“Putin to travel to Iran for nuclear strategy talks”
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Iran’s invitation to visit Tehran to work out a strategy for the Islamic regime’s nuclear program, Fars News Agency rep0rted. The West believes the...
View ArticleSyrian CW list more complete than anticipated
“US officials were pleasantly surprised and encouraged by the initial declaration that Syria has submitted to the world’s chemical weapons watchdog outlining its inventory of the munitions, a senior...
View Article“Strong earthquake kills 50 in remote part of Pakistan”
“A powerful earthquake hit a remote, impoverished part of western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people and destroying scores of mud houses in a thinly populated area, officials and residents...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s United Nations address
“For the first time in his presidency, President Obama uses his annual visit to the United Nations to manage the most pressing set of foreign policy issues before him, focusing his address and...
View ArticleUS, Iran, ‘highest-level direct contact in six years’
“US and Iranian officials emerged upbeat from a meeting on Iran’s nuclear program, but both sides also sounded a cautionary note, with the United States saying there was more work to do and Iran...
View ArticleHistoric phone call between presidents
“Ending three decades of official estrangement, US President Barack Obama has spoken by telephone with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, saying he was hopeful the two countries could reach a deal to...
View Article“Iran hangs 16 rebels ‘in reprisal for border deaths’“
“Sixteen rebels have been hanged in Iran in retaliation for the deaths of at least 14 border guards in an ambush, say Iranian news agencies. The rebels were ‘linked to groups hostile to the regime’,...
View ArticleTwo-track negotiations led to Iran nuclear deal
“The nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran is the product of two separate diplomatic tracks, one top secret and the other widely publicized — a risky gambit spearheaded by the White House...
View Article“Iran, world powers, agree on nuclear framework”
“In what officials described as a serious, workmanlike, and conversational atmosphere, Iran and six world powers have agreed on a timetable and framework for negotiating a comprehensive agreement to...
View ArticleUS, Iran, hold talks over Iraq crisis
“Rival powers US and Iran are willing to talk to each other about ending the violence in Iraq… ‘We’re open to discussions if there’s something constructive that can be contributed by Iran’, Secretary...
View ArticleSunni Islamists join Isis to ‘march on Baghdad’
Exclusive: ‘Founder of Islamic Army of Iraq who was once described by the US as a top terrorist target, explains how the fight against ‘American or Iranian occupation’ has united Isis and other Sunni...
View ArticleIsis advances: Uneasy alliances formed
“The stunning sweep made by the Isis insurgents through eastern Syria and northern Iraq has rattled the region over the past three weeks, shattering alliances and forging new ones as quickly as Iraq’s...
View ArticleUS holds nuclear talks with iran
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he held good and serious talks with his Iranian counterpart as the two sides raced to narrow wide gaps on Tehran’s nuclear programme less than a week before a...
View ArticleManus guards charged over death of Iranian Reza Barati
“Two former G4S employees arrested in PNG and on Manus after the 23-year-old’s death in February, according to reports” Click for full article Manus guards charged over death of Iranian asylum seeker...
View ArticleBritish woman arrested during rights protest
“Campaigners say that Ghonche Ghavami, 25, is being kept in an isolation cell in a notorious Iranian prison after attempting to enter an all-male stadium to draw attention to women’s rights” Click for...
View ArticleNuclear agreement ‘achieved’ with Iran
“A historic series of talks concluded in Lausanne as a group of world powers known as the P5+1 reached a framework agreement with Iran. The success of that agreement remains to be seen. The parties...
View Article“Greece pivots east to Russia, China and Iran”
“Alexis Tsipras is making overtures towards Greece’s eastern powers as Europe tightens its stranglehold” Click for full article No related posts.
View ArticleIran sends navy vessels to the Gulf of Aden
Fresh fighting has been reported in the southern Yemeni city of Aden between Houthi rebels and militiamen loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, which backs...
View ArticleUS Reps vote to review Iran agreement
“The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation giving Congress the right to review, and possibly reject, an international nuclear agreement with Iran. The 400-25 vote sends...
View ArticleIslamic State mints own currency
In a sign that Islamic State (IS) might be consolidating power over the territory it occupies, IS has now released its own coinage In November 2014, the territory’s rulers announced that they would...
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