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Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator arrived in Istanbul on Friday for his first talks with the world powers in more than a year aimed at easing mounting international tension over the Islamic state’s atomic activities. Iranian state television showed footage of Saeed Jalili, who heads the country’s delegation for the April 14 talks, getting into a […]
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said NATO is responsible for protecting his country’s borders, newspapers reported on Thursday, after gunfire from Syria hit a refugee camp on the Turkish side, wounding four people. “We have many options. A country has rights born out of international law against border violations,” Erdogan was quoted as saying by […]
US and EU Reaffirm Commitment to Open, Non-Discriminator and Transparent Investment policies Yesterday, the United States and the European Union (EU), under the auspices of the Transatlantic Economic Council, announced an agreement on Shared Principles for International Investment, which reaffirms our commitment to open, transparent, and non-discriminatory international investment policies. International investment, both by American […]
Asian markets mostly rose Monday following strong manufacturing figures from China and after euro zone finance chiefs agreed to boost the region’s firewall against future debt crises. The yen eased against the dollar and euro as traders moved out of the safe-haven currency in the wake of the optimistic news while strong US consumer spending […]
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran strongly opposes any foreign intervention in Syria’s conflict and will defend Damascus so it can continue “resistance” against Israel, his official website reported on Thursday. Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s highest authority, made the comments during a meeting with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Mashhad. The […]
IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Sunday measures taken to fight financial woes in Europe and the US were starting to pay off, in a cautiously upbeat assessment of the global economy. But Lagarde – in Beijing for a two-day trip to attend a high profile forum on China’s development and hold meetings with her economic […]
Israel on Friday took its concern about Iran’s nuclear programme to one of Iran’s main partners, China, and hinted it could launch a pre-emptive attack on the Islamic Republic despite repeated calls by China to allow diplomacy to take its course. China, which has close energy and trade ties with Iran, has urged a negotiated […]
UN envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday in Damascus during a high-profile international mission to mediate an end to the country’s yearlong conflict, even as activists reported fresh shelling by regime forces that sent families fleeing for safety in the northern province of Idlib. Thick black smoke billowed over the […]
A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a NATO base and airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, triggering a blast that killed nine Afghans, officials said. The Taliban claimed the attack was revenge for U.S. troops burning copies of the Koran. The bombing in the city of Jalalabad followed six days […]
A Syrian official on Monday accused the West of taking advantage of the Middle Eastern country’s unrest to try to destabilize it and warned the opposition that militarizing is a big mistake that will backfire. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said the only way out of the current crisis that has killed thousands of people […]
President Obama offered support on Sunday for Yemen’s vice president, who is expected to soon become president, and said that Yemen could be an example of peaceful political transition for other Arab nations. The message was conveyed by the American counterterrorism chief, John O. Brennan, who presented a letter from Mr. Obama to Vice President […]
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan arrived in Pakistan on Thursday after saying he wanted to explore how Islamabad could help foster peace negotiations with his adversary, the Afghan Taliban. Mr. Karzai’s arrival came after he said Wednesday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that his representatives had begun talks with the Taliban and […]
