After 7-month probe, Bulgarian interior minister announces that 2 Hezbollah terrorists involved in Burgas suicide bombing of bus transporting Israeli tourists from airport; suspects Canadian, Australian.
The six major powers have proposed to hold a new round of nuclear talks with Iran in late February, a spokesman for European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.
Ex-IDF Intelligence chief says a diplomatic solution could be better than military action; notes Syria's weakened state due to crisis benefits Israel's strategic standing; adds Israel, US should cooperate on Palestinian issue.
During the confirmation hearing of Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel in the Senate on Thursday, a Republican senator a Defense played tapes showing the former Nebraska Senator interviewed by Al Jazeera television in which he didn’t challenge a caller who accused Israel of war crimes.
Israel on Sunday implicitly confirmed it staged an air strike on Syria last week as President Bashar al-Assad accused the Jewish state of trying to destabilise his wartorn country.
The prime minister did not manufacture an emergency in the north for political purposes, but the very real Syrian crisis should make it a bit easier for him to form a government.
US Defence Secretary hopeful Chuck Hagel will be hoping his Senate nomination proves as much of a formality as that of incoming Secretary of State John Kerry.
Iran slammed Israel on Thursday following Damascus-circulated reports of an Israeli-ordered strike on a research facility north of the Syrian capital Wednesday, warning the reported action would invoke “grave consequences for Tel Aviv”.
