More than 8,300 needy Vietnamese citizens received humanitarian and medical aid in the remote Kon Tum province from the Israeli Embassy in Hanoi and the Family Medical Practice (FMP), a chain of clinics in Vietnam founded and headed by an Israeli physician, during a week-long mission last month. “It’s a drop in...

The recent influx of Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militias into Syria has helped tilt the fight for Aleppo in favor of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and possibly portends the emergence of the militias as “a larger, externally focused force” throughout the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The Iraqi Shiite militia al-Nujaba,...

A Washington Post reporter who was imprisoned by Iran for eighteen months filed a federal lawsuit against the country on Monday, saying he was taken hostage and tortured in order to “extort” concessions from the United States. Jason Rezaian, who was arrested in July 22, 2014 and released with four other Americans...

A terror group with ties to ISIS fired a rocket that struck a street in Sderot on Wednesday, causing minor damage. Ahfad al-Sahaba-Aknaf Bayt al-Maqdis took credit for the rocket attack. The group released a statement in what The Times of Israel described as “poorly-translated Hebrew”: “Oh you cowardly Jews: You...

An Israeli official announced last week that China and Israel will soon begin negotiations on establishing a free trade zone, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Amit Lang, the director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry, announced at the second annual China-Israel Investment Conference that negotiations will begin in the coming days to remove...

A prominent Iranian human rights activist has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Narges Mohammadi, a human rights lawyer, who “has been in and out of jail over the past 15 years” was sentenced by Abolghassem Salavati, the head of an Iranian revolutionary court, to...