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Saudi-Led coalition shoots down explosive drone over Yemen
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 12:24:04 AM
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After criticism, Trump says Pentagon will not shut down military newspaper
The independent military newspaper had been expected to stop publishing at the end of September after the Pentagon announced in February that it would be cutting its funding.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 12:38:52 AM
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Heatwave causes power outages across Israel
Earlier on Friday, three people collapsed from heat stroke today due to the intense heat, with one 19-year-old later dying.
By OMRI RON \
9/5/2020 11:52:43 AM
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Brazil reports 50,163 coronavirus cases, 888 deaths
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 1:12:01 AM
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Trump says US has to look into suspected poisoning of Putin critic Navalny
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 1:16:20 AM
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World Bank cancels loan for Lebanese dam, effective immediately
The World Bank began raising concerns in January about Lebanon's plans to build the large dam in the Bisri Valley, and put funding for the program under partial suspension on June 26.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 2:33:24 AM
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SWC calls on YouTube to remove Korean Holocaust denial video
The video from Spika Studio denies that 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, labels Anne Frank as a fraud, legitimizes Hitler's unfair disposition towards European Jewry.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 1:49:45 AM
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Vaccine developer Moderna may slow COVID trials to add at-risk minorities
The company said it has enrolled 21,411 participants in the study so far. It had 17,000 participants as of last week, with 24% from communities of color.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 2:50:53 AM
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Former Cook Islands leader dies of COVID-19 in New Zealand
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:00:47 AM
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Mexico records 6,196 new coronavirus cases, 522 more deaths
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:14:54 AM
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Tayibe citizens protest lockdown, mayor claims it could increase violence
Several students came to the protest, saying they want to start the school year, and that they are sick of staying at home and want to attend school once again.
By OMRI RON \
9/5/2020 12:03:52 PM
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France closes dozens of schools days into school year amid coronavirus
The incidents were related to "factors outside school, concerning people who could have been contaminated" during the summer break, according to France 24.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF,REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:37:23 AM
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Images suggest North Korea may be preparing launch of submarine missile
It said the activity was "suggestive, but not conclusive, of preparations for an upcoming test of a Pukguksong-3 submarine launched ballistic missile from the submersible test stand barge."
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:46:34 AM
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Ukraine police free Jewish businessman abducted outside synagogue
A gang of criminals allegedly led by a former Ukrainian secret service officer abducted a Jewish man outside his synagogue in Kyiv on Aug. 21 and held him for ransom.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
9/5/2020 4:12:00 AM
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Far-right Boogaloo Bois members arrested, attempting to support Hamas
Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, were arrested Thursday, according to a Justice Department statement.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
9/6/2020 9:00:25 PM
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Yeshiva University rejects LGBTQ club, will support students in other ways
LGBTQ issues present a dilemma for the Modern Orthodox world, which is defined by its strict adherence to traditional Jewish law as well as embrace of the secular world.
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA \
9/5/2020 4:31:06 AM
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Perpetrator of brutal 2014 Paris robbery and rape arrested in Algeria
Houssame Hatri, 24, was arrested in July in the city of Maghnia near the border with Morocco, about 250 miles west of the capital Algiers.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
9/5/2020 4:42:57 AM
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Mainland China reports 25 new COVID-19 cases Friday, vs 11 a day earlier
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 5:25:23 AM
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Medical cannabis initiative to try a new growing method
This new method involves growing the plant indoors, with the plant's roots suspended in midair, as water and other nutrients are injected directly into them.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 12:06:38 PM
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'The Princess Bride' cast to reunite for virtual script reading
The reading is part of a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, a "signup and donation" is required to view the reading "but no minumum" donation is required.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 5:47:23 AM
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Indian-American physicians call for US-Israel-India dialogue on COVID-19
Noting the difficult situation for all three countries, the panel recommended collaboration and sharing of knowledge and expertise to find better solutions.
By CODY LEVINE \
9/5/2020 11:29:18 AM
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Bnei Brak might end cooperation with gov't if it enters lockdown - report
"Bnei Brak has zero impact on the surrounding cities," the municipality said to Haaretz.
