Berlin - North Korean rockets can now be fitted with nuclear weapons and could reach Germany and central Europe, a top official with Germany’s foreign intelligence agency told lawmakers this week, according to a report in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. BND Deputy Director Ole Diehl told lawmakers during a closed-door meeting that the assessment was “certain,” the newspaper reported, citing participants in the briefing. Advertisement: At the same time, Diehl said the agency viewed talks between North and South Korea as a positive sign. No comment was immediately available from the BND. A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic enc...
Jerusalem - 34 Charedi Women graduated a United Hatzalah EMT course on Thursday, joining the Women’s Unit of the organization. The newly trained EMTs will be tasked with providing emergency medical care as first responders to women in the Charedi communities of Jerusalem and the surrounding area. Director of United Hatzalah’s Women’s Unit Gitty Beer said: “This amazing group of 34 women that graduated on Thursday evening will be responding to all types of emergency medical calls, but their primary task will be providing the much-needed response to particularly delicate calls in which women are involved and providing an extra element of care to an already traumatic medical emergency. We’ve found that having women respond to help other women allows the patient...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior North Korean diplomat who handles North American affairs was heading to Finland on Sunday for talks with the United States and South Korea. Choe Kang Il's trip comes ahead of a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Choe was seen at a Beijing airport on Sunday before boarding a flight to Finland. The report cited unnamed "diplomatic sources" in Seoul as saying Choe would take part in a meeting with former U.S. diplomats, including former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens, and South Korean security experts. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the gathering would be similar to the so-called "Track 2" dialogue that has involved North Kor...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director, and the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election (all times local): 10:20 am. The Senate's top Democrat is calling on congressional Republicans to stand behind special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. In a statement Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York condemned Trump's suggestion that Mueller's investigation be shut down. Schumer says "Republican colleagues, particularly the leadership" need to make it clear that "firing Mueller is a red line for our democracy that cannot be crossed." Trump complained anew in a tweet late Saturday that the Mueller probe was a "witch ...
A security guard in the Old City of Jerusalem was seriously wounded in a stabbing, Magen david Adom has confirmed. The stabber was promptly shot and neutralized. The incident is suspected to be a terror attack, though this has yet to be confirmed.
udea and Samaria residents are well-acquainted with rock terror that threatens them on every journey - whether they are driving to work, to school, to pick up their kids, or are heading back home. Now, an Israeli company is offering an innovative new solution to protect motorists from rocks thrown by Arab terrorists. Jacob Steiman, CEO of Meteor Lamination says his company's new invention will save lives and provide security for drivers and passengers across Judea and Samaria. The new innovation is a 350-micron thick transparent sticker affixed to the vehicle's windows that protects against the entry of glass splinters and rocks into the car. Steiman demonstrated the effectiveness of the anti-rock security sticker for Arutz Sheva and the results are amazing - even after ...
WASHINGTON - Republican US Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he expects President Donald Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement in May. "The Iran deal will be another issue that's coming up in May, and right now it doesn't feel like it's gonna be extended," Corker told CBS' Face the Nation in an interview broadcast Sunday. "I think the president likely will move away from it unless my, our European counterparts really come together on a framework. And it doesn't feel to me that they are," he said.
LONDON - British police say a man who had been kicked out of a nightclub rammed his car into revelers on a dance floor, injuring at least 13. The Kent Police force says the 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder over Saturday's crash in Gravesend, 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of London. Police say they are not treating the incident as terrorism. Footage posted on social media showed a large car on a dance floor inside a marquee tent at Blake's nightclub. On Facebook, the club thanked "the heroic actions of our door team and guests to apprehend the individual before further harm was caused." Police said Sunday that at least 13 people suffered injuries including broken bones. Police said none of the injuries is life-threatening.
Jewish Agency chief and former minister jailed for 9 years by Soviet Union selected for Israel Prize's lifetime achievement award. Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) announced Sunday afternoon that this year’s Israel Prize lifetime achievement award will go to former refusenik and Jewish Agency chief Natan Sharansky. Sharansky, 70, was imprisoned by Soviet authorities for nine years from 1977 to 1986 after he was denied an exit visa to Israel, and accused by the Soviet government of spying for the US. Following a global campaign to pressure the USSR, including from then-President Ronald Reagan, Sharansky was freed in a prisoner swap with the US in February 1986. Sharansky, born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky, immigrated to Israel and Hebraized his name. In t...
In interview with Ynet, the former prime minister, who served as 16-month prison sentence for corruption, says returning to politics 'is not on the agenda'; says unlike PM Netanyahu, 'I didn't attack anyone as prime minister, my criticism today is done as a private citizen.' Former prime minister Ehud Olmert stressed on Sunday that he has no plans to return politics after being released from prison last year, where he served 16 months for corruption. In a special interview with Ynet, Olmert dismissed the question of whether he considered a return to public life, saying "it's not on the agenda. In a veiled criticism of his successor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Olmert claimed that "I've never waged a battle against law enforcement authorities as p...
Last month Iran’s Justice Minister Alireza Avaei was afforded a platform at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. Switzerland is not a member of the European Union (EU), and Avaei is under an EU travel ban for human rights violations. In the 1980s, Avaei, like his predecessor, Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, the first justice minister under President Hassan Rouhani, was on a panel that pronounced death sentences on thousands of Iranians who were then summarily executed. There were a number of critics who saw Avaei’s presence at the so-called Human Rights Council to be an affront to the concept of human rights. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley expressed her opposition in typically blunt terms, “M...
