Turkey has for the first time threatened to break diplomatic ties with Israel over its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May. Turkey’s foreign minister said a break could only be averted if Israel either apologised or accepted the outcome of an international inquiry into the raid. Read the full story

Iran said on Tuesday it would soon resume nuclear talks with Turkey and Brazil — a tentative first step back to international negotiations after Tehran was hit with a new wave of sanctions over its disputed nuclear work. Read the full story

Turkey has barred an Israeli military flight from Turkish airspace, in apparent retaliation for Israel’s raid on an aid convoy bound for Gaza. Turkey’s prime minister confirmed that a “ban” had been implemented following the 31 May raid, in which nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed. Read the full story

Israel’s prime minister and defense chief will be called to testify in an investigation into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, the leader of an Israeli commission of inquiry said in an opening statement Monday. Read the full story

Brazilian officials have hinted that the US should accept Iran’s nuclear fuel swap declaration since it contained provisions suggested by US President Barack Obama. Read the full story

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the UN Security Council lacks the “credibility” to deal with Iran’s nuclear issue. Read the full story

China welcomes a nuclear fuel declaration Iran issued after talks with Brazil and Turkey, signaling that it may oppose a US-led drive to impose sanctions on Tehran. Read the full story

Tehran has agreed to a draft proposal whereby Iran will ship its domestic low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 20 percent enriched uranium in return. Read the full story

The White House has reportedly called on Congress to provide waivers in the Iran sanction bill that would allow Chinese and Russian companies to do business with Iran. Read the full story

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a planned trip to Washington next week for President Barack Obama’s 47-country nuclear security conference. Read the full story

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is the greatest threat to regional peace in the Middle East as bilateral relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv further deteriorates. Read the full story

A senior Turkish diplomat says the United States has stored tactical nuclear weapons in Istanbul. Read the full story

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again dismissed sanctions as a proper solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. Read the full story

Turkey recalled its ambassador to Washington tonight after a congressional panel voted to label the massacre of Armenians in the First World War as “genocide”, in developments that threatened to poison relations between the US and its closest Muslim ally. Read the full story

Turkey has warned the US against approving a draft bill that recognizes as genocide the massacre of Armenians between 1915 and 1918 during World War I. Read the full story

The official explained to Bibi Netanyahu that if there was a peace settlement, extra investment would push Israel’s long-term growth rate from 5% a year to 7%. The Israeli prime minister responded that if the country had 5% growth, it did not need peace. Read the full story

A senior Iranian oil official says Iran is ready to provide Switzerland with about one million cubic meters of natural gas per day. Read the full story

A Turkish teenager found dead in a hole next to her house was probably buried alive, a post-mortem examination has revealed. Read the full story