Iran's foreign minister rejected Tuesday as "unacceptable" remarks by US President Barack Obama who said a minimum 10-year nuclear deal offered the best hope of avoiding an atomic-armed Tehran. Mohammad Javad Zarif was speaking in Switzerland, where he and US Secretary of State John Kerry met ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second right, for a new round of nuclear negotiations on Monday, March 2, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland. From left, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, Kerry, Zarif, and Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) discusses seating arrangements for a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif over a new round of nuclear negotiations on March 2, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland (AFP Photo/Evan Vucci)/ Montreux (Switzerland) (AFP) - Iran and the United ...
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers on Tuesday began a second day of talks on curbing Iran's nuclear program with the aim of securing a framework agreement by the end of March. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad ...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Library of the White House in Washington, March 2, 2015./ U.S. President Barack Obama says Iran must freeze its sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years in order for an agreement to be successful. In ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will escalate his campaign against U.S. President Barack Obama's Iran diplomacy on Tuesday in a speech to Congress whose staging has put unprecedented stress on the two leaders' already strained ties. Although cold-shouldered by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seizing the opportunity to speak in the U.S. House to deliver his stern message about the danger Iran poses to his nation's survival and voice reservations about any nuclear deal President Barack Obama and international negotiators ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, March 2, 2015./ (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu clashed over Iran nuclear diplomacy on Monday on the eve of the Israeli prime ...
President Obama said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress is a disruption that will not permanently damage U.S.-Israel relations. with Reuters news agency Monday, Obama said that while there is "substantial disagreement" between the two countries on ...
President Obama spends Monday dealing with police-community relations and Israel's criticism of a possible Iran nuclear deal. In the late morning, Obama will meet with members of his Task Force on 21st Century Policing, created in the wake of police killings of black males in Missouri and New ...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Library of the White House in Washington March 2, 2015./ (Reuters) - Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech Tuesday has already roiled Washington./ That's because a foreign leader denouncing U.S. policy from within in the House of Representatives chamber, the grand hall of American democracy, upends nearly two centuries of ...
Negotiations on Iran's disputed nuclear program have made more progress this year than in the past decade, Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed the United Nations-backed Conference on Disarmament in Geneva as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks ...
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement. In an interview with ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement. In an interview with Reuters at ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a news conference after he delivered remarks to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva March 2, 2015./ (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry quietly cautioned Israel not to undercut nuclear negotiations with Iran that resumed ...
Iran on Tuesday rejected as "unacceptable" a demand by U.S. President Barack Obama that Tehran freeze its sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. "Obama’s stance ... is expressed in unacceptable and threatening phrases ... Iran will not ...
Secretary of State John Kerry (L) with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a new round of nuclear negotiations on March 2, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland (AFP Photo/Evan Vucci)/ Geneva (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday warned Israel's prime minister against ...
Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, March 2, 2015, in Geneva. Kerry delivered a vigorous defense of Israel before a U.N. body that Washington deems biased against the Jewish state. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)/ MONTREUX, ...
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his most detailed comments yet here on Monday about his spat with the Obama administration, acknowledging tensions in the U.S.-Israel relationship but citing history and philosophy to argue that the countries' bond will become even stronger -- and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Monday that the nuclear deal it is negotiating with Iran could threaten Israel's survival and insisted he had a "moral obligation" to speak up about deep differences with President Barack Obama on the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Obama administration official declared Monday that the relationship between the United States and Israel "should never be politicized," while defending President Barack Obama's high-stakes bid for a nuclear deal with Iran./ U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power's address came ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Monday that despite recent differences with the Obama administration over a looming nuclear deal with Iran the alliance between his country and the Unites States was "stronger than ever." Kicking off a charged visit to ...
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry quietly cautioned Israel not to undercut Iran nuclear negotiations that resume on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to make the case against his diplomacy before the U.S. Congress. Kerry and Iranian ...
Speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not intend upcoming address to Congress to be divisive or disrespectful to President Obama. (AP)/ WASHINGTON — Seeking to lower tensions, Benjamin ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Monday that his controversial plans to address Congress are not aimed at disrespecting President Barack Obama, even as he blasted the U.S. leader's bid for a nuclear deal with Iran as a threat to Israel's survival. "I have a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top U.S. officials are set to face off in dueling speeches on the high-stakes Iran nuclear negotiations. Netanyahu will speak Monday morning at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. His ...
