Israel-US hold major defense talks

Regional shifts and Iran topped discussions Israeli leaders held with visiting-United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Four-Star General Mark Milley. According to an Israeli government statement, Prime…

Iran rejects IAEA call for new nuclear deal

Iran today rejected the proposal by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi to renegotiate a new nuclear deal. Grossi told the Reuters news agency yesterday that said there had…

Turkey defies US over Russian S-400s

Turkey will not reverse its acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, and intends to take ‘reciprocal steps’ after assessing sanctions imposed by the United States over the deal, declared…

FDA panel approves Moderna vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will “rapidly” work towards granting emergency approval of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, following the overwhelmingly recommendations from a committee of external advisors.…

D-Day For MOSSAD

Signalling A Stop To Secrets’ Strip-Tease  By Amir Oren Earlier this week, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu surprised the Israeli public - and his own Defense Minister, Benny Gantz - by…

US delegation to visit Israel, Morocco

A delegation from the United States is set to visit Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the Washington-brokered normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week.…

New UN envoys to mediate Mideast, Libya conflicts

The United Nations Security Council has approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposal to appoint Norwegian Tor Wennesland as the U.N.’s new Middle East envoy, while his predecessor Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov will…

Kenya threatened by Ethiopia, Somalia locust swarms

Substantial and widespread breeding continues in eastern Ethiopia and central Somalia, according to the latest update by the Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture…