Iran has launched a domestically-manufactured warship equipped with an advanced missile system into the Persian Gulf, state media reported. The 96-meter long Sahand destroyer took its maiden voyage after an official ceremony on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported. The stealth battleship is designed based on domestic technologies as upgraded torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft, anti-surface

Actor Tzachi Halevy and TV anchor Lucy Aharish at their wedding, October 10, 2018. (photo credit: Courtesy) Israel does not recognize interfaith weddings performed in the country, so Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Christian couples, and others, have to go abroad to be officially married. EIN RAFA, Israel — Surrounded by a lush garden encircling a set of

British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would be robust when she talks to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 summit in Argentina later on Friday about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the situation in Yemen. “I am going to speak to the crown prince of Saudi Arabia but it is

In a rare gesture of understanding, Pakistan and India have agreed to open a key border crossing next year ahead of the historic birthday of the founder of the Sikh religion. The planned opening of the Kartarpur border, which connects Pakistan’s northeastern city of Narowal to India’s eastern Gurdaspur district, will provide visa-free access to

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine legal authorities took initial action Wednesday to consider a request from Human Rights Watch to prosecute Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for alleged crimes against humanity. The rights group’s move is apparently aimed at embarrassing the crown prince as he attends the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires this

HANCOCK PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC)–LAPD requested the help of the FBI and other partners in the Joint Terrorism Task force to investigate a criminal act near Beth Yehuda Synagogue as a potential hate crime. Investigators say the suspect is Mohamed Mohamed Abdi, a 32-year old immigrant from Mogadishu, Somalia, who arrived in Los Angeles just

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is on the guest list for the two-day G20 summit. Photograph: Amir Levy/Reuters. Writ presented by Human Rights Watch calls for prosecution over mass civilian casualties in Yemen and murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Argentine prosecutors are considering charging Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman with war crimes

The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family’s request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain’s intelligence agency MI6. The UAE president issued a pardon as part of the country’s National Day, effective immediately,

Saudi Arabia has allegedly negotiated with an Israeli firm to buy an advanced system that hacks cell phones, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Sunday. The newspaper said two representatives of Herzliya-based NSO Group Technologies met Saudi officials in Vienna in 2017 to promote the Pegasus 3 software. Haaretz identified the two Saudi officials as Abdullah al-Malihi,

At least seven people were killed in an armed attack on the Chinese Consulate in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, a police official said. Ameer Shaikh, Karachi police chief, told reporters that two policemen and three attackers were killed and a suicide jacket was recovered in a security operation. Two civilians