EL-FASHER, Sudan — Sudan and Western nations must be flexible enough to find a formula that will allow the United Nations to help improve security in Darfur, the head of the European Union’s executive body said on Sunday.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — While archfoes Israel and Iran step up tough rhetoric against one another, short-waves and a wood-panelled radio studio in Jerusalem offer the two peoples a rare bridge for communication.

CAIRO — Egypt’s announcement last week that it was relaunching its civil nuclear energy programme after a 20-year freeze prompted a frenzy of government announcements about the need for nuclear energy.