High-stakes nuclear talks went into extra time Wednesday after Iran and world powers missed yet another midnight deadline to strike a ground-breaking deal to curb Tehran's nuclear programme./ Top diplomats have now given themselves until July 7 to reach the deal aimed at putting a nuclear bomb ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman prepared to meet with Iran's foreign minister in Vienna, Austria, on June 30, 2015./ U.S. and Iranian negotiators in Vienna on Tuesday agreed to extend a deadline for an agreement on Iran's ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman attend a discussion on Iran's nuclear policy at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on June 30, 2015 (AFP Photo/Carlos Barria)/ Vienna (AFP) - Iran and major powers Tuesday effectively gave themselves until ...
Talks aimed at curtailing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions have entered their final stretch. The Islamic Republic and world powers have until the end of Tuesday (June 30), Vienna time, to do a deal. Though as Bloomberg's Elliott Gotkine, reports, the deadline will ...
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) and Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) attend a meeting at the Palais Coburg Hotel, the venue of the nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria on June 27, 2015. High-stakes talks to nail down a historic deal with Iran to curtail its ...
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L-3rd L) meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 28, 2015./ Iran's foreign minister returned to the ...
With a Tuesday deadline for a final nuclear deal with the United States and five other major powers set to be missed, Iran's foreign minister said he believed it was possible to get an agreement. "I am here to get a final deal and I think we can," Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters at the start ...
Western officials have said they want a final deal before July 9 to avoid a lengthy review by Congress/ VIENNA—Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif returned to nuclear talks in Vienna on Tuesday with two of his country’s most senior officials, as Iran and the six power group it negotiates with ...
In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as they walk in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the next round of nuclear discussions. Should the talks over Iran's nuclear program collapse, the ...
Iran's foreign minister was due back in Vienna Tuesday accompanied by top advisors and bearing guidance from Tehran that major powers hope will seal marathon negotiations for a historic nuclear deal./ After almost two years of talks, a nominal deadline of midnight (2200 GMT) for an accord was ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting the country's foreign minister has left for Vienna to join nuclear talks with world powers. The Tuesday report said Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's atomic agency, and Hossein Fereidoun, the special adviser to President Hassan ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) is back in Vienna for nuclear talks (AFP Photo/Carlos Barria)/ Vienna (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived back in Vienna on Tuesday for nuclear talks with world powers after holding consultations in Tehran, Iranian ...
US says it is ready to walk away from a bad nuclear deal and Iran warns it will take the old path if the other side breaches the deal./ Even as Iran and six world powers agreed to extend nuclear talks for a week past a June 30 deadline, the US and Iran issued warnings./ Marie Harf, senior ...
Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, departed Tehran for Vienna with nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi and Hossein Fereydoon, a brother and close aide to President Hassan Rouhani, for nuclear talks, state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday. Zarif had flown to Tehran on Sunday to consult ...
Journalists and journalists are waiting in front of Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 29, 2015. (Ronald Zak/Associated Press)/ UNITED NATIONS — Negotiators trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear program have decided not to set a new ...
Members of the United States delegation wait outside a room where a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, is being held at the Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna, Austria./ The White House confirmed Monday that negotiators of the Iran nuclear ...
In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as they walk in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the next round of nuclear discussions. Should the talks over Iran’s nuclear program collapse, the ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says Iran nuclear talks will go past their June 30 target date and the negotiators have deliberately decided not to set a new date to conclude negotiations. He told a group of reporters Monday that "we have made some progress, but ...
Six major powers and Iran have decided to extend an interim nuclear agreement until July 7 to allow more time for negotiations on a final deal, the United States said on Tuesday the deadline for a long-term accord. "The P5+1 and Iran have decided to extend the measures under the Joint Plan of ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday it was too soon to tell if tough negotiations with Iran on a deal curtailing its nuclear programme will succeed./ On the eve of Tuesday's deadline, which everyone has already acknowledged will slip, Kerry met with Yukiya Amano, the head of the UN ...
Iran and six world powers ramped up negotiations on Tuesday after accepting they would miss a June 30 deadline for a nuclear deal, with both sides cautioning that major obstacles to a lasting agreement remained. Diplomats said the Vienna talks would run on for as long as necessary to reach a ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s brother and aide, Hossein Fereydoun, will join nuclear negotiators in Vienna on Tuesday as diplomats say an accord between the Islamic Republic and world powers is within reach. Fereydoun is traveling to the Austrian capital along with Foreign minister Mohammad ...
Secretary of State John F. Kerry, center, meets with Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, left, and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano during a meeting in Vienna on Monday./ Secretary of State John F. Kerry, center, meets with Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, left, ...
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said Iran nuclear talks will go past their June 30 target date and the negotiators have decided not to set a new date to conclude negotiations. Fabius told reporters in New York on June 29 that he plans to return to Vienna this week as Iran, Britain, ...
Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, told reporters on Monday that reaching a final agreement “is within our sights”, The Hill reported. The Obama administration’s effort to reach a final nuclear agreement with Iran is expected to slip past its deadline Tuesday, though U.S. officials ...
After six days of marathon talks, the world powers negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran say they might need another day to reach a framework deal./ Here is a good example of what drives people crazy about President Obama, it is his incessant, unnecessary and untimely talking. Obama majored in ...
Two Australians and an American missing in Baja California/ MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities have located three bodies in the state of Baja California where one American and two Australian tourists were reported missing, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation. ...
Flooding due to heavy rains in the city of Encantado/ SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The outlook for soy production in one of Brazil's biggest farm states is deteriorating quickly after heavy rains disrupted harvesting with about a quarter of fields left to reap from in Rio Grande do Sul. The situation ...
If you’re on blood pressure or blood sugar-lowering meds, you’ll want to read this./ Ginger is a versatile ingredient that wears many hats—it is a food, a spice, a flavor enhancer and a medicinal ingredient. This rhizome is known for adding a pungent kick and pleasant aroma to both The plant has ...
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, is shown at a company event in Cupertino/ By Stephen Nellis, Max A. Cherney and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) - Apple's quarterly results and forecast beat modest expectations on Thursday, as the iPhone maker unveiled a record share buyback program, sending its stock up 6% in ...
Nigeriens demonstrate to protest against the U.S. military presence in Niamey/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel U ...
Israeli officials are increasingly concerned that the UN's top criminal court is planning to seek arrest warrants for their military and political leaders on suspicion of war crimes./ Reports suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be among them./ The International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago. was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes ...
- Bitcoin’s tumble is piquing the interest of investors who view pronounced swings in the digital token as a possible precursor for broader changes in risk appetite in global markets./ The cryptocurrency has shed about 4% in the past two days following a near 16% plunge in April, the worst ...
In many southern Lebanese villages, there are no signs of life. People have fled, leaving towns deserted. Israel has been carrying out strikes on southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah - the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist group - fired rockets at Israel on 8 October in support of Hamas ...
The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a "honeytrap" operation using the gay dating app, Grindr./ Manuel Guerrero Aviña was approached online by a man called "Gio" and they arranged to meet - but he was ...