When a self-described patriotic, middle-aged Russian soldier was released from a prisoner-of-war camp in Ukraine earlier this year, he called his family to tell them he was alive, free and back on Russian soil. As the phone was passed around, he told them he might be back in time for his son’s birthday in a…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Cuban man is facing immigration fraud charges in Florida, where prosecutors have accused him of hiding prior military service in the Cuban air force. A federal grand jury indicted Luis Raul Gonzalez-Pardo Rodriguez, 64, who was arrested Friday on charges of fraud and misuse of visa, permits and other documents…
‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’ (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post) All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026. The…