Hezbollah has been exploiting a diplomatic loophole to freely funnel money from around the world into its coffers in Lebanon, a joint report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and ProPublica found. The investigation, published on Monday, found 500 cases of individuals “accused of crimes or embroiled in controversy” who currently or were previously…
DetailsIt has been released for publication Thursday afternoon that the GSS in correspondence with the police and the army have arrested a number of residents of the Galilee town of Ajar during the month of September under suspicion of being involved in smuggling the explosive devices found near the town of Metulla in July this…
DetailsBeirut: Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it is halting deals worth $4 billion aimed at equipping and supporting Lebanese security forces, a possible retaliation for the tiny nation’s siding with Iran amid the kingdom’s spat with the country.
The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander and Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister.
A Jewish couple have lost their bid to make civil partnerships legal for heterosexual partners.
US auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they are investigating if Hertz rented unrepaired recalled vehicles to customers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing made public on Tuesday it was in receipt of information that indicates “Hertz rented vehicles to customers without having performed required recall repairs.” NHTSA said it had opened an “audit query to…
DetailsCalling him an “Orthodox Jewish billionaire,” JTA interviewed Hershey Friedman about why he bought America’s largest kosher meat company, Agriprocessors, out of bankruptcy in 2009.
Heroin is killing more people than people in New York City, highlighting a comeback for the opiate in recent years that has many in the US worried.
A 20-year-old Hasidic woman died of a heroin overdose in Brooklyn last month showing how even an ultra-insular religious community isn’t immune to the nation’s opioid epidemic.
Former El Al captain Uriel Cohen passed away on Saturday, 45 years after he tackled a terrorist attempting to throw a grenade at Israeli passengers at Munich-Riem Airport.
