The “armed wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction initially claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s brutal murder of a young couple right in front of their four children, but now a senior Fatah official has confirmed that claim.
The Israel Securities Authority said Wednesday that Shlomo Filber a senior official at the Communication Ministry had been brought in for interrogation on suspicion of ethics violations and securities fraud.
BRUSSELS — Amid revelations on perceived failures in Belgium’s handling of terror threats, a prominent rabbi from Brussels said Belgian authorities “have no understanding of security issues.”
The Israel Air Force does not need anyone’s permission, including Russia’s, on where and when to operate in the region, an IAF officer told reporters, discussing his country’s air coordination with Russia.
A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran’s leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama will not be valid after Obama leaves office in 2016, reports Josh Rogin on Bloomberg.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings.
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is facing the possibility of 15 years in prison for using his position to help a wealthy donor in exchange for nearly $1million in gifts and campaign contributions.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is considering seeking testimony from the former British spy who alleged in a dossier that the Trump campaign engaged in a “well-developed conspiracy of cooperation” with the Russian government as Russia sought to help Trump win the election, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended on Sunday the letter he and 46 other Republican senators sent to Iran’s leaders on Monday, in which they informed Iranian leaders that any deal they sign with the Obama Administration would serve only as an executive agreement that could be revoked by a future president.
The Justice Department will charge Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey with corruption, CNN reports.
