Netanyahu blasts Iran talks...Differing views on Iran talks progress...Yemen airstrikes

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's leader is continuing his outspoken criticism of the Iran nuclear talks. Benjamin Netanyahu says that while world powers are making concessions, Tehran continues to wreak havoc in the Middle East and threaten Israel. He says a weak deal will endanger not only Israel but world peace. He says the deal needs to "significantly roll back Iran's nuclear infrastructure" and insist on "a change in Iran's behavior."

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — There are competing claims about a deal today even as nuclear talks continue between Iran and world powers beyond a missed deadline. Three of the six foreign ministers involved left the talks with prospects for agreement remaining uncertain. But Iran's deputy foreign minister says there will be a joint statement declaring that progress has been made but without mention of specifics. Western officials say there's no decision about a statement.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A rebel-controlled port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast has been targeted by Saudi-led warplanes and Yemeni officials say a factory in the city was hit, killing 23 workers. The official says anti-aircraft batteries returned fire. The campaign against the Shiite rebels known as Houthis (HOO'-theez) is in its seventh day.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president says Cairo's anti-extremist efforts will get a boost now that the United States has reinstated military aid that had been suspended during the country's turmoil. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (AHB'-del fat-AH' el-SEE'-see), who overthrew Egypt's elected but divisive Islamist president in 2013, says in a statement that the decision supports the strategic objectives of both countries in combating terrorism and extremism.

SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France (AP) — Lufthansa's chief executive deflected questions from reporters today during a visit to the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps. He says it will take "a long, long time" to understand what led to the deadly crash but refused to say what the airline knew about the mental health of the co-pilot suspected of deliberately destroying the plane. The head of Germanwings also visited the site.