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Israeli President Says Willing to Meet Iran’s Rouhani
December 09, 2013
JERUSALEM - Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Sunday that he would be willing to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. "Iran is not our enemy," Peres said during a question ...
Rohuani Defends Nuclear Deal with World Powers
December 08, 2013
TEHRAN - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani defended the interim nuclear deal that his negotiating team signed with the world’s major powers in November, semi-official ISNA news ...
AU Expresses Deep Grief over Death of Mandela
December 07, 2013
ADDIS ABABA - The African Union (AU) expressed deep grief Friday over the death of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and icon of ...
Iran Eyes Better Ties with UAE after Nuclear Deal with West
December 05, 2013
DUBAI - Iran's foreign minister went to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday hoping to improve relations with the U.S. ally after Tehran's deal with world powers under which it is to curb its ...
Iran, World Powers to Discuss Geneva Deal on Weekend
December 04, 2013
TEHRAN - Iran and the world powers will hold an expert-level meeting in Vienna on weekend to discuss Geneva nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham announced here on ...
Syria Death Toll Hits Nearly 126,000: Monitoring Group
December 03, 2013
BEIRUT - The death toll in Syria's civil war has risen to at least 125,835, more than a third of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human ...
Australia Assumes G20 Presidency
December 02, 2013
CANBERRA - Australia officially assumes the presidency of the G20 on Sunday, eyeing to promote stronger economic growth and more ...
US Offers to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons
December 01, 2013
DAMASCUS, Syria - The U.S. has offered to help destroy some of the most lethal parts of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile at an offshore facility, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons ...
SCO Countries Vow to Strengthen Regional Cooperation
November 30, 2013
TASHKENT - Prime ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states vowed here Friday to further boost the grouping’s internal cooperation to expand its global economic ...
Syria Says It Won't Give Up Power in Peace Talks
November 28, 2013
DAMASCUS, Syria - The Syrian government said Wednesday it will participate in U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending the country's civil war, but insisted that it is not going to the ...
Iran President Urges Reforms in ECO to
November 27, 2013
Address Regional Needs TEHRAN - The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is in need of reforms to be able to address the needs of the regional countries as well as its member ...
Geneva Conference on Syria to Be Held on January 22
November 26, 2013
GENEVA - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that a conference on Syria, known as Geneva II, would be convened ...
New Round of Iran Nuclear Talks Conclude with an Agreement
November 25, 2013
GENEVA - After intensive negotiations, the P5+1 group and Iran have reached a first-step agreement on Iran's nuclear program, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced early Sunday ...
Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai Receives EU Sakharov Rights Prize
November 21, 2013
Strasbourg (France) - Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai was handed the EU’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize Wednesday in recognition of her crusade for the right of all ...
“Excessive Demands” Detrimental to Nuclear Talks: Iran
November 19, 2013
TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that “excessive demands” by some powers at nuclear talks will be detrimental to the negotiations, media ...
Japanese PM Vows to Make Increased Contribution to Regional Peace
November 18, 2013
VIENTIANE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe emphasized “increased Japanese contribution” to regional peace and stability during his visit to the Lao capital Vientiane on ...
Egypt's Pro-Morsi Coalition Calls for Talks among Political Forces
November 17, 2013
CAIRO - A coalition supporting Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi called for in-depth talks among all political forces to solve the current crisis in the country, the ex-ruling ...
Iran FM Hopeful on next Round of Nuclear Talks
November 16, 2013
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister said Friday he was hopeful ahead of negotiations next week with world powers but reiterated Tehran's demand for recognition of what it calls its ...
Kerry Sees Nuclear Deal with Iran as Diplomacy Warms
November 12, 2013
ABU DHABI/LONDON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped an agreement on Iran's disputed nuclear program would be signed within months and London and Tehran revived diplomatic ...
Syrian Opposition Wants Rebel Backing for Geneva Talks
November 11, 2013
ISTANBUL - Syria's opposition is edging towards agreeing to international peace talks in Geneva but wants approval from fighters inside the country first to give the process more ...
U.S., Israel Lose Voting Rights for Failing to Resume Funding: UNESCO
November 10, 2013
PARIS - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced Saturday that the United States and Israel lost their voting rights at the organization for not paying ...
World’s Heavyweight FMs Join Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva
November 09, 2013
GENEVA - The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has held discussions with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Friday during the intensive talks between world powers and Iran, said ...
CO2 Pollution Levels at Annual Record High: UN
November 07, 2013
GENEVA - World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said ...
Iran Urges to Abandon Pressure Policy Ahead of Nuclear Talks
November 06, 2013
TEHRAN - The policy of pressure ahead of the nuclear negotiations should be abandoned, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said ...
Iran “Not Optimistic” About Nuclear Talks: Supreme Leader
November 04, 2013
TEHRAN - The Islamic republic is not optimistic about the ongoing nuclear talks with the major powers, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on ...
U.N. Envoy Hopes for Syria Peace Conference within Weeks
November 02, 2013
BEIRUT - The United Nations envoy to Syria said on Friday he hoped a long-delayed peace conference could still be held in the next few weeks despite obstacles that have held it up ...
Iran Never Stopped 20 Percent Uranium Enrichment: Salehi
October 31, 2013
TEHRAN - Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Tehran has never stopped 20 percent uranium enrichment, denying earlier claims of a temporarily halt, parliament’s website ...
Russia Warns against Attempts to Undermine Geneva-II Conference
October 29, 2013
MOSCOW - The situation around the international conference on Syria, or the Geneva-II conference, requires immediate intervention of the players who exercise influence on the country’s opposition, Russian ...
Syria Submits General Plan of Destructing Its Chemical Weapons
October 28, 2013
DAMASCUS - Syria has submitted an initial declaration of its chemical weapon program, including a general plan of destruction of its chemical weapons’ program, the Organization of the ...
Iran Hangs 16 in Response to Bloody Border Attack: Judiciary Official
October 27, 2013
TEHRAN - The Islamic republic hanged 16 “ terrorist elements” on Saturday in response to an earlier bloody border attack, a judiciary official was quoted as saying by semi- official ...
EU to Cut RedTape on Business
October 26, 2013
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has promised to cut red tape on business and further support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), following a two-day summit in ...
U.S.-U.N.-Russian Meeting on Syria Set for November 5: U.S. Official
October 24, 2013
ROME - The U.N. Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will meet U.S. and Russian officials in Switzerland next month to try to prepare the way for a full Syria peace conference in Geneva, a ...
Foreign Rivals Use Radical Islam to Weaken Russia: Putin
October 23, 2013
UFA, Russia - President Vladimir Putin accused foreign rivals on Tuesday of using radical Islam to weaken the Russian state, a day after a suicide bombing blamed on a Muslim ...
EU Tells Russia to Let Nations Seek Closer EU Ties
October 22, 2013
LUXEMBOURG - European Union foreign ministers told Russia on Monday to stop using trade agreements to punish East European nations seeking closer relations or special agreements with the ...
Russian Air Force Commander in Iran for Missile Cooperation
October 21, 2013
TEHRAN - Russia’s Air Force Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev arrived in Iran for talks with Iranian military officials to expand cooperation in missile systems, Press TV reported ...