American officials did not allow Iran to take possession of a planeload of $400 million in European currencies until three American hostages were freed, raising concerns that the Obama administration paid a ransom for their release, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. According to U.S. official who were familiar with the sequence...

The commander of the West Bank wing of Hamas expressed concern that Iran’s growing financial and military support of the Palestinian terrorist group will turn it into “an Iranian executive tool,” the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Wednesday. Saleh al-Arouri, who lives in Turkey, said in a closed session that the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force,...

The Ford Motor Company has bought the Israeli machine learning startup SAIPS, the automobile giant announced Wednesday, as part of its pledge to develop driverless cars by 2021. The acquisition of the Rehovot-based tech company is reportedly in the range of tens of millions of dollars, though no financial details...

Iran has arrested an Iranian with dual citizenship over alleged ties to British intelligence, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi identified the detained individual as “active in the economic field, related to Iran,” but gave no further details to local media except that the arrest occurred last...

Despite not having diplomatic relations, Israel’s air force is participating in joint exercises this week with the air forces of Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates at a U.S. Air Force base in Nevada. It is highly unusual for countries that don’t officially recognize each other to work together in...

Russia’s recent use of an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes in Syria “could very well be a violation of” the United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed last year’s nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing on Tuesday. When asked about a...