News Archive - 29 September 2013

>WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a deal on Iran's nuclear weapons program could be reached relatively quickly, and it would have the potential to dramatically improve the relationship between the two countries.Kerry said intensifying diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over...

>HILLA, Iraq, Sept 29 (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in an Iraqi town on Sunday where people were mourning the death of a man killed by militants a day earlier, police said.The blast brought...

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani. (AFP file photo) TEHRAN: Iran sought Sunday to calm hard-line worries over groundbreaking exchanges with Washington, saying a single phone conversation between the American and Iran presidents is not a sign that relations with will be quickly restored.

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, stocks fall as U.S. spending deadline nears* Oil falls as U.S. and Iran look for nuclear deal* Gold holds 1.0 pct gains on U.S. fiscal uncertainty* U.N. Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms* Rebels seize military post on Syria's southern...

Sharing power in the Eisenhower administration, John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles were the forefathers of using covert operations to upset foreign governments. Journalist Stephen Kinzer, who wrote a book on the siblings, says Americans are still paying the price for them.

Jake Locker's hip is injured seriously enough that the Tennessee Titans quarterback is spending the night in a hospital.

Any "Breaking Bad " fan could be forgiven for concluding that Sunday's finale held no major surprises.

Tata Docomo plans to expand its high-speed mobile broadband service in all metros and mini-metros by the end of this fiscal.

(CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meet in Jakarta Monday amid escalating tensions...

A British businessman jailed in the US for arms dealing has reportedly returned to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence.

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Israeli Justice Minister and chief negotiator with the Palestinians Tzipi Livni addresses the 4th National J Street Conference in Washington on Saturday.

The Prime Minister contends Iran is using conciliatory gestures as a smoke screen to conceal a march toward a nuclear bomb.

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday brought home a 2,700-year-old Persian artifact the US administration gave him [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani must build on their weekend phone call to convince crude traders that a thaw in relations will open the way to increased oil exports.

It is not just the range of colours that tulips come in, from pure white through yellows, oranges, pinks, reds, purples to the almost black ‘Queen of Night’.

The director's previous film, 2001's "A Separation," won the Academy Award for best foreign-language film. read more

Peyton Manning broke the NFL record with his 24th career game with at least four touchdown throws Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.

>Bahrain has seen almost daily protests by members of the Shi'ite majority since February 2011, when it crushed a Shi'ite-led uprising demanding that the Sunni al-Khalifa dynasty give up power.Bahrain's Shi'ites have long complained of entrenched discrimination in areas such as employment and public services, allegations that the Sunni-led...

>Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran was willing to open its nuclear facilities to international inspections but the United States must end economic sanctions as part of any deal on Iran's nuclear program.Speaking in the midst of an intensified effort to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear...

JERUSALEM - Analysts say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has little chance of persuading President Obama and the international community that stepped-up sanctions, not diplomacy, is the way to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, but that won't stop him from pleading his case as he visits the U.S.

JERUSALEM — Israel's security service said it arrested a businessman it claims was sent by Iran to spy on local and American targets in Israel.

BEIRUT—Syria's president vowed Sunday to abide by last week's U.N. resolution calling for the country's chemical weapons stockpile to be dismantled and destroyed.

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak). India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, to meet with President Barack Obama.

MANILA, Philippines -- Meralco forward Cliff Hodge’s Twitter account got hacked just moments after the Bolts lost to the San Mig Coffee Mixers in Game 1 of their semifinals series Sunday night. Hodge, the dynamic rookie, was surprised when he saw the tweet and said that it was ';weird'; seeing ...

'All options are on the table' if Islamic Republic is fooling the world, says Labor chairwoman - but urges diplomatic approach.

>Israel and Iran are bitter adversaries. Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear power, says Iran is covertly seeking to develop atomic weapons. Iran says it is enriching uranium solely for peaceful purposes.Ali Mansouri, in his mid-50s, was arrested on September 11 at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion...

>* Sanctions, price disagreement, technical challenges big hurdles* Iran liquefied natural gas exports from Oman unlikelyBy Daniel FinerenDUBAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - If Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's dream of reaching a deal with world powers on Tehran's nuclear program in six months comes true, Oman, an important intermediary in the...

TEHRAN — Dozens of protesters hurled eggs and at least one shoe at President Hassan Rouhani as he returned to Tehran on Saturday after a groundbreaking phone call with President Obama and other outreach to the West at an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.    ...

Attempts to deter asylum seekers trying to reach Australia will end in more deaths, a Sydney rally has heard

Lieberman defies PM's instruction to withhold media comment on Obama's phone call with Rohani, saying that the Iranian president's 'placatory offensive' should not be trusted.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem have discussed the ways to end the crisis in Syria through diplomatic means.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is going to the United Nations to "tell the truth in the face of the sweet-talk and the onslaught of smiles," a reference to Iran's diplomatic overtures to the West.        

Readers offer advice on visiting Cuba, from the best hotel view in Havana to how to travel by train.        

Iran says a single phone conversation between the American and Iranian presidents is not a sign that relations with Washington will be quickly restored.

JERUSALEM - President Shimon Peres said on Sunday that Israel's reaction to landmark contacts between the United States and Iran had been too "scornful" of its key ally. His comments came just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Washington for talks with President Barack Obama, determined to expose...

>WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Six months after U.S. President Barack Obama eased a strained relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Israel dubbed "Operation Desert Schmooze," the two leaders now face the biggest test of whether they can work together - and the stakes are...