Shortly after Iranian foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke at New York University, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) responded, criticizing Zarif’s demand that U.N.-imposed sanctions on Iran must be lifted immediately upon completing a nuclear deal and challenging Zarif to a debate. On his website, Cotton pointed out that Zarif’s remarks contradicted...

Israeli high-tech companies raised nearly $1 billion during the first quarter of 2015, according to the most recent report by IVC Research Center, the Israeli tech website Geektime reported Monday. According to a recently published report from IVC Research Center, Israel’s leading research group on the country’s high tech companies and...

In a speech at New York University today, Iranian foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif lashed out at President Barack Obama and the U.S. Senate, justified the detention of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship, and suggested that The Washington Post‘s Tehran reporter, Jason Rezaian, is a spy. Josh Rogin of...

Saudi Arabia’s new king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, announced a shakeup of his government Tuesday night. The powerful interior minister, 55 year-old Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, has been appointed crown prince, in place of his half-brother Muqrin bin Abdulaziz. This is part of a significant shakeup that included the replacement of the...

Noting that Iran’s seizure of the Maersk Tigris M/V yesterday was done in “blatant defiance” of the United States, Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall noted that it was that latest in series of recent provocations in the Persian Gulf, especially since the United States last week sent two ships to the waters off Yemen to deter Iran...

Bedouin tribes in the Sinai Peninsula have recently begun to shed their long-maintained neutrality to partner with the Egyptian military in its fight against the Sinai branch of ISIS and other terror organizations. In the past, Sinai residents have found themselves in a deadly dilemma. If they helped the government, they risked retaliation from terrorists....