By CODY LEVINE \
9/5/2020 11:25:18 AM
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India's crosses 4 million coronavirus cases with record surge
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 9:41:51 AM
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Judge temporarily bans Detroit police from chokeholds, rubber bullets
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 9:43:00 AM
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Name of teen who collapsed at Negev rave released: Ariel Yoav Tzafrir
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 10:07:55 AM
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India and China agree to ease tension on border, New Delhi says
Both sides deployed additional forces along the frontier running through the western Himalayas after a clash in June.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 11:29:51 AM
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Three Palestinians arrested after firing near IDF forces in Jenin
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 10:53:29 AM
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Russia reports 5,205 new coronavirus cases
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 11:04:54 AM
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Ukraine sees record new coronavirus cases for second day in a row
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 11:06:17 AM
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Heatwave in Israel expected to continue until end of week
To cope with the heat, Israelis have been using air conditioners at a very high rate, causing power outages across the country.
By CODY LEVINE \
9/5/2020 9:22:32 PM
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Gas pipeline blast kills 17 worshipers in Bangladesh mosque
Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 4:44:02 PM
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13 protesters arrested for trying to steal police checkpoint barrier
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 11:49:56 AM
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Iran's friends should have defied US sanctions during pandemic - Rouhani
He also said that if the United States had a "bit of humanity or brain," it would have lifted sanctions on Iran for the duration of the health crisis.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 7:30:02 PM
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Urban Aeronautics CEO has designed a made-in-Israel flying car
The car is able to take off the ground with two compressors located at its base.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
9/6/2020 3:06:06 PM
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Man with knife attempts to enter NYC Jewish school bus
Volunteers from the Shomrim came to the scene quickly, while police allegedly took 30 minutes to arrive.
By CODY LEVINE \
9/5/2020 1:38:06 PM
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Pope to travel outside Rome for first time since coronavirus pandemic
Father Enzo Fortunato said in a statement that the pope would travel to Assisi on October 3.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:28:44 PM
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Portland police make 'multiple arrests' as city nears 100 days of protests
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 1:42:09 PM
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Brazil's Hillel house finished construction of Rio de Janeiro branch
The new Hillel house is located at the heart of Ipanema, one of Rio’s most upscale districts, where hundreds of the city’s 30,000 Jews live.
By MARCUS M. GILBAN / JTA \
9/5/2020 1:46:27 PM
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Iran schools re-open despite concerns over spread of virus
Iranian media said that seminaries also reopened on Saturday to about 50,000 students.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 1:48:08 PM
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IDF: Two armed Palestinians injured during arrest operation in Jenin
By MAARIV ONLINE \
9/5/2020 2:21:00 PM
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How did an annual pilgrimage create a year-round Jewish community in Uman?
For most of the year, the city of 80,000 is sleepy and quiet.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
9/5/2020 2:31:59 PM
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Gamzu: Hundreds of Israeli-Arabs may die from COVID-19 in weeks
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 3:13:34 PM
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Rescuers search Beirut rubble for third day, with nation transfixed
"Always in search operations like this, you can neither lose hope nor absolutely say there is hope," George Abou Moussa, director of operations in Lebanon's civil defense, told Reuters.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:17:06 PM
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Russia says it has seen hostile comments from abroad on Navalny's health
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:22:14 PM
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Daredevil David Blaine pulls off high flying balloon 'Ascension' stunt
"It's like magic, it feels like I'm floating in the air," Blaine said on a radio to his team of aides back on the ground after gently lifting off from a desert airstrip in Arizona.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 3:44:03 PM
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Israeli hospitals using brand new respiratory system to fight coronavirus
The device has been in use since March at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
By DANIEL NISINMAN \
9/15/2020 3:11:52 PM
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Israeli researcher recommends emotional support for CML patients
“We know the data about stopping the treatment, we have all the clinical data. Doctors know who can stop and who can’t. But we don’t know the feelings of the patients,” said Giora Sharf.
By HANNAH BROWN \
9/15/2020 5:23:46 PM
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Iran could become hub of arms trafficking and exports as embargo ends
Iran’s Press TV says the country produces 90% of its arms locally and that Iran is one of the leading top ten countries in the world in terms of indigenous production.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/5/2020 10:08:47 PM
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Congresswoman denied access to mailing facility, hints at electoral fraud
“If DeJoy thinks he can just throw a bed sheet over what’s going on behind these doors, he is sadly mistaken. It looked like the post master had something to hide.”
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/5/2020 5:31:22 PM
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Masked men drag protesting Belarusian students off the streets
Up to 30 people were detained for taking part in unsanctioned protests.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 4:55:20 PM
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Balad chairman accuses Gamzu of not considering the conditions of Arabs
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 5:04:18 PM
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Sermon suggests Saudi Arabia near normalizing ties with Israel
According to Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the prophet was so good to his Jewish neighbor that the latter converted to Islam.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
9/6/2020 8:55:05 PM
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US archeologists barred from digging in Israel due to coronavirus
Putting an archaeological excavation on hold does not come without costs, as, according to Manor, "there is an increased risk of site deterioration, both from the elements and plundering."
