Death toll rises as typhoon moves up China coast

Media captionDramatic rescues after typhoon Lekima causes floods in China The death toll from Typhoon Lekima in China has risen to 28 with another 20 people missing, local authorities say. Officials say about five million people in Zhejiang province have b…
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Cords severed felling Canadian cable cars

Image copyrightRCMPImage caption Police released a photo of the slack line and a car which fell only a short distance Canadian police are investigating after a cable car gondola was sabotaged in an apparent act of vandalism. Almost all of the 30 cars on t…
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Norway mosque shooting probed as terror act

A shooting at a mosque in Norway is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, police say. A gunman opened fire on the Al-Noor Islamic Centre, on the outskirts of the capital Oslo, on Saturday. One person in the mosque managed to overpower the gun…
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Putin riles Ukraine after meeting bikers in Crimea

Media captionRussian President Vladimir Putin attended a gathering organised by a right-wing bikers' group in the contested area of Crimea Ukraine has protested to Russia after a leather-clad President Vladimir Putin visited the annexed Crimean peninsula to …
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AIPAC bipartisan delegation to Israel meets Jewish, Arab entrepreneurs

A bipartisan group of more than 70 representatives is currently in Israel, as a part of the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF) mission, a charitable foundation affiliated with AIPAC.  These trips are organized in August of every off-election year fo…
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In the ’80s French secret service made a deal with Palestinian terrorists

France agreed not to target Palestinian terrorists who killed French Jews in Paris in 1982 if they refrained from carrying out further attacks on French soil, a former top spy revealed. Yves Bonnet, who headed the now-defunct DST service in the 1980s, made t…
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IDF: Palestinian terrorist opens fire on Gaza border, no Israeli injuries

IDF troops identified an armed Palestinian terrorist approaching the fence on the border between Gaza and Israel, the IDF is reporting Sunday morning. The terrorist opened fire at soldiers, who returned fire. In addition, during the incident, IDF tanks fired…
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Mike Pompeo lashes out at Khamenei, calls concern for Palestinians ‘faux’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday sharply criticized Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday for tweeting a threatening message to Israel.  var cont = `Join Jerusalem Post Premium Plus now for just $5 and upgrade your experience with an ads-free…
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Police bar entrance of Jews to Temple Mount as thousands protest

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to prohibit the entrance of Jews to the Temple Mount area on Sunday for Tisha Be'Av as thousands gather at the gates in attempts to pressure the forces into changing the decision, according to Israeli media sources. …
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