India announced on Wednesday that it successfully conducted tests of the Barak-8 missile, which was jointly developed with Israel. The Barak-8 system is designed to protect ships from threats over 60 miles away by detecting threats using an advanced radar system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries. Once the missile is launched, the radar system feeds the...

Two people were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a crowded commercial area of central Tel Aviv on Friday. Police are currently conducting a manhunt for the assailant and trying to ascertain his motives. The shooter’s identity is currently the subject of a gag order, but he is...

Israeli high-tech startups were red hot in 2015, and are entering 2016 as exciting commodities for investors worldwide, according to numerous end-of-year market reports. Forbes, the World Economic Forum, and the Heritage Foundation all rank Israel among the 30 best economies in the world in which to do business. The...

After reports emerged Wednesday that the United States will impose new sanctions on Iran after the Islamic Republic tested ballistic missiles in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Thursday that he is ordering his defense ministry to accelerate the development of his nation’s missile program. Iran’s semi-official...

Hamas plans to escalate the current terror campaign against Israel with suicide bombings, sources within the Iran-backed terror organization have told Arab media. Members of West Bank sleeper cells have been instructed to seek out targets in Israel such as senior government and defense officials, Ynet reported on Thursday. A cell that had built an...

Facing strong bipartisan Congressional pressure, the Obama administration is preparing to impose new sanctions on Iran for its illicit ballistic missile program, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Wednesday. But one expert is characterizing the new sanctions as being the “bare minimum” the administration could do under the circumstances. The new...

All five of the Hamas terrorists who guarded kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are now known to be dead. Hamas admitted on Tuesday that Abd al-Rahman al-Mubasar, the last living captor, was killed by a collapsed smuggling tunnel in Gaza on Monday. The others who guarded Shalit were identified as Sami...

After the United States passed a law tightening its visa waiver program, Iran said that doing so was a violation of the nuclear deal signed by global powers in July, and threatened to file a complaint to the Joint Commission, a new international body that governs disputes between the signatory...

The first Israeli college designed to accommodate students on the autism spectrum and with learning disabilities is set to open in March 2016. The college, to be called BE Academic College, which will be run jointly by Beit Ekstein, an organization devoted to helping people with learning and developmental disabilities, and...

In a move that the U.S. military called “highly provocative,” an Iranian ship fired rockets near American naval warships in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which one-third of the world’s oil passes, is critical for U.S. and...