Resolving standoff ‘requires Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program and ambitions,’ spokesman affirms

Capital braces for further violence as gas price-fueled demonstrations against Bashir regime enter fourth day

Tehran’s foreign minister says Western powers ‘ambitious’ in pursuing resolution to standoff, talks could be over within a year

Diplomats ask Tehran to come back with more detailed proposal; Kerry and Iranian counterpart Zarif hold one-on-one meeting

Unnamed government analysts quoted by Maariv say Tehran has crossed all red lines and is already in possession of at least one nuclear weapon

Skepticism prevails in the Israeli press after President Hasan Rouhani calls for detente with the West and resolution of the nuclear standoff

The swift that survived, the hedgehog that didn’t, the Steppe Eagle that flew in from Africa with an arrow in its flesh, and other life-and-death tales from a Ramat Gan facility that treats all creatures great and small

Top-ranking official confirms it was the military that caused the massive collapse of Nairobi’s Westgate shopping center