Iran and the United States held in-depth negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program on Saturday, ending the discussions with a promise for more talks and perhaps another high-level meeting next weekend. The talks ran for several hours in Muscat, the mountain-wrapped capital of this sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state television after the talks that the parties exchanged written points throughout the day in discussions that he described as “very serious and work-focused.” “This time, the negotiations were much more serious than in the past, and we gradually entered into deeper and more detailed discussions,” he said.

Roughly 400,000 mourners gathered in Rome today for the funeral of Pope Francis, but Israel notably refrained from sending an official delegation, choosing instead to be represented solely by its ambassador to the Vatican, Yaron Sideman.
The decision came amid controversy surrounding the Foreign Ministry’s removal of condolence messages that Israeli embassies worldwide had initially posted after the pope’s passing. Pope Francis had been a vocal critic of Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
Former Israeli ambassador to the Vatican Raphael Schutz harshly criticized Israel’s approach in an interview with Ynet. “When a leader of this magnitude passes away, you don’t deviate from diplomatic protocols,” Schutz said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing the U.S. government’s longstanding position that the organization was protected from civil liability.

Release by: Yizkereim / The Rabbi Leib Geliebter Memorial FoundationOn 28 Nissan, we commemorate 80 years since the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp — one of the most significant moments of our generation’s modern history. As we pause to reflect, we honor not only the kedoshim who perished but also those few who emerged from the ashes, embodying the triumph of Jewish spirit and survival. Yizkereim  / The Rabbi Leib Geliebter Memorial Foundation invites the public to explore a never before highlighted story where we share a remarkable eye-witness account involving a pair of tefillin—preserved even amid the horrors of the Holocaust.

The Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Dov Landau, successfully underwent surgery on Friday to repair a fracture at Maayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak.
As previously reported on Matzav.com, Rav Landau had suffered a fall at his home and was subsequently transported to the hospital.
Following medical consultation and a series of tests overseen by the renowned medical advisor Rav Elimelech Firer, the decision was made to proceed with surgery to address the fracture.
The procedure was performed by Dr. Itay Holzer, director of the hospital’s Orthopedic Department. Boruch Hashem, the Rosh Yeshiva emerged from surgery and was transferred to the recovery room, where he remained over Shabbos.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new nav

GOOD RIDDANCE: Robert Josman, longtime president of the 24th Precinct Community Council, which collaborates with the NYPD, resigned last week after The Post exposed his repeated removal of Israeli hostage posters near Upper West Side synagogues, prompting widespread calls for action.

Minister Meir Porush paid a visit to the home of Maran Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, one of the Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka, and during the visit, a conversation unfolded between the minister and the Rosh Yeshiva, centering on the grave situation currently facing Eretz Yisroel. Porush asked Rav Hirsch about the challenges surrounding the ongoing war and the looming gezeirah of forced conscription.
In the conversation, Porush asked, “What will be with our situation?”
Rav Hirsch replied, “Hashem will help. What can we say? We have no one to rely upon except Avinu Shebashomayim. That is clear in such a situation. The entire Eretz Yisroel is in a terrible state.”