Iran  and six world powers sought on Tuesday to make headway toward resolving their decade-old nuclear dispute, with Western officials expressing hope the talks would not be further complicated by the  Ukraine  crisis. So far, diplomats said, there is little...

 The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday called Egypt's curbs on movement through its crossing with the Gaza Strip a "crime against humanity", in an unprecedented rebuke of its Arab neighbor that further frays their worsening ties. The closures, that  Egypt...

 A roadside bomb wounded four Israeli soldiers patrolling the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, and  Israel retaliated with artillery fire on Syrian army positions, the army said. It was not clear who had planted the bomb in an area where the Syrian military, Lebanese...

 Deputy head of the National Party for the justice and constitution, WAAD (en:promise) denied claims saying that Syria's Muslim Brotherhood movement stands behind the party formation.  Nabil Kassis  accused media of their attempts to show the party, ...