Japan to return all plutonium stock to U.S. by March to appease China
The government of Japan will ship all of its plutonium in storage on Japanese soil to the U.S. for safekeeping by the end of March, Tokyo confirmed this week. (more…)
New Mossad chief: Iran remains central threat for Israel
The new director of the Mossad spy agency said that Iran remains Israel’s central threat. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Bahrain says it dismantled terror cell with IRGC, Hizbullah ties
Bahrain discovered and dismantled a terrorist cell with links to Iran, a report said on Jan. 6. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Ukraine suffers first known blackout caused by a cyber attack
The late December blackout that struck Ukraine, leaving 600,000 homes without power for six hours, has set off a broad search to identify the perpetrators. (FULL STORY) (more…)
U.S. returns carrier to Gulf for fight against ISIL
After an absence of more than two months, the United States has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Japan rebuffs Taiwan’s request for ‘Comfort Women’ talk
The government of Japan will not conduct any diplomatic negotiation with Taiwan on wartime “Comfort Women” issue, period, said Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. (FULL STORY) (more…)
China will not rule out air defense zone in South China Sea
The fiery international protests over China’s test flight of a military aircraft on a newly expanded island in the South China Sea has deepened China’s isolation in international arena (more…)
Report: Americans, Brits don’t concern ISIL; ‘We only fear Israel’
The only army in the world Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fears is Israel’s, said a German journalist who was allowed into the terror group’s territory. (FULL (more…)
Israel’s outreach to Saudi Arabia points to cooling rapport with U.S.
By Jack Caravelli Dore Gold, the Director General of Israel’s foreign ministry and a highly experienced diplomat, in late December gave the ministry’s first ever interview to a Saudi (more…)