NOW Lebanon
Israel's army on Wednesday staged a surprise drill on the country's northern border, the military said, amid tensions over Iran's nuclear drive and the fate of Syria's chemical weapons. The one-day exercise was ordered by army chief Lieutenant...
Embassy
Already, the government's decision to suspend diplomatic ties with Tehran has sent riptides across the partisan divide. Foreign Minister John Baird is being accused of being Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lapdog. He isn't, and there were...
Israel National News
The war games are focused on clearing mines that Tehran, or guerrilla groups, may deploy in an attempt to block traffic in the waterway. Included in the armada along with the United States are Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...
The Daily Star
Iran will never bend to pressure exerted by the world's big powers, even if they become "angry" at its defiance, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech published on his official website on Wednesday. The Islamic republic "does not...
NOW Lebanon
The top negotiator with Iran over its disputed nuclear drive said Wednesday that she would consult with UN partners in New York after face-to-face talks overnight with Iran's Saeed Jalili. European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton aims to...
The New York Times
The meeting between the negotiators, Catherine Ashton , the European Union 's top foreign policy official, and Saeed Jalili, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was held privately in Istanbul and was not considered a formal...