Two Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of setting up a “dark” internet site that was used to buy weapons, drugs and stolen credit cards, Israeli police said on Tuesday.
The suspects, in their mid-30s, were arrested during a joint investigation with the FBI and Israel’s cyber crime unit. Further arrests were made in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Brazil.
“The suspects were arrested after setting up an internet site that was in the ‘dark,’” the police said in a statement.
“The dark internet site was used for illegal activities and crimes.”
“The site had been active for a long period of time and millions of dollars of transactions had been made on the site.”

The lone fatality in the Colorado high school shooting was Kendrick Castillo, a friendly 18-year-old who, witnesses said, leaped from his desk in a literature class and charged the two attackers, sacrificing his life to buy classmates time to escape.

Boston – Kurt Lang, an expert on Nazi Germany and a sociologist who with his wife, Gladys, wrote several books about the influence of television on politics and public opinion, has died. He was 95. Lang died May 1 of respiratory failure at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his daughter, Glenna Lang, said Wednesday. [...]

Speaking at the Memorial Day Ceremony on Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spurned the possibility of Iran’s obtaining nuclear weapons following the announcement by the Islamic Republic just a few hours earlier that it would roll back some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.
“This morning, on my way here, I heard that Iran intends to continue its nuclear program and we will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu declared at the ceremony for fallen soldiers, terror victims at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem.
“The events of the past few days clearly demonstrate what our struggle is about, the attempt of those who seek to destroy our country, uproot us from our land,” he postured.

Panama City, FL – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China “broke the deal” it had reached in trade talks with the United States, and vowed not to back down on imposing new tariffs on Chinese imports unless Beijing “stops cheating our workers.” The U.S. Trade Representative’s office announced that tariffs on $200 [...]

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Washington – American officials say the U.S. is poised to move more military assets to the Middle East in response to perceived threats from Iran. Officials say two additional bomber aircraft are expected to deploy to the region, and one official says there are ongoing discussions about moving some Patriot missile batteries back to the [...]

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Agudath Israel of America, a national Orthodox Jewish organization, is applauding a new rule issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that will strengthen the ability of federal employees to take compensatory time off for religious observances.