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Tune into today's top stories: IDF invades Gaza City, Protesters disrupt JPost conference

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs - the top stories, clear and concise.

Smoke rises from the evacuated Al-Ghefari tower, as it collapses after it was hit by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, September 15, 2025.
Members of law enforcement gather in the street after dispersing a protest and detaining demonstrators in front of the Gene Sander Federal Building

University of Kentucky cheerleader arrested after baby corpse discovered in closet

 Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024.

Squirrel Hill synagogue vandal fined, sentenced to five years probation

Military personnel using holographic augmented reality table with drone blueprint; illustrative.

US reinterprets arms control pact to ease military drone exports


US says China spreads 'false' World War II narratives to pressure Taiwan

Beijing says documents such as the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation support its legal claims of sovereignty over the island, as they call for Taiwan to be "restored" to China.

 IN RESPONSE to threats posed across the Taiwan Strait, the island has significantly bolstered its defenses. Here, a soldier is seen in front of a Hsiung Feng III mobile missile launcher during Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s visit to the base in October.

America's moral descent: The rise of violence against those we disagree with - opinion

Pendulums swing in society from one extreme to the other. But balance in life is having the pendulum be in the middle, not locked on one side or the other.

Charlie Kirk debating pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Washington, Seattle, May 7, 2024.

The Charlie Kirk assassination is a warning we cannot ignore - opinion

Too often, people abandon debate over ideas or policies and go straight to demonizing opponents - this is not leadership. This is poison.

Jordyn Hackner, president of Turning Point USA's University of Houston chapter,and Lizbeth Aguilar stand behind a poster of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as people mourn following his fatal shooting, at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 11, 2025.

North Korea says its nuclear weapons state is irreversible

Pyongyang defended its nuclear weapons as an "inevitable option" of defending the country from US threats.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 10th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency July 2, 2024.

Have Netanyahu's strikes on Qatari soil gone too far? - opinion

Even if what is happening is not the result of a deliberate Israeli policy, Israel’s erratic decision-making and conduct do not look good.

THE COUNT since October 7, 2023 continues at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, as people visited yesterday. Should all 48 be brought back as bodies, Israeli society is liable to suffer a fundamental blow, the writer warns.

LA Jewish community boycotts high holiday service at Qatari hotel after Hamas strikes

The Maybourne Hotel was set to host high holiday services for the Beverly Hills community, but LA rabbi Pini Dunner has urged the event's cancellation due to the owners' ties to Hamas.

Rabbi Pini Dunner's protests against Qatar

Trump admin. looks to restart hostage negotiations in new talks with Israel, Qatar

Over the weekend, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Washington, where he met with the Trump administration.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

Charlie Kirk shooting suspect not cooperating with authorities, Utah governor says

The family and friends of the suspect are reportedly cooperating with the investigation.

A man shows an image of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on his smartphone, as people gather to mourn U.S. right-wing activist, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, outside the U.S. embassy in Madrid, Spain, September 11, 2025.

US and Afghanistan agree to hostages-for-prisoners exchange

Taliban representatives met with US Officials to discuss normalization efforts, diplomatic relations, and freeing detained US citizens.

Taliban's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi holds a meeting with Adam Boehler, U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 13, 2025

Why do police mistake phones for guns? Racial bias in the brain, study finds

This new study suggests that there is a different neurological response in people of all races when they see the same tool associated with the face of a black or white person.

 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers move in on demonstrators in front of LA City Hall during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.

US gov. seizes nearly $600k in crypto from Iranian linked to IRGC drone and missile program

Mohammad Abedini founded an Iranian company that manufactures essential parts for IRGC drones and missiles.

(Illustrative) During the annual rally commemorating 1979 Islamic Revolution, domestically-built missiles and a satellite carrier are displayed at the Azadi (Freedom) Sq. in in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.