London has been named the most popular city for real estate investment by wealthy Middle Easterners ahead of nearly 200 global destinations. The result demonstrates continued faith in the British economy by foreign investors, regardless of the results of the
Pakistan’s Dunya News reports Saudi Arabia has proposed a “NATO-like” military alliance of Muslim nations, meant not as a defensive alliance against a particular country, “but to combat terrorism and emerging threats like ISIS.”
TEL AVIV – Colonel Allen West compared President Barack Obama to Israeli left-wing NGO head Yariv Oppenheimer, saying, “Oppenheimer and Obama are the reason why we have ISIS beheading, crucifying, slaughtering, enslaving, raping, and committing acts of genocide.”
Monday night, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution labeling the Islamist slaughter of Christians in the Middle East “genocide.”
The Turkish government has announced an interest in adopting an eagle-training program currently in use in the Netherlands, which teaches eagles how to capture unmanned drones mid-air, allowing for a rapid elimination of the threat of any rogue flying objects.
A priest from Iraq literally waved the bloody shirt Thursday at the National Press Club as he described the terror being experienced by Christians in the Middle East at the hands of Islamic State radicals.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Wednesday launched efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by this summer, while ruling out “automatic” recognition of Palestinian statehood. Paris will not “automatically” recognise a Palestinian state if a French initiative to host
NBC News reports: Israel on Tuesday refuted a White House claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “surprised” the Obama administration by cancelling a planned visit to Washington, saying that the White House knew Netanyahu was considering not coming. Netanyahu had been
JAFFA, Israel – Saudi Arabia’s Academy of Education and Public Consultation sparked controversy on Arabic social media when it scheduled a workshop under the title “Are women human beings?” Numerous Twitter users criticized the organizers of the workshop, who publicized it
The Independent reports: The Middle East has just experienced its worst drought in more than 900 years, a Nasa report has found. Scientists said that a 15-year dry spell in the eastern Mediterranean, which ended in 2012 and is thought to be
Contents: Surprise victory of reformists in Iran signals bloody power struggle; 70,000 refugees may be trapped in Greece within weeks
Iran started counting tens of millions of votes on Saturday after hotly contested elections that could see reformists speed up Tehran’s opening to the world or long-dominant hardliners reassert the Islamic Republic’s traditional anti-Westernism.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) lambasted GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump for his “neutral” position on the Israel-Palestinian conflict during last night’s Republican presidential debate, saying his views on the Jewish State are aligned with anti-Israel Democrats in the Obama Administration.
TEL AVIV – Luke Baker, bureau chief for Reuters in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, reports that he was briefly detained and questioned on Thursday by Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip. Baker writes that he was subjected to “polite
Washington — US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that it was important to provide both the Israeli and Palestinian sides with hope for a resolution to violence. Obama said Jordan has played a “critical” part in “reducing some of the immediate tensions around the Temple Mount” and called the King a “voice of reason … and tolerance. We’re lucky to have a friend like Jordan.”
Democratic Party (HDP) has accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of acting as “an extension of ISIS” (Islamic State) in an emotional defense of Syrian Kurdish militias that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared terrorist groups tied to the Marxist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation, but echoes of that conflict have lingered for decades in the Middle East.
It looks as if a cease-fire might be on tap for the Oil Wars, as Russia has reached a tentative agreement with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Venezuela to freeze oil production at current levels, to shore up falling prices.
MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA— Hundreds came to see Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Republican candidate for President of the United States, as he unveiled his national defense strategy aboard the USS Yorktown Tuesday morning.
TEL AVIV – An independent journalist and three members of her camera crew were arrested in Bahrain on Sunday during protests marking the fifth anniversary of the so-called Arab Spring, U.S. and Bahraini officials have confirmed.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump praised Saddam Hussein Monday afternoon in a press conference, calling the late Iraqi dictator a “bad guy, but the one thing about him: he killed terrorists.”
On the first anniversary of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) slaughter of 21 Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya, Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill denounced in a joint declaration the systematic persecution of Christians throughout the world.
Police have shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked patrons of a Columbus, Ohio, restaurant Thursday night, wounding several people. One of the victims is in critical condition, according to reports.
The murderous German dictator Adolf Hitler, well known for his atrocities against Jews and other segments of society, is being praised as a strong and resolute leader across the Middle East, writes a frustrated opinion columnist for Saudi Arabia-based Al Arabiya.
In order to defeat the multiple radical ideologies growing within Islam, we must first confront these elements and engage in an open and frank conversation about the state of Islam worldwide, narrator Raheel Raza explains in “By The Numbers – The Untold Story of Muslim Opinions & Demographics,” a documentary produced by the Clarion Project.
Throughout his campaign for the White House, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has remained unshakably friendly to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, a journalist-assassin and country-invader, who has praised the business mogul as “brilliant and talented.”
Russia is denying the government of Turkey’s claims that a Russian fighter jet once again violated its sovereignty, crossing into Turkish territory from Syria, where the Russian government is engaged in airstrikes to support dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
A huge vulture detained in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel has been returned home after UN peacekeepers intervened, Israeli officials said.
The Jerusalem Post reports: A group of Italian academics is circulating an online petition on Friday demanding that institutes of higher learning sever all cooperation with the Haifa-based Technion Institute for what they claim is its complicity in Israel’s military
The Jerusalem Post reports: An Israeli government minister granted an unprecedented interview to a Saudi news site on Friday. In a sign of warming, albeit unofficial, ties between the Jewish state and the House of Saud, Ze’ev Elkin, the minister
Turkish authorities are cracking down on CNN Turk, an affiliate of the international broadcaster based in Istanbul, after the news network “insulted” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a live segment.
TEL AVIV – The New York Times published a 315-word correction apologizing for a host of errors and omissions in a recent article that claimed Jews are evicting Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem.
Following the conclusion of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran, Chinese news outlet Xinhua is touting the superiority of “Chinese wisdom” in solving the many regional issues plaguing the Middle East, from instability to terrorism to economic issues.
TEL AVIV – Fearful of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons upon the expiration of key sections of the international nuclear accord, an influential pro-government Saudi newspaper has recommended that the Kingdom take immediate steps to join the nuclear club.
Ali Muhammad Brown, who has been accused of killing four individuals in New Jersey and Washington State, was inspired to do so by the Islamic State terrorist organization, state prosecutors in New Jersey said Wednesday, noting he kept a journal that expressed such thoughts. Notably, the Islamic State’s rise to infamy occurred within the same time frame as Brown’s alleged murders.
Saudi Arabia’s discriminatory automotive policies against women have allowed for the ride-sharing app Uber to achieve great success, due to females’ having limited transportation options.
China signed investment and aid deals worth billions of dollars with Egypt during a visit by President Xi Jinping on Thursday and expressed support for Cairo’s efforts to maintain stability, which have included a crackdown on dissent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Defense (DOD) told the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a congressionally-appointed watchdog agency, that it cannot explain how a project costing U.S. Taxpayers nearly $800 million failed to produce “the intended economic growth or stabilization outcomes that justified its creation.”
The Chinese government issued a joint statement with officials of Saudi Arabia in support of the Sunni government of Yemen under President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, days before President Xi Jinping is set to visit Iran, the main international support of the Shiite Houthi rebels.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as part of a five-day Middle East trip that will also include visits to Egypt and Iran.