The gunman in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas had just been fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the shooting began, authorities said Monday.
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A U.S. envoy said Monday the first 5,000 U.S. troops would leave Afghanistan within five months’ time under a deal with the Taliban that has been reached “in principle” but still needs President Donald Trump’s approval.
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At least 34 people have been killed after a boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island, California, early Monday morning, fire officials have confirmed.
Fox affiliate KTTV confirmed the fatalities.
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New York City police say a man was killed in a shootout with officers in Brooklyn.
NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan said at a news conference that three officers in a patrol car early Monday saw a masked man, who fled when they tried to speak to him.
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Minister of Jerusalem Affairs (Likud) Ze’ev Elkin accompanied Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on his recent state visit to Ukraine.
Following his return, he revealed to the media that some understandings were reached regarding the tziyun of Rav Nachman of Breslov.
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As of September 1st, a ban on kosher slaughter has taken effect in parts of Belgium. The move comes after regional parliaments introduced prohibitions for slaughtering animals that have not been pre-stunned.
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The Taliban attacked a second Afghan city in as many days on Sunday, killing several civilians and security forces, officials said, even as Washington’s peace envoy said the U.S. and the militant group are “at the threshold of an agreement” to end America’s longest war.
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For the first time in its history, an Israeli judge has ordered that a Jewish criminal be deported to an Arab country. The deportation of Avraham Salem Alhadad, has been ordered deported back to his native Yemen in a precedent-setting ruling.
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During the recent flare-up of violence along Israel’s northern border, the IDF managed to trick Hezbollah into thinking that they injured Israeli soldiers in the attack that came in response to the recent IDF drone strike inside Lebanon.

President Donald Trump expressed a commitment Sunday, hours after the latest deadly mass shooting, to work with a divided Congress to “stop the menace of mass attacks.” He said any measures must satisfy the competing goals of protecting public safety and the constitutional right to gun ownership and seemed to cast fresh doubt on the merits of instituting more thorough background checks for gun purchases.