Netanyahu okays 800 new settlement homes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially authorized that the construction of hundreds of housing units in Judea and Samaria, also known part as the West Bank. In a statement obtained…

Israel and Bhutan establish ties

Israel and Bhutan have established full diplomatic relations. A signing ceremony was held by the Israeli and Bhutanese ambassadors to India, Ron Malka and Maj. Gen. Vetsop Namgyel respectively, on…

Bahrain okays Israeli settlement imports

[Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect later statements by Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani that Manama will distinguish between Israeli goods from disputed territories…

Pompeo makes historic Golan, West Bank visits

Mike Pompeo has become the first United States Secretary of State to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights. Last year, Pompeo, an evangelical Christian, broke with…

IRGC unveils new warship

Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched a new warship capable of delivering aircraft, missile launchers and drones to its naval fleet. State television announced that a “heavy,…

US strengthens bond with Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States will recognize the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as anti-Semitic, with the intent of withdrawing government…

Israel reportedly assassinates al Qaeda #2

Secret Israeli agents have been alleged of killing Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah in Iran on 7 August acting at the behest of the United States. Abdullah, who used the nom de…

UN sanctions on Iran expire

The 2007 United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Iran expired as slated on Sunday, in accordance with terms of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal…

New US sanctions target Iranian banks

The United States slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s financial sector yesterday, targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran…

US sanctions on Iran face international opposition

The United States is stepping-up its ‘maximum pressure campaign’ against the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite blatant opposition by members of the United Nations Security Council that consequently led UN…