December 30, 2015 US spying on Israel reportedly ensnares members of Congress President Obama announced two years ago he would curtail eavesdropping on friendly heads of state after the world learned the reach of long-secret U.S. surveillance programs.
December 28, 2015 Iran sanctions: Upping the ante, is Tehran convinced sanctions will go no matter what? Tehran is doing its best to disabuse anyone who thought that the P5+1 international nuke deal will produce any change in the regime’s behavior.
December 25, 2015 Former Iran hostages will receive up to $4.4M each in compensation, report says American hostages who were held in Iran for 444 days between 1979 and 1981 are finally receiving compensation from the government for their time in captivity.
December 21, 2015 Kerry to offer outline of Mideast peace deal Secretary of State John Kerry will propose a framework for a final-status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians when he travels to the region this week.
December 21, 2015 Ayatollah tirade tops center's list of biggest anti-Semitic slurs of 2013 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's infamous reference to Israel as a "rabid dog" tops the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of the top 10 anti-Semitic/anti-Israel slurs of the year.
December 21, 2015 Congress, in bipartisan tone, disputes report Al Qaeda not involved in deadly Benghazi attack House lawmakers on Sunday disputed a new report that concludes Al Qaeda played no role in the fatal 2012 terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
December 21, 2015 House Intelligence chair: Benghazi attack 'Al Qaeda-led event' The 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya was an "Al Qaeda-led event" according to multiple, on the record, interviews with the head of the House intelligence committee who receives regular classified briefings and has access to the raw intelligence to make independent assessments.
December 21, 2015 Kerry reportedly says he will consider freeing Jonathan Pollard as part of prisoner swap Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East in the first week of the new year amid a flurry of reports in the Israeli press that he has said he would consider freeing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.
December 21, 2015 Top Dem presses Obama on Iran sanctions after centrifuge surprise President Obama faced mounting bipartisan pressure on Friday to drop his resistance to an Iran sanctions bill after Tehran announced a new generation of equipment to enrich uranium.
December 21, 2015 Obama hedges on Morsi ouster, faces GOP pressure over aid to Egypt military The Obama administration has ordered a review of U.S. aid to Egypt in the wake of Mohammed Morsi's ouster, but is stopping short of calling the military overthrow a "coup" -- proceeding cautiously as officials weigh the implications of the rapid developments in Cairo.
