US President Barack Obama Sunday refused to discuss an overheard conversation he was party to in which French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu a ''liar.''

Western intelligence source tells Time Magazine that he believes the Mossad was responsible for deadly blast near Tehran which killed key figure in Iran's missile program.

European Union Foreign Ministers are likely to broaden sanctions against Syria, in the form of new travel restrictions for individuals involved in the repression and financial sanctions, at a monthly meeting in Brussels on Monday.

Jewish organizations have expressed concern over the presence of an extreme-right anti-Semitic party in the new government of national unity in Greece.

The Dead Sea was frustrated in its bid to become one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to boost military help to Israel, his campaign said Sunday, a day after he seemed to back starting the ally's aid package at zero.

UNESCO will postpone some of its programs and has called for emergency donations following the pullout of U.S. support, said the organization’s head.

A conference focusing on Romania's Holocaust-era war crimes in Ukraine and Moldova called on Romania to acknowledge and apologize for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews.

Seventy years have passed since the horrific days in the beginning of November, 1941, when 17,500 innocent people were murdered.

Court says won't intervene with Tel Aviv District Court's decision to convict Katsav on two counts of rape, other sexual offenses; Katsav to enter prison on December 7.