Iran’s parliament voted for a massive increase in funding for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the nation’s missile development program, Saeed Ghasseminejad, an associate fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), wrote in a policy brief Monday. The move was recently approved in two parliamentary bills, Iranian...

A Palestinian author is hiding in an undisclosed location in the Middle East after his book was banned by the Palestinian Authority last month, NPR reported Saturday. Abbad Yahya, 28, received death threats after his novel Crime in Ramallah was banned by the PA in February. The novel centers on three young...

Three men were said to be injured by an explosion at a Hamas-run terror training camp in the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported Monday. According to media associated with Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza, the explosion took place at a Hamas military site. “Three men sustained varied...

Iran has barred members of its women’s pool team from participating in billiard sports competitions for one year for violating Islamic codes of conduct, its Disciplinary Committee of Bowling, Billiard and Boxing Federation announced Thursday. “Women sent to China Open (billiard) competitions will be banned from all domestic and foreign...

Senior officials from Israel’s political and military establishments attended Sunday’s ceremony to mark the operational integration of Israel’s newest air defense system. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman led the ceremony at the Hatzor Air Base, near the Gaza Strip, to unveil David’s Sling, which is...

Call it chutzpah or marketing savvy – either way, Israel’s Plant Production and Marketing Board believes Chinese consumers are a ripe market for the easy-peeling Jaffa Orri premium mandarin orange. Food historians pinpoint China as one of the first places to cultivate mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulate) about 4,000 years ago....