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning that public discussion of details of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran will make it more difficult to reach a deal that prevents the country from developing atomic weapons. In comments to reporters in Geneva on Monday, Kerry ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Israel showed signs of seeking to defuse tensions on Sunday ahead of a speech in Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he will warn against a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Policy differences over the negotiations with Iran ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says a bad nuclear deal with Iran is worse than no deal at all. Susan Rice is speaking to the annual meeting of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC. Her speech comes a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to argue ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reuters White House Correspondent Jeff Mason interviewed President Barack Obama on Monday on topics including U.S.-Israel relations, Iran, China and Russia. Here is a full transcript of the interview./ REUTERS - Mr. President, thanks very much for joining us. REUTERS - ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice warned U.S. lawmakers on Monday not to seek new sanctions against Iran while it is in talks with world powers on curbing its nuclear program, saying such intervention could ruin the diplomacy. "Congress has played a hugely ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will defend Israel at a U.N. human rights body on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to criticize nuclear negotiations with Iran that the top diplomat is leading. Kerry landed in Geneva late on Sunday for up to three days of talks with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner plans to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a bust of Winston Churchill when he speaks to a joint meeting of Congress about the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran. The gift was chosen because Netanyahu and the former prime minister of Britain ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel's leader insists the alliance between his country and the Unites States is "stronger than ever." Benjamin Netanyahu's comments Monday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee kicked off a charged visit that has sparked criticism in both the U.S. and Israel. The ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday Tehran would try to "go as far as we can" in negotiations with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about Iran's disputed nuclear program. Zarif, asked if he was confident about the talks scheduled with Kerry in the Swiss town of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said there had been some progress in the Iran nuclear talks but there was "a long way to go and the clock is ticking." He also voiced concern about the possibility of selective leaks in the coming days about the talks, which he will ...
File photo shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (1st R), and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi (2nd R), in a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (1st L) and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, in late February 2015, in Geneva./ Iran and ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry quietly cautioned Israel not to undercut Iran nuclear negotiations that resumed on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to make the case against his diplomacy before the US Congress. Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ...
File photo shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (1st R), and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi (2nd R), in a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (1st L) and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, in late February 2015, in Geneva./ Iran’s ...
News in the Middle East moves fast. One moment it is all about unprecedented missile and drone attacks between Iran and Israel. The next the headlines return to the fighting and suffering in Gaza./ But policymakers, analysts and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of ...
Washington Post law enforcement reporter Devlin Barrett describes the moment former President tried to shake his former assistant Rhona Graff’s hand in front of jurors during his hush money trial.
Crouching in a shallow dip in the field, Moran Stella Yanai knew this time was different./ "I heard 'Coo-coo!' and we raised our heads up - the terrorists were standing [there], smiling," she said. "Everyone started to run, I jumped and broke my leg, and they caught me."/ Warning: This article ...
Om Fahad was sentenced to six months in prison last year for her social media videos (file image)/ Iraqi social media influencer Om Fahad has been shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, according to local media reports./ The attack happened in the capital's eastern Zayne neighbourhood on Friday ...
A crude oil tanker has been damaged in a missile attack off the coast of Yemen - the latest strike to be carried out by the Houthis./ The incident happened roughly 15 nautical miles south-west of the Yemeni city of Mocha./ British maritime security agency UKMTO reported that the Panama-flagged ...
Daniel Rodimer leaves court after his initial appearance on murder charges at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Rodimer, a retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Nevada and Texas, has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of ...
Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Democratic congressman who also is running for U.S. Senate had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown ...
Thousands of eager boaters, jet skiers, kayakers and paddleboarders are expected at . Typically, it draws anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 participants on Lake Boca./ is a once-a-year boating party held on Lake Boca Raton in, you guessed it, . The city of Boca itself has no official involvement ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that , killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. U.S. Customs and New York Port Authority personnel arrested Noor Noel Kestou, ...
The first grand opera to be produced in Saudi Arabia has had its opening performance in Riyadh - part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's massively ambitious plans to shift the kingdom into a new era, economically and socially./ Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with ...