Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chose not to put a three-year timeframe for creating a Palestinian state into his speech last week at the United Nations’ General Assembly, and it’s unclear if the Palestinians plan to do so or not. Abbas,…
After deciding not to launch airstrikes against the Syrian regime after they used chemical weapons on their own people, the United States—along with partner nations—have now launched missiles at Syrian territory. But this time the targets are not Syrian, but…
Israel has one of the world’s best missile defense systems—the Iron Dome—to defend its civilians from rockets. Now it is working on the “air force” of cyber defense with a new security agency designed to protect civilian systems from technological…
With nuclear program discussions between Iran and the major world powers resuming in earnest last week, the Iranians are again playing hardball publicly. Their latest diplomatic volley is a rejection of any “special inspections” of their nuclear program, according to…
A random beheading—that’s what’s believed to have been prevented by Australian security by arrests on Wednesday. The Independent reported that 15 people were arrested, with one charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was quoted by…
This is something you won’t hear everyday: the leader of Israel telling reporters that Hamas arrested terrorists in their own territory for attacking Israel. But that’s exactly what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday in comments released by his…