IRAN-NUCLEAR ANALYSIS — The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran raises big questions: Could Iran cheat? Would the U.S. or anyone else be able to respond in time? Would a final deal settle global fears about Iran's goals? 

ISRAEL-ETHNIC VOTE — After Israel's Jews of Middle Eastern descent help propel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to victory in parliament elections and Jews of European origin largely back the opposition, the two sides are exchanging insults that haven't been heard in a generation and exposing a rift many here thought had long subsided. 

FRANCE-PLANE CRASH-LUFTHANSA CEO — The Germanwings crash in France heaps pressure on Lufthansa's CEO Carsten Spohr, who in barely a year at the helm has also had to grapple with financial losses, labor unrest and competition from lower-cost carriers. 

IRAQ-TIKRIT IN RUINS — Much of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown and once a bustling city north of Baghdad, now lies in ruins — a testimony that in Iraq, liberation from the Islamic State comes at a heavy price, both in loss of life and in the sheer devastation the militant group leaves in its wake. 

MISSING SAILOR FOUND — The man rescued after being missing at sea for more than two months had the survival skills necessary to weather rough conditions and mostly subsisted on food he caught even before he went missing, a friend says.