Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his delegation emerged from nearly four hours of talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday confident that Moscow has come a long way toward believing Teheran wants nuclear weapons, but unsure whether a nuclear Iran is a prospect the Kremlin feels it cannot live with.

U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, a leading Democratic pro-Israel voice, announced he is not running for re-election this year.

The prosecutor in the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has gone on an indefinite leave of absence.

A Palestinian reconciliation agreement could be signed within a few days under Egyptian supervision, senior Hamas official Mahmoud Az-Zahhar announced Monday night.

Russia warned Iran on Tuesday to allay growing international fears over its contentious nuclear program, declaring that the Western push for fresh and harsh sanctions could not be excluded.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that the US, Russia and France have written a new letter to the IAEA.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to tell Hamas that Israel will not sweeten its offer for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit.

Fatah and Hamas are trading accusations following the arrest of two Palestinians extradited from Jordan to Dubai on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of Hamas senior Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January, Army Radio reported.

Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

Seven hundred copies of the Tanya, the basic book of Chabad Chasidic philosophy, were gifted to the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community.