Israeli President Shimon Peres said Saturday ''an attack on Iran'' by Israel and other countries was ''more and more likely.''

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was “deeply concerned” by the latest Israeli decisions to expedite settlement activities in response to Palestinian accession to UNESCO.

Visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres said in Cyprus on Thursday that gas finds in the Mediterranean Sea were no threat to Turkey but a positive step for the region.

The Guardian newspaper says U.K. increasingly concerned over Iran's enrichment program, and is preparing to deploy warships to assist a possible U.S. strike.

Investigators identify previously unknown complex in northwest of country, bolstering suspicions of nuclear ties between Assad regime and the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb.

EU foreign policy chief expressed concern on the exchange of fire in the Gaza Strip and condemned the targeting of civilians ''wherever they are.''.

Envoys renew diplomatic push to counter Tehran's nuclear ambitions in Foreign Ministry lobbying drive that began in mid-September.

European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek urged again Monday the ''immediate release'' of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas since June 2006 in the Gaza Strip.

Quartet envoys to meet Sunday in Brussels

In open letter to the Palestinian President, Abraham H. Foxman says only way in which Abbas could quell Israeli fears as to the sincerity of his desire for peace is to resume stalled peace negotiations.