Boston – The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Arlington Police Department, the Needham Police Department, and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Office of the State Fire Marshal are releasing new videos and offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individual, or individuals, allegedly responsible [...]

New York – Four more alleged members of Lev Tahor, a fringe haredi Orthodox sect, were indicted in New York for conspiring to kidnap two children from their mother and return them to their sect. One of the men, Mordechay Malka, was arrested this week at Newark Liberty International Airport and remains in custody, the [...]

Wall Street – Technology and bank companies helped drive stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as the market regained its footing a day after posting its biggest decline of the year. The bounce came as investors welcomed China’s decision to stabilize its currency, easing some of the pressure in its trade war with the [...]

Vilnius – The Jewish Community of Lithuania temporarily closed the only functioning synagogue of the capital Vilnius, citing security issues that may be connected to a debate about the honoring of Nazi collaborators. “The Lithuanian Jewish Community has received threatening telephone calls and letters in recent days,” Faina Kukliansky, the chairwoman of the community, wrote [...]

Washington – Just what the fragile global economy didn’t need: An unpredictable escalation in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, one that spreads the conflict to currency markets, threatens to involve other countries and raises the risk of a global recession. At a time when growth in the United States and the world is [...]

Munich – A rabbi and his two sons said they were spit on and verbally attacked as they left a synagogue in Munich, Germany. A man approached the rabbi, 53, and his sons, both 19, and yelled anti-Semitic slurs as they left a central synagogue on Saturday, The Associated Press reported. A woman in a [...]

Kabul – The United States and the Taliban have resolved differences in peace talks over the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and guarantees from the insurgents that they will cut ties with other extremist groups, a Taliban official said Tuesday. The U.S. side did not immediately provide details about the latest round of talks [...]

Warsaw – A letter signed by 88 U.S. senators, including those running for president, calls on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take urgent action on the restitution of the property of Holocaust victims left in Poland. The letter notes that survivors and the their families have “found it nearly impossible” to reclaim or seek [...]

Tehran – War with Iran is the mother of all wars, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again that shipping might not be safe in the Strait of Hormuz oil waterway. Tensions have risen between Iran and the West since last year when the [...]

Jerusalem – Two Palestinian men were arrested on suspicion of raping a 7-year-old girl from a West Bank settlement. The men, who are residents of the Palestinian village of Qibya, work in the settlement where the girl lives, the Kan public broadcaster first reported Tuesday night. The arrests come more than a month after a [...]