A number of Israeli startups announced multi-million dollar funding successes in the last half of July, especially in the field of cybersecurity. GuardiCore, the startup known for its internal data center security and breach detection, announced a $20 million Series B financing round led by existing investors. The Tel Aviv and...

An Iranian general threatened to close the strategic Straits of Hormuz if the United States “makes a small mistake,” echoing a threat made two months ago by the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iranian media reported on Tuesday. “If the enemy makes a small mistake, we...

The recent arrest of an Iranian cleric by authorities in Kosovo shed light on Tehran’s efforts to gain influence in the central European Muslim-majority nation, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported Thursday. Hasan Azari Bejandi was arrested earlier this week on charges of financing terrorism and money laundering through an organization...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to attend a summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Nigeria later this year, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The prime minister met Thursday in his office with ECOWAS’ president, Marcel Alain de Souza, where the two signed a...

Iran was ranked as the world’s top global money laundering threat by the Basel Institute on Governance this week, marking the third straight year that the Islamic Republic held the position. The 2016 Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index identified Iran as the highest money laundering risk out of 149 countries surveyed, The...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebel movement and its political allies have announced the creation of a governing council, threatening United Nations-sponsored peace talks to end the country’s devastating civil war, Reuters reported on Thursday. The Houthis, a longtime Zaydi Shiite insurgency in the country’s north, took advantage of political paralysis in Yemen...