A fugitive wanted for one of New York’s most chilling unsolved murders – the killing of an Iranian-Jewish man – has been captured and returned to the city after more than eight years on the run. Michel Patrick Desalles, now 54, has been extradited from the island nation of Mauritius and charged with the brutal 2017 murder of his boss, Omid Gholian, inside a Tribeca jewelry store. Prosecutors say Desalles viciously beat Gholian hy”d, 43, inside the back room of World of Gold N Diamond at Church and Duane Streets, before tightening two zip ties around his neck, leaving him to die in a pool of blood. Hours after the savage assault, Desalles boarded a flight at JFK Airport and vanished halfway around the world. Gholian’s disappearance initially puzzled his loved ones.

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The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record $140.5 billion in March as consumers and businesses alike tried to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s latest and most sweeping tariffs. The deficit — which measures the gap between the value of goods and services the U.S. sells abroad against what it buys — has roughly doubled over the last year. In March 2024, Commerce Department records show, that gap was just under $68.6 billion. According to federal data released on Tuesday, U.S. exports for goods and services totaled about $278.5 billion in March, while imports climbed to nearly $419 billion. That’s up $0.5 billion and $17.8 billion, respectively, from February trade. Imports are flooding into the U.S. trade wars deepen abroad.

Mahdi al-Mashat, the leader of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, announced that even though the group had reached an understanding with the United States to halt attacks on commercial vessels, its military campaign against Israel would press on.
According to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah news outlet, al-Mashat issued a warning to the people of Israel, urging them to “remain in shelters because their government will not be able to protect them.”
President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the Houthis had conveyed their intention to cease attacks on shipping routes. Following coordinated military actions by both the U.S. and Israel in recent days, Trump said the United States would, in turn, halt its strikes on Houthi targets.

Travelers who aren’t REAL ID compliant by the upcoming deadline this week will still be able to fly but should be prepared for extra scrutiny, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Kristi Noem told a Congressional panel that 81% of travelers already have IDs that comply with the REAL ID requirements. She said security checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification when the deadline hits Wednesday. Those who still lack an identification that complies with the REAL ID law “may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step,” Noem said. “But people will be allowed to fly,” she said.

Turkey’s intelligence service thwarted a remote attack using pagers last year in Lebanon, days after similar attacks by Israel killed dozens and wounded thousands, including members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, a Turkish daily and officials said Tuesday. Daily Sabah reported that 1,300 pagers and 710 chargers rigged with explosives were confiscated inside a cargo shipment at Istanbul Airport that was on its way to Beirut from Hong Kong. A Turkish security official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, confirmed the report but would not provide further details. In Beirut, Hezbollah’s chief spokesman Youssef el-Zein told The Associated Press Tuesday that days after the Sept.

Sec. Brooke Rollins: “The reason egg prices increased 237% under Joe Biden was the way that they handled the avian bird flu… A month ago, I released the five-point plan. Since we released that plan, the cost of eggs has come down 56% and continues to go down.”

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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett has submitted the required documents for the registration of a new political party, according to an official document from Israel’s Corporation Authority published on Tuesday. The party, named “Bennett 2026,” names one of its two goals as “the recruitment of all Israeli citizens to the security, civil, and economic burden.” The party’s other goal is “to restore security to Israel and restore the public’s trust in Israel’s ability to defend its borders and the interior of the country through the implementation of an active security concept.” In other words, since ensuring Israel’s security is a goal shared by all political parties, the raison d’être of Bennett’s new party is for all Bnei Yeshivos to enlist in the IDF.