Physicist Stephen Hawking has decided not to go to a conference in Israel. The Israelis think they’re being unfairly picked on.

John Kerry goes to Moscow and emerges with some hopeful news for Syria. There’s a long way to go, but at least the essential first step has been taken.

A new NRA president is the cue for another look at the Republican Party’s debt to the deep south.

Here we go again – weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. If Syria has really started using them, that’s a big problem.

Another disappointment in the quest for Middle East peace as Israel refuses to engage with a fresh offer from the Arab League.

An exciting and uplifting story about the rescue of the treasures of Timbuktu (yes, it’s a real place). But there’s also a moral to it.

European media are hailing a historic agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, but the underlying problems haven’t really been solved.

Israel, Iran and North Korea. Different nuclear programs, very different reactions.

Kim Jong-un is engaging in the same game as his father did, upping the rhetorical ante to win concessions from the west. It doesn’t mean he’s going to start a war.

Those who thought Obama had failed to deliver on his Middle East tour spoke too soon. The rapprochement between Israel and Turkey is a significant step.