BAGHDAD (AFP) — A massive truck bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in the heart of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 65 people in the deadliest attack there in two months.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and other major powers have begun preliminary consultations on a new set of U.N. sanctions related to Iran’s refusal to halt uranium enrichment, the State Department said on Tuesday.

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – Kuwait has strongly protested to Iran over a physical assault on one of its diplomats in Tehran and demanded an apology, the state news agency KUNA reported on Wednesday.