Former Mossad chief Yatom says rockets from Lebanon, Gaza Strip ''can cover all of Israel and that is the main problem.''

Moscow warns that if measures targeting firms who trade with Iran affect Russian businesses, Russia-US ties will suffer: ''''We consider efforts to impose internal American legislation on the entire world completely unacceptable.''''

Ankie Spitzer led a minute of silence to honor the Munich 11 that was streamed live around the world.

Hamas interior minister issues sharp rebuke of Egyptian president, repeats request to reopen Rafah crossing.

New Delhi police investigating the bombing of an Israeli diplomat's car reportedly are in Iran to locate and question suspects.

Bardaweel, a Hamas spokesman, expresses confidence Egypt will work towards re-opening Gaza-Sinai Rafah crossing.

Romanian minister Dan Sova said Friday his remarks denying the Holocaust in the Balkan country were ''completely wrong'', after several rights groups called for his resignation.

Valerie Amos to discuss options for increasing emergency aid to civilians caught up in Syria conflict, will also travel to Lebanon to meet Syrian families who fled fighting; China confirms Assad envoy to visit Beijing.

An Israeli-American journalist was detained by Turkey on Saturday while reporting from the border with Syria in the Kurdistan region, the Israeli press reported.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney appointed Paul Ryan, a Representative from Wisconsin, Rep. Paul Ryan, an ardent conservative and devoted budget cutter, as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, and the two men immediately embarked on a tour of campaign battleground states vowing to defeat President Barack Obama and repair the long-ailing U.S. economy.