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Prominent Critic of Islam and Iran Murdered at Home in Sweden

Shot While Streaming on Social Media: A prominent free speech activist and critic of Islam known for staging public burnings of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, was murdered inside...

Biden Administration Hits China With New Limits on Access to Advanced U.S. Semiconductors

In a bid to block China from acquiring cutting-edge technology that would accelerate Beijing’s military modernization, the Biden administration imposed further limits on the export of semiconductors...

‘We Failed the Jewish Community’: Pro-Hamas Muslim Mob Carries Out Pogrom Against Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam

Anti-Jewish Mobs Prowl the Streets of Amsterdam: Several people were injured in Amsterdam on the evening of November 7, as antisemitic mobs hunted down Israeli soccer fans who had...

What would Matt Baldacci do? The collaborator mentality returns

If people can’t stand up for Jews in a democracy where free speech is part of our national ethos, how should we expect them to behave if the stakes and the costs are much graver?

Remarks by Matthew Pottinger at Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum in London

It’s an honor to be invited to speak to you today. The Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum has played a pivotal role bringing together parliamentarians and other officials...

Dutch Authorities Catch Hamas Financier Red-Handed

Burying their heads in the sand is not an option for Europeans.

Cyber Sanctions Are Nice; Digital Takedowns Are Better

The U.S. Treasury Department and several UK agencies announced sanctions on Thursday against seven members of a Russia-based cybercriminal group known as Trickbot. While these sanctions — the first UK...

How to Assess Changes in Morningstar Sustainalytics ESG Ratings

How to Stop China From Controlling the Global Semiconductor Industry

The United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) of 2021, which passed the Senate in June, calls for $52 billion in appropriations over five years to support semiconductor manufacturing as well...

Shifting Cocaine Routes Turn U.S. Ally Paraguay Into Main Transit Country

German law enforcement earlier this week announced a record seizure of cocaine that had been smuggled in from Paraguay. The interdiction adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that Paraguay is fast...

Turkey’s Frantic Gold Rush Points to a Financial Crisis Ahead

As ordinary citizens seek to preserve their wealth, President Recep Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party is finding new ways to take advantage of the gold rush.

How Hezbollah Collaborates With Latin American Drug Cartels

Plus, an explanation of "black cocaine" and why authorities should worry about charcoal exports.

Report Shows North Korean Cybercriminals Now Target Online Shoppers

A new report by cybersecurity company SanSec indicates that North Korean state-sponsored hackers are diversifying their cybercrime operations, focusing on new targets beyond banks and cryptocurrency exchanges....

Sanctions Have Not Reduced Iran’s Pharmaceutical Imports From EU, Data Show

Despite sanctions, Iran’s imports of European pharmaceuticals increased in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of the year prior. This trend suggests the exemption of humanitarian goods...

Trump’s Turkey problem

In what may well have been the shortest duration of sanctions in modern history, President Trump on Oct. 23 lifted all of the sanctions he had imposed on Turkey just nine days earlier for “escalating...

After ‘Post’ report, German bank will not close Israeli website’s account

Israel Today states on its website that it “is a Jerusalem news agency that brings local news from a biblical and objective perspective.

Scapegoats of Wrath, Subjects of Benevolence: Turkey’s Minorities Under Erdoğan

Erdogan’s Hostage Diplomacy

Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons