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  • Deputy US State Secretary to embark on Mideast tour Sunday

    Deputy US State Secretary to embark on Mideast tour Sunday

    Date: 2015-04-04 07:54:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2308273

    Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on a Mideast tour Sunday that will take him to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Tunisia. In press statements, State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf said that Blinken will meet ....

  • Kerry posts GCC counterparts on framewark deal with Iran

    Kerry posts GCC counterparts on framewark deal with Iran

    Date: 2015-04-04 07:48:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2308249

    US Secretary of State John Kerry has posted Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on the framework agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group. Kerry, who was speaking to his GCC counterparts via video conference, assured them that the security ....

  • Iran nuclear talks: Rouhani vows to abide by deal

    Iran nuclear talks: Rouhani vows to abide by deal

    Date: 2015-04-03 17:46:56 GMT - Iran - International - SN:15 - ID:2306897

    Iran's president has vowed it will abide by the terms of the preliminary nuclear agreement it signed with six world powers, so long as they do too. "The world must know that we do not intend to cheat," Hassan Rouhani said according to the BBC on ....

  • US Treasury Secretary: Sanctions on Iran to be relieved in phases

    US Treasury Secretary: Sanctions on Iran to be relieved in phases

    Date: 2015-04-03 10:54:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:2304441

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Friday that the six world powers have agreed to relieve nuclear-related sanctions on Iran in phases, subject to verification that Iran has taken agreed steps with respect to its nuclear program. This is not ....

  • UN chief welcomes Iran deal, says to help Mideast stability

    UN chief welcomes Iran deal, says to help Mideast stability

    Date: 2015-04-03 10:45:19 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:7 - ID:2304393

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the team of international negotiators and Iran on achieving a political framework that paves the way for a historic comprehensive joint plan of action on Iran’s nuclear program to be achieved by June ....

  • Israeli PM chairs cabinet meeting on Iran deal

    Israeli PM chairs cabinet meeting on Iran deal

    Date: 2015-04-03 10:44:17 GMT - palestine - International - SN:6 - ID:2304385

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene the Cabinet in an emergency session Friday afternoon over the agreement reached on Iran’s nuclear program. The temporary agreement with Iran on its nuclear program is a “bad deal that ....

  • Italian FM welcomes nuclear deal with Iran

    Italian FM welcomes nuclear deal with Iran

    Date: 2015-04-03 10:06:07 GMT - Italy - International - SN:4 - ID:2304153

    Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has welcomed a framework agreement reached Thursday between Iran and the six world powers over Iran's nuclear program. In press statements on Friday, Gentiloni praised the outcome of negotiation between ....

  • Chances of reaching final agreement on Iran's nuclear program high: Lavrov

    Chances of reaching final agreement on Iran's nuclear program high: Lavrov

    Date: 2015-04-03 09:42:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:2303953

    Moscow sees the chances of reaching a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program as being very good after an interim agreement was hammered out by the P5+1 group and Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ....

  • Obama, US House Speaker discuss Iran's Nuke deal over phone

    Obama, US House Speaker discuss Iran's Nuke deal over phone

    Date: 2015-04-03 07:45:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2303201

    US President Barack Obama made a phone call on Friday with U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to discuss the framework agreement concluded between Iran and the six world powers over its nuclear program. In a statement, Obama said that he would stay ....

  • Turkish prosecutor dies after hostage siege

    Turkish prosecutor dies after hostage siege

    Date: 2015-04-01 09:03:38 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:2289473

    A prosecutor involved in a controversial case died Tuesday after he was shot during a hostage siege in an Istanbul courthouse, the CNN reported. Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz died in the hospital from injuries he suffered during the attack, Prime ....

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