After saying that Denmark would take “further steps” in response to a foiled Iranian terror plot on its territory, Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said that his country would recall its ambassador to Iran and push for new EU-wide sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported Tuesday. Samuelsen made his remarks...

Israel is trying both to avoid an escalation with Hamas and to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli diplomatic reporters. While the prime minister didn’t discount the possibility that Hamas might eventually force Israel into an all-out war, he argued...

A second Israeli judoka won gold at the Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam event, meaning that Israel’s national anthem Hatikva was played once again in the United Arab Emirates. Israeli Peter Paltchik beat Elmar Gasimov from Azerbaijan, and won the gold medal in the under-100 kilogram (220 pounds) weight class, The...

A Danish police operation thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate an opposition leader in the Scandinavian country. Finn Borch Andersen, Denmark’s intelligence chief, said that a Norwegian of Iranian descent was arrested on October 21 for acting as an accomplice with an unidentified Iranian intelligence agency “to act in Denmark”...

Municipal elections take place Tuesday (October 30) throughout Israel. The race for mayor in Jerusalem is the talk of the town, and the residents of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo apparently have gotten caught up in campaign fever. The animals are busily preparing to get out the vote by brushing beaks, combing...

For the first time, Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva, was played in Abu Dhabi, as Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki won the gold medal in his weight division, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. In the tournament, the Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam, in which judokas from 62 nations competed, three of...