Human rights groups are blasting Iran for broadcasting videos of “apparently coerced confessions” of Sunni prisoners who were recently hanged during “one of the largest mass executions” in Iran’s history, The New York Times reported Thursday. The videos, shown on state-controlled websites and television since the August 2 executions of at...

Kosovo police announced on Thursday the arrest of 19 suspects for their involvement in an Islamic State plot to attack the Israeli national soccer team, the Associated Press reported. Albanian security forces revealed last week that they had thwarted an attack on a World Cup qualifying match between Israel and Albania on November 12. The terror threat prompted officials...

A member of the legendary punk rock band The Stranglers called Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters “pretty ignorant” about the situation in Israel during an interview on Wednesday. J. J. Burnel, bassist for the British band, was asked about his decision to play in Israel despite objections from boycott advocates, as well as...

With seven more U.S. states voting to legalize forms of medical or recreational marijuana use on November 8, the upcoming rollout of Leaf’s “plug-n-plant” system for growing the crop at home couldn’t have been better timed. “It’s an exciting time to launch,” CEO Jonathan Ofir tells ISRAEL21c. “We’re seeing a...

An Israeli tech billionaire who founded one of the country’s most successful startups is creating a fund to invest in Israeli healthcare startups. Marius Nacht, the co-founder of computer security firm Check Point Software, is raising $100 million for the fund. Nacht has previously invested millions of his own funds into...

While distracting devices are often blamed for the rise in traffic accidents, a new Israeli app may be able to prevent car crashes by automatically alerting nearby drivers to road issues like potholes—which can lead to swerving or quick deceleration and therefore collisions. Nexar captures data about the road using a phone’s internal...

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act by a vote of 419-1 on Tuesday. The bill does not impose new sanctions on Iran, but does extend the life of currently-existing ones that were created in response to Iran’s support for terrorism. It also gives the president the...

2breathe Technologies, a pioneer of digital therapeutic devices, has been selected as an Innovation Award Honoree at CES Unveiled, a program previewing the annual Consumer Electronics Show, one of the world’s biggest and most important technology showcases. “We are excited and incredibly honored to be selected for this prestigious award,” said Erez...

Joy Karega, an assistant professor at Oberlin College whose Facebook posts featured anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish global power and accusations that Israel was behind the 9/11 terror attacks and the creation of ISIS, was officially dismissed by the school’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday. The Board of Trustees found...

Israel  appointed a new ambassador to Turkey on Tuesday, filling a post that has been vacant since 2010. Israel’s new envoy in Ankara will be Eitan Na’eh, who is currently deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom. Na’eh, who is considered an expert on Turkish affairs, worked as a diplomat in Turkey...