sealing-o...
Lieberman Displays Ignorance Of Public Transport Bus Cards As He Cancels Subsidies On Them
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — It is one thing to be ignorant but another matter when the ignorant person is attempting to make radical and harmful changes in an area where he has no knowle...
Two Rockets Fired Into Israel Near Kiryat Shmona, IDF Artillery Responds
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and other communities in the Galilee panhandle as rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel. One rocket landed in Lebanes...
Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Earthquake Described In Bible At City Of David Excavations
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Evidence of a biblical earthquake which occurred in the 8th century BCE has surfaced dramatically in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem. Similar evi...
In Major Upset, Pro-Israel Democrat Shontel Brown Wins Ohio Primary With Help From Jewish Groups
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Shontel Brown, a pro-Israel Democratic moderate, defeated progressive Nina Turner to win the democratic primary for Ohio's 11th district on Tuesday. The 46-yea...
Incoming Iranian President Intends To Seek Removal Of US Sanctions
TEHRAN (JNS) — Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that he will actively work to remove U.S. sanctions on his country.
“We will seek to lift the tyrannical san...
For First Time, Bennett Government To Transfer 40 Million NIS To Anti-Religious Reform Elements In Israel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hidden inside the 2022 budget approved by the Bennett-Lapid government Monday morning after lengthy discussions is a clause which for the first time grants si...
Supreme Court Suggests Compromise In Nahalat Shimon Eviction Case But Both Sides Demur
JERUSALEM(VINnews/JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court has proposed a compromise that could avert the eviction of dozens of Palestinians from the Nahalat Shimon neighborhood in eastern Je...
Convicted Jewish Financier Who Stole £15m from 55 Clients Released After 3 Years of 6-Year Jail Term
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A former wealth management consultant who stole nearly 15 million pounds from British Jewish clients has been released from jail after serving a half of a six-...
WATCH: Yesha Council CEO Yigal Dilmoni: How US Jews & Kof-K Should Respond To Ben & Jerry’s Boycott Of Israel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Since July 19, no story has been more dominant in the Jewish world than the announcement by the Board of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, to boycott the Israeli “...
IMF OKs Big Increase In Funds To Alleviate Pandemic Impact
WASHINGTON (AP) — The governing body of the International Monetary Fund has approved a $650 billion expansion in the agency's resources to support economically vulnerable countries...
Report: Israel To Present Intelligence Linking Iran To Oil Tanker Attack
NEW YORK (JNS) — Israel will present ambassadors from United Nations Security Council member states on Wednesday with intelligence information linking Iran to the fatal attack last...
Israel Renews A Week’s Isolation For Travellers From 17 Countries Including US
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of a significant spike in coronavirus cases in Israel including a rise in mortality and serious cases, the Health and Social Affairs committee has...
More Than 110M COVID Vaccines Sent To 60 Countries, US Says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the White House a...
Pressure Grows On Iran As Israel Mulls Response To Tanker Attack
TEHRAN (JNS) — Pressure on Iran is growing over a deadly drone attack on a commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on July 29, as observers in Israel debate what the optimal Isra...
UK Eases Travel Restrictions As Industry Lobbies For More
LONDON (AP) — Britain opened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the U.S. and the European Union on Monday as travel industry leaders urged the government to further eas...
Death Toll Triples To More Than 300 In Recent China Flooding
BEIJING (AP) — More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said Monday, three times the previously announced toll.
The Henan provincial government...
UK Joins Israel Saying Iran Attacked Tanker; Tehran Denies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Kingdom joined Israel on Sunday in alleging Iran carried out a fatal drone strike on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman in the Arabia...