Federal regulators, spurred by a deadly helicopter crash into a river, ordered a temporary nationwide ban on open-door flights that have tight seat restraints that could trap people during emergencies. The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday grounded the flights amid concerns that harnesses meant to kept passengers from tumbling out of their seats wound up preventing them from escaping when a helicopter plunged into the chilly East River on Sunday. The pilot got out, but all five passengers died. The parents of a man killed in the crash, 26-year-old Trevor Cadigan, called the helicopter’s harnesses a “death trap” in a lawsuit. Their lawyer, Gary C. Robb, said the restraints fasten in the back and are difficult to unlatch, especially when a helicopter is tossed ...
A Baltimore police officer was suspended without pay and faces charges for an incident that happened during a December arrest. Baltimore police say prosecutors notified them of the decision to charge Officer Kevin Battipaglia, a five-year-veteran assigned to the Northwest District, in the incident that happened on Dec. 24 of last year. He was subsequently arrested. He's been charged with first-degree assault--a felony--and misconduct in office. An arraignment is set for Mar. 30, according to online court records. The state's attorney's office didn't immediately respond to a request for more details on the nature of the allegations. The department's Office of Professional Responsibility is working with prosecutors. The retirement of the head of that office was a...
A former supervisor in the Baltimore City Department of Transportation pleaded guilty Friday to extortion, federal prosecutors say. Daryl Christopher Wade, 50, of Rosedale faces up to 20 years in federal prison when sentenced Aug. 10. Wade worked for the city from 1988 through last year, most recently as a construction project supervisor in the DOT's street cut unit, which monitors and administers fines and permits related to street cuts. He admitted in a plea agreement to claiming he could void fines in return for payments, and accepted multiple cash payments to do so. Street cut permits are valid for 120 days, and are needed for companies who need to impede into a public right-of-way for construction. City officials assess a $50 fine per day for each street cut that isn't re...
The most violent inmates in the city’s jails are being rewarded with video games for good behavior, Commissioner Cynthia Brann told a City Council hearing Thursday. The rewards — which have included pizza delivery — are given to misbehaving detainees who straighten up by keeping their units clean, attending mandated programs and don’t break the rules. “What we’re trying to do with these inmates who are persistently violent and problematic is incentivize the continuation and maintenance of good behavior. So as they progress through the [punitive] levels, yes, they get more privileges. They get more time out [of the cell]. And those video games are used as a reward,” she said. Read more at NY POST.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commented on the terrorist attack near Mevo Dotan in northern Samaria: “From the depths of my heart, I send condolences to the families of the IDF officer and soldier who were murdered yesterday by a reprehensible terrorist and my best wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. We will work to demolish the home of the terrorist and will deal with him to the fullest extent of the law.”
The Central Intelligence Agency has been sending teams of commandos to kill alleged terrorists overseas, despite an Obama-era effort to cease the use of “assassination squads” by the agency, according to a report from BuzzFeed News. The “small number” of units are reportedly coordinated by the agency’s Special Activities Center (SAC) whose primary mission is to kill terrorists “on the ground.” The CIA denied the existence of such a program to the BuzzFeed. The SAC has reportedly been on a “recruitment and hiring and acquisition binge” under the Trump administration. CIA director Mike Pompeo, who was recently tapped by President Trump to be the next secretary of state, reportedly “first pushed for these lethal ground operatio...
That’s one way of protesting Andrew McCabe’s firingas deputy FBI director, roughly a day before he was set to retire: At least one Democratic congressman has offered McCabe a temporary job so he can get full retirement benefits – and McCabe appears to be considering. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., announced Saturday afternoon that he has offered McCabe a job to work on election security in his office, “so that he can reach the needed length of service” to retire. “My offer of employment to Mr. McCabe is a legitimate offer to work on election security,” Pocan said in a statement. “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of American democracy and both Republicans and Democrats should be concerned about election integrity.” A spokeswoman ...
In a December phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Donald Trump had an idea he thought could hasten a U.S. exit from Syria: Ask the king for $4 billion. By the end of the call, according to U.S. officials, the president believed he had a deal. The White House wants money from the kingdom and other nations to help rebuild and stabilize the parts of Syria that the U.S. military and its local allies have liberated from the Islamic State. The postwar goal is to prevent Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Russian and Iranian partners from claiming the areas, or the Islamic State from regrouping, while U.S. forces finish mopping up the militants. (c) 2018, The Washington Post · Paul Sonne, Karen DeYoung 
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland court administrators are warning residents about a scam enticing them to pay hundreds of dollars to avoid arrest. The Baltimore Sun reports that the "bench warrant" scam recently has been reported in Baltimore County. A similar scam targeted Howard County last year. In the scam, a caller claims to be an officer from the local sheriff's office and says a judge has issued a bench warrant for the resident for failing to attend a hearing that morning. When the resident tells the caller they did not receive a summons, the caller claims it was sent to their work address. The caller instructs the resident to drive to a location and obtain a "bond voucher" for hundreds of dollars. Court officials said anyone receiving such a call should hang up.
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