BERLIN — The West has no choice but to wait as Tehran plays for time and considers an offer of incentives from six major powers aimed at resolving its nuclear standoff, Western diplomats and analysts said.

CITE ETTADAMUN, Tunisia — North African slum dweller Salema breaks down and sobs as she recalls the price her family paid for her sons’ dream of a better life.

FROM THEIR TENTS outside a service station, evacuees from the former Jewish settlement of Elei Sinai in Gaza watch in dismay as Israeli troops reenter territory that was once home.