Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Moscow will not support attempts by Washington to modify the Iran nuclear deal, arguing such a move could also complicate diplomacy over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Lavrov spoke days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his annual roundup news conference summing up his ministry’s work in 2017, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated Press)/ MOSCOW — Russia spoke out strongly Monday against the U.S. push for modifying a ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Russia does not support U.S. President Donald Trump's calls to renegotiate the international agreement limiting Iran's nuclear program. Trump said Friday he was waiving for the last time sanctions the U.S. agreed to lift under the 2015 ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of trying to undermine the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, saying Trump’s statements could lead to the cancellation of the deal. Speaking on January 15 at a news conference to recap Russian diplomatic ...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the US failed to undermine the nuclear deal between Tehran and the world's major powers in a television address on Sunday. Pictured here in a cabinet meeting in December 2017./ has hailed a "long-lasting victory" over the US, which he claimed had tried to ...
Iran's nuclear facilities include the Bushehr power plant/ Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected the idea of negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme, as Tehran confirmed receiving a letter from President Donald Trump. Last week, Trump said the letter proposed ...
Markets in Khan Younis in southern Gaza are reporting some food shortages after Israel blocked deliveries 10 days ago/ The White House's envoy, Steve Witkoff, is in Qatar to join indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on extending the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. This week, negotiators from both ...
The comedy covers a range of issues from food, identity, immigration, family and politics/ Reflecting back on the Netflix hit based on his own life, there are two things that come to mind for Palestinian comedian Mo Amer. "It's very difficult to talk about without breaking down at some point," ...
Alawites fleeing the violence in Syria's coastal region have been crossing the Nahr el-Kabir river to reach safety in Lebanon/ Entire families, including women and children, were killed during the recent violence in Syria's coastal region, the UN human rights office says. A spokesman told ...
SDF commander Mazloum Abdi (L) signed the deal alongside interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R)/ A Kurdish-led militia alliance which controls north-eastern Syria has signed a deal to integrate all military and civilian institutions into the Syrian state, the country's presidency says. The ...
At least 6,000 Syrians are believed to have crossed into neighbouring Lebanon in the last few days to escape violence in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus. The area is a stronghold of Syria's ousted former President, Bashar al-Assad, and hundreds of civilians have been killed there by ...
Unrwa is warning of a renewed hunger crisis if aid supplies don't resume/ The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has accused Israel of weaponising humanitarian aid with its blockade of goods and electricity into Gaza. Speaking in Geneva, Philippe Lazzarini warned of a renewed ...
The defence ministry said security forces would step up their efforts to ensure stability and security in the coastal region/ Syria's defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country's western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been ...
Israel ordered all of Gaza's electricity supply to be cut off on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining Israeli hostages held in the territory. Energy minister Eli Cohen's announcement came a week after Israel cut off all aid supplies to the territory, which has a ...
Funerals have been held for some of the hundreds killed/ Syria's interim leader has appealed for unity, as violence and revenge killings continued in areas loyal to ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad on Sunday. Hundreds of people have reportedly fled their homes in the coastal provinces of ...