News Archive - 7 April 2014

The naval forces of the Islamic Republic and Oman have started staging a joint rescue and relief naval drill in the Sea of Oman, Iran’s Navy announces.

>* Iran hopes draft accord will follow nuclear talks* Ukraine says Russia playing out "Crimean scenario" in east* Coming Up: U.S. employment trends data at 1400 GMT (Updates prices; paragraph 3)By Christopher JohnsonLONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil fell below $106 a barrel on Monday, snapping a...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran said it hopes enough progress will be made at talks with major powers this week to enable negotiators to start drafting by mid-May a final accord to settle a long-running dispute over its nuclear program. The Islamic Republic and six world powers will hold a new...

Navy specialists are trying to home in on faint pings detected deep in the Indian Ocean so they can send down an unmanned mini submarine to look for wreckage.

Often a synonym of evil manipulation—from Iran faking missiles to Vogue faking women bodies—Photoshop's powers can also be used to help the weak and bring happiness to the world. Take Budapest-based photographer Sarolta Bán, who has decided to turn photos of abandoned dogs into awesome images that may bring them...

Exclusive: Defenders of the old conventional wisdom blaming the Syrian government for the Aug. 21 Sarin attack are going after investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who implicates Syrian jihadists and Turkish intelligence.

IN contemporary times two important countries faced an outbreak of terrorism. The Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany and the Red Guards in Japan were intent on trying to impose a reign of terror. But the governments of Germany and Japan did not at any stage seek an accommodation with the terrorists.

The fifth annual South Asian Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law, jointly organized by the Government of Nepal and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), will be held in Kathmandu on 8-10 April 2014.

Iraqi forces under the command of Iraqi prime ministry prevented entry of utility items to Camp Liberty and after stalling a few days, stole them.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued a notice to the chief executive of the Bahria Town on a contempt of court application for disobeying a court order that had restrained the real estate tycoon from carrying out construction work on a flyover being built near the shrine of...

The Senate approved a bill to bar a man with ties to the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis who's been tapped to be Iran's ambassador to the United Nations from entering the United States.

Accent Speakers Bureau announced its sponsoring of Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, before he abruptly canceled the visit on April 1. I find myself defending Accent’s decision to bring the ex-Israeli prime minister. This might strike you as odd, considering Olmert’s dark side, but let me explain.

Just over a year ago, there were a lot of folks raising concerns about sequestration budget cuts and about how it would destroy jobs and slam America's defense contractors.

>Reuters reported last week that Tehran and Moscow had made progress toward an oil-for-goods deal that sources said could be worth $20 billion and enable Iran to boost vital energy exports in defiance of Western sanctions.Senators Robert Menendez and Mark Kirk wrote to Obama and said that if Iran...

>FUNDAMENTALS* U.S. crude for May gained 36 cents to $100.80 a barrel as of 0015 GMT after it settled down 70 cents at $100.44.* May Brent crude rose 14 cents to $105.96 a barrel after it settled down 90 cents at $105.82.* Pro-Moscow...

>The legislation, introduced by Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, would prevent "known terrorists" from entering the United States to serve as U.N. ambassadors.The Democratic-controlled Senate passed the measure by a voice vote.The possibility that Abutalebi may have played a role in the 1979-1981 hostage crisis has outraged...

One would be hard-pressed to name a single false move the title character makes in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Not only does he save the world and the American dream, he does so while remaining flawlessly kind, endlessly moral, and effortlessly charming at all times. Even Superman might find ...

Police arrest a demonstrator during a protest against the government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 22, 2014. Spanish police and protesters clashed during an anti-austerity demonstration that drew tens of thousands of people to central Madrid on Saturday.

Officers found the twins' decomposing bodies sitting in recliners in the living room.

Shehata is believed to have been deputy to Zawahiri when he ran Egyptian Islamic Jihad before joining forces with Osama bin Laden. CAIRO - Egyptian police have arrested a senior Islamist militant close to Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, security officials said on Monday.

JC Finley MADRID, April 7 (UPI) -- Spanish authorities announced Monday they had arrested three men and one woman for allegedly attempting to sell dual-use equipment and technology to Iran.

FILE - In this Sept 12, 2013, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking in Washington. Getting ready to run for president means working through a hefty checklist of activities long before most people are paying attention to the contest ahead.

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 43 companies from Saudi Arabia have confirmed their participation in the 11th Malaysia International Halal […]

>Speaking before high-level talks in Vienna on April 8-9, Ryabkov said talks on a number of issues were still in early stages and that the meeting should produce a basis for further talks, according to the Itar-Tass news agency.(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Elizabeth Piper) FILED UNDER: World...

>The Spanish interior ministry and civil guard said in a joint statement they had arrested four people from the group, which is also accused of sharing technological information through a complex business network, including engineering projects, which may be used to build missiles.The bust came as chief negotiators prepared...