A suspect armed with two AK-47 rifles and who has reported ties to the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre earlier this week has taken hostages at a kosher supermarket near Paris today. Earlier reports said that two people had been killed, though this was denied by the French Interior Ministry. The Times of Israel...

Charges that Iran’s restrictive policies towards women are similar to those practiced by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are gaining currency among Arab language commentators. Iran went from banning hijab in 1936 to making it compulsory in 1979.  Now, wearing the hijab is legally required in Iran, even in...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is ineligible to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it is not a “sovereign state,” spokesperson Jen Psaki said at yesterday’s State Department’s daily press briefing: Well, let me give you a short answer and then let me take part of this, because there’s a legal answer...

French President François Hollande called yesterday’s attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed twelve a “terrorist attack” as thousands rallied in the streets of Paris and one French politician called the attack “our September 11.” In addition to declaring three days of mourning Hollande vowed to bring the...

Kataib al-Imam Ali, an Iraqi Shiite militia with strong ties to Iran, is headed by a terrorist with a long record of attacking American interests according to terrorism experts Matthew Levitt and Phillip Smyth in a paper published by the Washington Institute of Near East Policy on Monday. Levitt and Smyth...

The Hamas terrorist behind the kidnapping and killings of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel last June was sentenced to three life terms by a military court yesterday, The Times of Israel reported. In addition to jail, Hussam Kawasme was ordered to pay NIS 250,000 to the three bereaved families....