More than two dozen graves were desecrated at a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg in northeastern France, the second incident of its type in the area this year, authorities said Wednesday.
Rasan al-Jud, a former senior officer in the Lebanese Army, is thought to have escaped to Germany by commercial plane; security forces looking for four others who disappeared.
European Union Foreign Ministers are likely to adopt next monday new tighter sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program, including measures to ban investment in the oil and gas industry.
St. Petersburg University's Academic Commission voted unanimously July 12 to establish a Department of Jewish Culture as part of the university's faculty of philosophy.
Comment by State Dept. spokesman comes as Abbas reportedly conditions direct negotiations with clarifications regarding borders of the future Palestinians state.