Tehran’s new ministers understand the impact of sanctions better than predecessors, William Hague asserts on US television

Too close for comfort to the bleak and bleary-eyed world of those who are playing for the losing team

A proposal to require Israelis to conduct all their financial transactions electronically isn’t pie in the sky – in fact, it’s almost inevitable

White House officials say meeting between US and Iranian leaders ‘too complicated for the Iranians at this point’

VP Joe Biden invites children with disabilities to decorate a Chabad-built sukkah at his DC residence

At UN meet, Abbas tells US president he is fully committed to peace talks aimed at establishing a Palestinian state

At UN, Abdullah II tells Israel that peace with the Palestinians will bring ‘normal relations with 57 Arab and Muslim countries’

Anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party members behind the proposal