Forty-four Israeli students, who go to the same school Ilan Ramon did, attend a NASA commemoration for the Columbia seven in Florida

‘The window or door on a two-state solution could shut — and that would be disastrous for all concerned,’ the new secretary said during confirmation hearings last week

Mouaz al-Khatib reiterates that he’d sit down for talks with Assad to ‘ease the pain of the Syrian people’ although his goal is to overthrow the regime, peacefully

Outgoing US defense secretary says US intent on preventing transfer of sophisticated weapons to terrorists, warns of Iran’s export of manpads

Alarms heard throughout southern Israel; no reports of any incoming rockets

In Munich, Biden affirms America’s willingness to hold direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program

Mohammad Ebrahimi says Pishgam, ‘pioneer’ in Persian, really did go into space, though one of the photos released wasn’t his

Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra brush Jonathan Erlich and Dudi Sela aside to win place in quarter-finals