Washington's offer to return to diplomacy if Tehran discusses the nuclear issue reflects the Americans' anxiety as countries in the region open a competing diplomatic channel with Iran

The massacre of their Syrian brethren led to a more than 20 percent increase in voting. Despite expectations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would benefit politically from Israel's intervention in Syria, Avigdor Lieberman emerged victorious

Central Elections Committee Chairman instructed the Shin Bet to investigate "serious suspicions" of foreign election interference, while the committee's acting director general said he didn't know of any evidence that supported the claims