BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Tens of thousands more Iraqis have fled their homes as sectarian violence looks ever more like civil war two months after a US-backed national unity government was formed, official data showed on Thursday.

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran announced Thursday it would reply to the Western incentives on its nuclear programme on August 22 — the first time it has given a precise date after weeks of being accused of stalling.

CAIRO — The Lebanese group Hizbollah is riding a wave of popularity in the Arab world because of its confrontation with Israel, despite some misgivings about the group’s cross-border raid on July 12.