Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said Thursday that naval maneuvers dubbed Velayat 90 will start on Saturday in an area ranging from the Strait of Hormuz in the

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is promoting a plan for new municipal boundaries that would swap land, leaving some Arab neighborhoods outside the city. Barkat met with senior religious Zionist figures

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Thursday that he would cancel all political, economic and military meetings between representatives of Turkey and France. He also forbade French aircraft from

Former US President Bill Clinton says Iran is more likely to have terrorists do its dirty work than to launch a nuclear war itself. Clinton offered the assessment during an

Israel and Turkey are reactivating their military ties, beginning with a coordination mechanism between the two air forces. The link exists to prevent aerial mishaps and potential disasters between aircraft from

The Arab League has sent a 10-member advance team to Syria to ensure that monitors will have free access across the country. The Arab League has sent an advance team

A New York State resident has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Delta Airlines and Air France for failing to stop a terrorist from getting on a plane in 2009.

The Hamas terror group on Thursday signed a deal with the Fatah terror group that would unify both “wings” of Palestinian Authority terror under the banner of the Palestine Liberation

The Hamas terrorist organization has agreed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to the Associated Press. The decision came during two days after a meeting in Cairo between Palestinian

As part of the recent celebration of its 24th anniversary, Hamas held a mass rally in Gaza in which the terror group expressed an intransigent commitment to the jihad against

Graves belonging to Jews were recently found in a cemetery in Gaza, according to a Channel 10 News report on Wednesday. According to the report, the cemetery in question is

Dennis Ross, President Barack Obama’s former Middle East advisor, said on Wednesday that the Obama administration is determined to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon and would certainly consider

Iran will be able to produce a first core for a nuclear bomb in about one year’s time, according to Dr. Efraim Askolai, a former member of the Israeli Atomic

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) announced Wednesday it is reviewing whether to downgrade ties with Israel and halt security cooperation in light of the moribund peace process “This is the

Kuwait officials denied reports on Wednesday they had agreed to release two Iranians convicted by  Kuwait on espionage charges after Iran released two two Kuwaitis it detained for 36 days

Gulf Arab leaders Tuesday rallied behind Saudi King Abdullah’s call to form a “single entity” in their ongoing move to form a strategic bulwark against their increasingly aggressive rival Iran.

According to the London-based al Hayat newspaper, Jordan is leading secret talks with several nations to find a home for Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal. The report comes as tensions

At least 675 Pakistani women and girls were murdered during the first nine months of 2011 for allegedly defaming their family’s honor, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan report said

Israel sharply criticized European members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday. The criticism came following a condemnation of Israel by UN Security Council members on Tuesday over the planned

Some 10,000 women marched Tuesday from Cairo’s Tahrir Square to the nearby Press Syndicate building chanting “Egyptian women are the red line,” according to local media reporting on military brutality

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel offered his best wishes to downtown Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Meir Chai Benhiyoun and his family prior to the celebration of the public celebration of the first

Death threats, apparently from Arabs, appeared on Facebook pages of Knesset Member Anastassia Michaeli, after she submitted a bill to stop noise pollution from mosques. She has filed a complaint

The head of the Egypt’s Salafi movement says the party will honor the country’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel. The top two Islamist parties in Egypt won an overwhelming majority

Five Iranian technicians have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the central Syrian city of Homs. The technicians, who are all electrical engineers, were part of a group of eight who

The roads of Samaria (Shomron), so often poorly lit throughout the year, will glow this week with the giant public Jewish menorahs used for the Festival of Lights. The Samaria

UN Security Council members condemned Israel on Tuesday for the planned Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria as well as for ‘price tag’ vandalism. According to a report by AFP,

Kadima MK Otniel Schneller was a victim of Arab terrorism on Tuesday, when his car was firebombed twice as he was driving near the Binaymin community of Ofra, on his

The Mercosur trade group of four South American countries signed a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday. AFP reported that the PA’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Riyad Al

Convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk’s bid to regain his U.S. citizenship was denied on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. According to the report, U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster

The European Union received two items of bad news: The first was the return from the cold of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn who has been on ice since he was