Reuters reported Thursday that negotiations between the UN’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) and Iran – aimed at securing inspector access to sites where the Iranians are suspected of having conducted military-related atomic work – “appear not to have substantively advanced,” with the agency tersely announcing that “Iran did not propose any...

The Jewish Chronicle reported Tuesday that bilateral trade relations between the United Kingdom and Israel have reached a record high. Figures released by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics reveal that trade has increased by 28% between the period of January and August of this year, as compared to the...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has issued a list of rules that journalists must abide by on penalty of death, Business Insider reported yesterday. The list of 11 rules are as follows: 1. Correspondents must swear allegiance to the Caliph [Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi … they are subjects of the...

Satellite imagery released Wednesday by Israeli media outlets revealed that a previously reported Monday explosion has done significant damage to Iran’s military facility at Parchin, where the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog (IAEA) believes Iranian scientists conducted research into the development of nuclear warheads: Satellite images obtained by Israel Defense and...

Pulse Secure recently acquired MobileSpaces, the Israel-based leading provider of mobile security for the app-centric enterprise, in a deal reported to be worth over $100 million. MobileSpaces is a specialist in the BYOD (bring your own device) market, meaning it helps organizations guard sensitive information even when employees bring their...

The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Iranian back Houthi rebels are preventing the formation of a new government in Yemen. President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi named a top aide, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, to the post, the official news agency Saba reported. But the Houthi rebels said in a...

According to a Reuters report on Wednesday, Iran has defended its refusal to allow an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert from inspecting its nuclear sites in August on grounds that “it had a sovereign right to decide who to admit onto its territory.” It was the third time the...

UN Watch revealed Tuesday that European Union (EU) representatives had stopped attending United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions that focused on permanent agenda item 7 since last month. The move prompted outrage among Arab and Muslim nations. UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer was quoted (video embedded below) on the...

Syria acknowledged Tuesday that it has four chemical weapons facilities that it hadn’t previously disclosed. The Associated Press reports: Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn’t mentioned before, a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday. The news heightened concerns that the Syrian...

In response to urgent pleas from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the US government and other countries, Israel is sending more than a million shekels’ worth of medical equipment, as well as expert personnel to fight the spread of the African Ebola epidemic that has claimed 3,400 lives...