By DANIEL NISINMAN \
9/5/2020 6:03:36 PM
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Manchester police say suspicious item on bus declared safe
Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter that officers were in attendance and several roads were closed, but would be opened shortly.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 6:45:27 PM
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Russia, US, Turkey and EU have military tensions that border Middle East
Major powers are now seeking confrontation globally and the borders of the Middle East are one place that they are pushing up against one another, like tectonic plates.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/5/2020 7:41:13 PM
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Trump administration weighs blacklisting China's chipmaker SMIC
SMIC said in a statement on Saturday it was "in complete shock" over the news but was open to communication with U.S. government agencies in hopes of resolving any misunderstandings.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 6:18:50 PM
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Police: Friends of 19-year-old who died waited 6 hours to call for help
Ariel Tzafrir's body was sent to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute. The autopsy will play a significant part in determining what really happened during that tragic Friday afternoon.
By ALON HACHMON \
9/6/2020 12:55:34 PM
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Belarusian opposition activist Kovalkova leaves country after arrest
Kovalkova, a senior figure in the Belarusian opposition Coordination Council, was sentenced to 10 days in jail on Aug. 25.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 6:43:05 PM
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German gov’t to Post: Iranian wrestler must not be executed
Germany's federal government "rejects the death penalty under all circumstances."
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
9/6/2020 5:22:09 PM
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Israel surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths, red cities prep for lockdown
List of over 30 areas to be released today • Balad head: Gamzu program does not address unique characteristics of Arab society
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
9/5/2020 10:33:23 PM
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Thousands, including MKs, protest against Netanyahu
Yesh Atid-Telem activists gathered on about 50 bridges and intersections across the country.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/5/2020 10:28:33 PM
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Elderly Nazis discuss involvement in Holocaust in new film
The 90-minute film is the product of 12 years of laborious work which included some 1,000 hours of recorded videos and 300 interviews with the those who were old enough to remember.
By DANIEL NISINMAN \
9/6/2020 8:58:52 PM
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MK Ofer Shelah publishes proposed outline for Yesh Atid primaries
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 8:34:21 PM
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Iran state TV shows wrestling star's purported confession to murder
"I hit twice, once and then again," Afkari was shown saying with a stabbing gesture during a police reconstruction of the killing of the middle-aged victim, Hassan Turkman.
By REUTERS \
9/5/2020 9:34:23 PM
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Gov't publishes outline that may allow Israelis to travel to Uman
The outline was drafted by a group of designated ministers appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and headed by MK Ze'ev Elkin.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/5/2020 9:46:35 PM
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Golan Heights offers a perfect spot for a vacation during coronavirus
With air travel still very much a no-no just now, the Golan Heights ain’t a bad getaway option.
By BARRY DAVIS \
9/5/2020 10:01:42 PM
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Cabinet meeting to be held for first time in five weeks
Members to convene Tuesday to discuss NIS 11b. in supplementary funds to deal with COVID economic fallout
By JEREMY SHARON \
9/5/2020 10:10:13 PM
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Awesome Neve-Tzedek restaurant offers a stunning view of the sea
Popina is a well-known non-kosher restaurant in Neve Tzedek, with chef Orel Kimche at the helm, that often has a waiting list for reservations.
By LINDA GRADSTEIN \
9/5/2020 9:59:19 PM
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The Carlton Hotel: Luxury on the beach
Carlton's general manager describes the hotel as s "boutique buisness hotel that is very intimate and very luxurious."
By LINDA GRADSTEIN \
9/5/2020 10:10:53 PM
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What will happen to the trees of Israel?
In hardly any other country has planting trees changed the landscape and living conditions as much as it did in Israel last century. The question now is how to preserve the forests for the future.
By DOMINIK DOEHLER,ZAVIT/SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT NEWS AGENCY \
9/6/2020 10:01:45 AM
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Lab workers' strike to enter its second week
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 10:56:12 PM
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Coronavirus in Israel: Outbreaks reported in schools in multiple cities
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/5/2020 11:15:41 PM
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How Israel has failed in the battle against coronavirus
Israel went from being the country everyone in the world looked to as a role model, to one that everyone looks to now as an example of what you are not supposed to do.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
9/6/2020 9:25:50 AM
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Russia marks 75 years since the end of World War II
The USSR played a decisive role in the defeat of Adolf Hitler’s Germany
By ANATOLY VIKTOROV \
9/5/2020 11:49:30 PM