Indian IT giant Infosys is planning to expand its operations in Israel, the financial website Globes reported today. “The Times of India” has reported that Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has personally headhunted Jake Klein from SAP, one of his former executives, and appointed him VP corporate development in Israel. “The Times...

Protests against Iranian authorities that began in the Kurdish-majority city of Mahabad have spread to other Kurdish areas, Lebanon’s NOW Media reported today. ARA News, a Syrian outlet close to the country’s Kurds, reported that at least six people have been killed in the ongoing demonstrations, while hundreds of others have...

A top security official of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been placed under house arrest on suspicion of plotting a coup, The Telegraph reported today. Ali Mamlouk, the head of the country’s National Security Bureau, and one of the few officials still to have access to President...

Israel purchased four corvette class warships from Germany with an eye towards upgrading its navy and its ability to protect its natural gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, the Associated Press reported today. The purchase of the ships was announced Monday in Tel Aviv, as the countries were marking 50 years...

President Barack Obama’s efforts to gain support for the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran suffered a blow when it was confirmed Sunday that King Salman, the newly-crowned ruler of Saudi Arabia, would not be attending this week’s planned summit between the president and the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),...

Four buses in were torched and a fifth one vandalized in an apparent anti-Israel attack in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, The Times of Israel reported Friday. Investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said police suspect arson and are investigating possible links to a decision last week by city transit officials to remove...