Iran’s Fars News outlet reported on Tuesday that Tehran is aggressively courting foreign investors, conveying statements made by Valiollah Afkhamirad, the head of Iran’s Trade Development Organization, that the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) inked last November in Geneva had created “a suitable atmosphere… [for] investors in Iran and they have become highly...

As confusion surrounds the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, one of Israel’s leading analysts told reporters that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made “significant gestures and compromises” to persuade the Palestinians to continue the negotiations. Udi Segal, best known as Israel Channel 2’s chief diplomatic correspondent, told a conference call for reporters and policymakers...

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, is in Israel for the fifth time during his term as chairman. According to the Defense Department, Gen. Dempsey’s visit shows  “America’s unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.” Millions of refugees from Syria’s civil war are straining resources...

Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered British intelligence agencies to look into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood. According to the Guardian, Cameron has enlisted both MI5 -Britain’s internal security organization – and MI6 – its foreign intelligence service – to investigate the Islamist organization. The investigation will be headed...

The Associated Press reported late Tuesday on what the outlet described as a “surprise move” by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to go to a range of United Nations bodies requesting membership for the “State of Palestine.” The AP noted that the declaration came “despite a promise to suspend...

Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Monday blasted Iran for seeking to destabilize the country “through its support” for a range of separatists and rebels, a repeat of accusations that he has consistently and explicitly been leveling against Tehran for quite literally years. “Unfortunately, Iranian interference still exists, whether through its support...

Businessweek on Monday assessed that Iran’s appointment of Hamid Aboutalebi to be Tehran’s new ambassador to the United Nations may become “a dilemma” for President Barack Obama, just days after the outlet originally revealed that the Iranian diplomat – who had belonged to the group that captured and held 52 Americans hostage in 1979...

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Sunday that he will “enter the lair” of his rivals and force them to “pay for” having leveled accusations of corruption against him and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), after local elections held across Turkey saw the AKP securing a plurality of the national...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returned to Israel late Monday as reports emerged that Jerusalem had presented Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas with a draft proposal designed to extend U.S.-brokered negotiations beyond their originally scheduled April 29 deadline. “Our negotiating team has been working with both parties on the ground to help...

Iran dispatched a high-ranking military officer to Lebanon to lead a cleanup of Hezbollah after feared leaks to the West and Israel and mistakes made in Lebanon and Syria, according to the April 1 edition of The Daily Star Lebanon. The changes are a response to violations committed within party...