‘Arabs, not Jews, founded and built Jerusalem’
A Jordanian institute presented a new spin on regional history over the weekend, claiming that it was the Arabs—not the Jews—who founded Jerusalem in biblical times.
According to Saudi daily Arab News, a position paper by the...
Interpol rejects Iranian request for Trump arrest on murder charges
The International Criminal Police Organization Interpol has denied a request from Iran to issue an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 other unnamed officials whom Tehran claims were involved in the assassination of...
Pakistani Supreme Court paves way to free man convicted of Pearl’s murder
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving...
Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump, US calls it ‘propaganda stunt’
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of others it has accused of being behind the U.S. drone strike that eliminated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan....
Palestinians exhibit little motivation to protest against Israeli sovereignty plans
An estimated 200 Palestinians showed up earlier this month to protest Israel’s plans to declare sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judaea and Samara.
The low turnout on June 8 demonstrates that the...
Qassem Soleimani’s daughter weds Hezbollah chief’s cousin
Zeinab Soleimani, the 17-year-old daughter of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in January by U.S. forces, just married Riza Safi al-Din, the son of a senior Hezbollah leader. The couple was...
Lebanese judge prohibits media from interviewing US ambassador
A Lebanese judge ruled on Saturday that local and foreign media are prohibited from interviewing the country’s U.S. envoy for an entire year after she criticized Hezbollah in an interview.
Judge Mohamad Mazeh in the...
Arab League head: Israel’s sovereignty bid could spark ‘a religious war’
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria could ignite “a religious war in and beyond...
Iran’s coronavirus death toll approaches 10,000
Iran’s COVID-19 death toll is nearing 10,000, with 2,531 new cases and 133 deaths recorded during the past day alone, the country’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
This latest surge follows a fall in cases...
Report: Iran spends as much as $700 million annually to support terrorism
Iran has spent as much as $700 million annually to support terrorist groups, according to a U.S. State Department report released on Wednesday.
“The Iranian regime and its proxies continued to plot and commit terrorist...