US President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Tuesday to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel sought to tighten the screws on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.

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.