Middlesex, UK – A resident living near a school set up without planning permission in a synagogue in 2006 have welcomed restrictions to the way it is allowed to operate. Councillors agreed to allow the school in Mowbray Road, Edgware, to continue to operate but put a raft of strict conditions on it to prevent further [...]

An Iranian destroyer successfully test fired a “powerful and intelligent missile” named ‘Nour’ (light), commander of the Iranian Navy announced on Wednesday, the FARS agency reports. “Jamaran has test-fired its different kinds of weapons during recent days and after that prepared itself for firing missiles and today in a marine exercise fired an intelligent missile,” Commander [...]

US defense secretary visits Gulf, seeks Saudi backing for economic sanctions.

Yishai says aim wasn't to insult Biden; Barak: Announcement was "damaging."

New York, NY – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is offering financial help to truckers to buy new vehicles and replace hundreds of pollution-spewing trucks serving its marine terminals. The program offers owners of up to 636 pre-1994 container-carrying trucks a 25 percent grant toward the purchase price of a new truck, [...]

Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield is working with NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to solve the Shabbos parking meter problem that has resulted in the issuance of a flurry of tickets to Boro Park residents. In response to Greenfield’s inquiry to the DOT on [...]

New York – Would-be jetsetters took advantage of a free ticket giveaway by JetBlue Airways all across Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. “We’re out of tickets for the day! THANK YOU ALL for playing with us and congrats to the winners!” read a note from JetBlue’s Twitter feed around 3:30 p.m., just three-and-a-half hours after the contest [...]

[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS OF PERES AT PONOVEZH BELOW] As reported earlier, most Bnei Brak residents were less than pleased with the pashkavilim appearing on Wednesday morning protesting the day’s visit of President Shimon Peres. In addition to the protest, the harsh language used to express displeasure with the presidential event left many locals embarrassed and [...]

Despite intense lobbying efforts from Jewish groups and attempts by the Christian-Democrats to prevent a vote, the European Parliament adopted Wednesday in Strasbourg a joint resolution urging “both sides” to follow up the Goldstone Report’s conclusions by conducting “investigations within five months”. The resolution, tabled by the four political groups – the Socialists, Liberals, Greens and [...]

New York – Consider the exit-row seat, that prize catch of the frequent-flying business traveler because it offers extra legroom. Getting first dibs on exit-row seats in coach cabins has long been one of the top perks for passengers in elite-status programs, which typically allow members to reserve those seats, if available, when they make online [...]