Intelligence officials in Cyprus have thwarted a massive terrorist attack on the Cypriot port Limassol, uncovering more than 100 grams of explosives. The terror plot was directed at Israeli tourists who frequent the port, and would have followed the recent suicide bombing against Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria that killed...

A diplomatic spat between Sweden and Israel bubbled to the surface overnight in the aftermath of reports outlining how Sweden sought to block European Union sanctions on Iran in order to protect a business deal between Tehran and the Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt took to...

In the last few hours, the EU voted to increase sanctions on Iran aimed at convincing the regime to increase transparency on – and then halt – what is widely believed to be an illicit nuclear weapons program. Diplomats speaking in the lead-up to the EU vote identified the sanctions...

Analysts are heavily criticizing the Swiss government’s refusal to join European Union sanctions against Iran’s energy and financial sectors, a policy which is particularly complicated in light of Switzerland’s history of trading with Nazi Germany in WWII, its welcome of Hamas leaders, and of rising anti-Israel sentiment throughout the country....

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that Iran will “never back down” from its nuclear program, while Mansour Haqiqatpour, deputy head of the parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, threatened that Iran may enrich parts of its uranium stockpile to 60 percent. Haqiqatpour’s threat echoed an argument that Iran has been publicly...

The United States has warned European countries that supporting unilateral moves by the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations, where the Palestinians are attempting to achieve non-member observer status outside of a negotiated framework with Israel, would be “extremely counterproductive”and result in “significant negative consequences.” In a private memo, the...