A report by the Geneva-based NGO Small Arms Survey reveals that Iran is one of the top suppliers of arms to the government of Sudan, Business Insider reported Thursday. Most of these weapons were likely in the possession of the regime in Khartoum at some point. As the Small Arms Survey...

In keeping with Israel’s lead in developing tools to assist the disabled, the Tel Aviv-based startup Timocco  – which has created an on-line gaming platform for special-needs children — is making welcome strides internationally. Established in 2009 by Israeli occupational therapist Sarit Tresser and motion-tracking engineer Shai Yagur, Timocco recently announced...

Iran used an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to send a satellite into space earlier this month, Israeli Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz revealed in an interview yesterday. Steinitz contended that the use of an ICBM to launch the satellite was the means by which Iran could test the efficacy of its missiles. “It’s...

Federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita formally requested that charges be brought against Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for obstructing an investigation into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) today. The request is the first in a series of...

With Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot scheduled to be sworn in as Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday, coverage in the Arab media over his appointment has been surprisingly positive, claiming that he is moderate, calm, and avoids unnecessary wars. Wadi Awawdeh of Al-Jazeera wrote (Arabic link) that Eizenkot, who served as deputy...

An online petition at Change.org calling for the release of Jason Rezaian, the Tehran bureau chief of The Washington Post, has collected 100,000 signatures, the Post reported Thursday. Rezaian has been detained by Iranian authorities for months without the charges against him being made public. A burgeoning online petition drive has collected...

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel plans to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress next month, Reuters reported yesterday. An outspoken New Jersey Orthodox rabbi, Shmuley Boteach, said on Thursday he is placing full-page advertisements in two of the leading U.S. newspapers, The New York...

Team8, an Israeli venture capital fund focusing on cyber security raised an estimated $18 million in its first round of funding, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Team8, an Israeli venture capital fund focused on the cyber-security industry, said on Tuesday it had raised $18 million in its first round of funding,...

Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX), a partnership between Israel and the United Kingdom, have announced funding for eight research initiatives this year, The Times of Israel reported today: The BIRAX partnership, a joint initiative of the British Embassy and the British Council in Israel, is a bilateral research...

The Islamic Republic of Iran is motivated by a revolutionary ideology to support global terrorism, and is unlikely to moderate that support even after a successful nuclear deal with the West, according to experts who testified before a House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee hearing yesterday. The experts were Frederick W. Kagan of the...