The United States military said that the 10 American sailors who were seized along with their two boats by Iran last week were held at gunpoint, Reuters reported on Monday. According to a statement released by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which is the fullest account of the incident...

The wife and mother of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian were seized by Iranian authorities and held incommunicado for hours before his release, nearly causing U.S. officials to cancel the deal to free Rezaian and four other American hostages held by the Islamic Republic, The New York Times reported Monday. Rezaian...

A Palestinian has been arrested by Israeli security forces overnight Monday for the murder of Dafna Meir in her home on Sunday evening, The Times of Israel reported. The suspect was identified as 16-year-old Morad Bader Abdullah Adais from the village of Beit Amra, located nearly 2 miles from the West Bank community of Otniel...

The removal of sanctions on Iran, “part of which will lead to a great deal more weaponry, conflict, bloodshed, and death throughout this area,” marks a “dark day” for the Middle East, Avi Issacharoff, the Middle East analyst for The Times of Israel, wrote in an op-ed Sunday. After noting...

Israeli security forces have launched a manhunt to find the Palestinian man who fatally stabbed Dafna Meir, a 38-year-old mother of six, at the entrance to her home on Sunday, The Times of Israel reported. The terrorist broke into the Meir family home in the West Bank community of Otniel,...

One year after the body of Argentine federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found in suspicious circumstances in his Buenos Aires apartment, the judge in charge of investigating his death has summoned two members of Nisman’s security detail for questioning. Judge Fabiana Palmaghini is examining whether Federal Police may be implicated...

The editors of The Washington Post celebrated Iran’s release of their reporter Jason Rezaian along with three other Americans in exchange for Iranian prisoners, but nonetheless warned in an editorial published Sunday that absent stronger action from the administration, “Iran’s attacks on Americans and vital U.S. interests will surely continue.” The editorial noted that the four...

Four high-profile Americans who were being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison have been freed, U.S. officials announced on Saturday, although two other U.S. nationals will remain incarcerated in Iran. The Obama administration, meanwhile, has agreed to release seven Iranians currently in American custody and to drop its pursuit of...

A senior member of Fatah, the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, publicly accused the United States of creating ISIS to advance an “infernal plot to dismantle the Arab nation, split it, and kill its spirit of solidarity.” Abbas Zaki, who serves on Fatah’s Central Committee and has on several...

The seizure of two American naval vessels and their crews earlier this week is the latest “hostile act” carried out by Iran against the United States, Lee Smith, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, wrote in The Weekly Standard on Friday. Since the announcement of the nuclear deal, Iran...