Four people, including a prominent eastern Ukrainian separatist commander, were charged with murder Wednesday in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine that killed 298 people.
A team of international investigators announced the charges, saying the trial will start in March 2020 at the Hague District Court, sitting in a high-security courtroom near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Dear YWN. I am a proud parent at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in Flatbush. They sent out this incredible letter which I feel should be widely disseminated. I want to reiterate that I was in no way no way asked to send this to YWN.
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More than seven fire units were working multiple blazes in the Lifta area of the Jerusalem corridor. There was a serious concern that due to the current condition, the fire may continue moving towards the entrance to Jerusalem.

The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore “a striking resemblance” to similar mines displayed by Iran, a U.S. Navy explosives expert said Wednesday, stopping short of directly blaming Tehran for the assault.
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An independent U.N. report into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Wednesday there is “credible evidence” to warrant further investigation into the possible role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and suggested sanctions on his personal assets.
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Police are looking for a man suspected of spray-painting anti-Muslim graffiti on the doors of a Brooklyn elementary school after-hours.
The New York Police Department released surveillance video late Tuesday of a suspect in the incident Sunday night.

HOLOCAUST DENIER? DUMB? IGNORANT? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares U.S. Detention Centers To ‘Concentration Camps’
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., compared U.S. detention centers on the southern border to Holocaust concentration camps this week, sparking outrage across the political spectrum.

On Sunday, a 6:45Am flight scheduled to take off from Ben-Gurion Airport to Budapest, had some technical difficulty with the aircraft, forcing the company to return the passengers to Terminal 1 to wait.
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After the four Sifrei Torah which were stolen from Beit Knesset Orot HaTorah in Bnei Brak recently, and subsequently recovered in a PA (Palestinian Authority) village in Shomron, it has been decided that the Seforim will be returned in a procession that will begin from the Bnei Brak home of Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman ZT”L.

Dozens of girls were sent home from a Monsey school on Tuesday. The reason? Failure to provide proof of vaccination.
The parents at the Satmar school (1 Monsey Blvd) were apparently asked to provide proof of vaccination to the administration.
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