EU Foreign Ministers on Monday imposed new sanctions on Syria ''given the Syrian regime's continued use of violence against civilians'' in its repression of the opposition.

Top security adviser Antony Blinken says U.S. 'won’t tell Israel what to do'; lambasts political partisanship in U.S. on Israel and Iran; claims Assad regime is 'eroding'.

American Jewish leaders called on the Knesset to tighten security at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem in the aftermath of a rock-throwing attack on one of the leaders and two Jewish congressmen.

Controversy continues to stalk the memory of Mohammed al-Dura more than 11 years after the Palestinian boy was shot dead in an exchange of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters in Gaza.

Activists say 64 of those killed Monday were fleeing the area of Baba Amr, a rebel-held neighborhood in Homs.

Harvard University is hosting a two-day conference on the one-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

A UN atomic watchdog's report saying that Iran has substantially boosted uranium enrichment is ''added proof'' that Tehran is trying to obtain nuclear weapons, Israel said.

A confidential report from the U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has rapidly ramped up its nuclear activities in recent months.

Western and Arab nations say can deliver humanitarian aid within 48 hours if Syria government stops assault on civilian areas and permitted access.

Iran denied involvement in recent attacks on Israeli diplomats and accused Israel of assassinating its nuclear scientists, in a letter to the United Nations Security Council.