JERUSALEM — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is pressing on with a provocative tour of Israel and backing Israel’s policies at the heart of increasingly tense U.S.-Israeli relations.

Egyptian President attempts to push Israel to break the deadlock with the Arab nations.

The motive behind the killing of a Turkish businesswoman in Amsterdam on Monday by unknown perpetrators remained unknown on Wednesday, while some Turkish media suggested she could have been the victim of a hate crime or xenophobia.

The Obama Administration is close to presenting its plan for peace in the Middle East to Israel and the Palestinians, senior officials said yesterday.

U.N. representative reports some positive developments. Visit part of effort to draw up plans to halt practice. Security Council passes resolution to expand blacklist.

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Xinhua) — The first round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue concluded here Tuesday with the two sides pledging to enhance cooperation on regional and international issues.

A concerted effort to start unprecedented talks between Taliban and British and American envoys was outlined yesterday in a significant change in tactics designed to bring about a breakthrough in the attritional, eight-year conflict in Afghanistan.