While the US and Europe are spearheading efforts to pressure Iran through sanctions into compromising on the nuclear front, a Russian official on Wednesday announced hopes to bolster economic links with Tehran. The Iranian Fars News Agency said that Russian…
A United Nations-sponsored panel investigating human rights crimes in the Syrian conflict has recommended possibly taking matters to the International Criminal Court (ICC), but any such action is up to the powerful UN Security Council. Russia and China, who have…
The recent the two-year anniversary of the house arrests of opposition leaders in Iran has again raised concerns about human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic—and the US and Israel are promoting awareness. A US State Department press release last…
Efforts to reconcile the main Palestinian political groups are once again taking a “two-steps forward, one-step backwards” approach, as divisions on the issue of holding joint elections appear to be the latest complication. While an official from Palestinian President Mahmoud…
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor called upon the European Union to add Hezbollah to its list of recognized terror groups on Tuesday, slamming those European states who still classify Hezbollah as a charity. “Not since Napoleon invaded…
For the first time since he was running for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama will visit Israel this spring, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that Iran and Syria would be two of…