News Archive - 22 November 2014

>VIENNA (Reuters) - World powers and Iran struggled on Saturday to overcome crucial differences that are preventing them from ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's atomic ambitions, raising the prospect of another extension to the high-stake talks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said "big gaps" remained with two...

VIENNA — Behind the efforts to close a nuclear deal with Iran this weekend lies a sensitive question that has been little discussed in public: How to design an agreement to maximize the chances that Western intelligence agencies would catch any effort to develop an atomic bomb at a covert...

>MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrainis voted on Saturday in the first parliamentary elections since 2011 when mostly Shi'ite protesters took to the streets demanding more democracy. The elections were boycotted by the Shi'ite Muslim opposition over accusations that constituency changes would still favor the Sunni Muslim majority represented by the ruling...

>The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said discussions about the possibility of extending the negotiations beyond Monday's self-imposed deadline might begin on Sunday. "The chances of reaching a deal in the next 48 hours are very small," the source said. "Our feeling is that they (Iran's negotiators) don't...

>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Saturday of trying to use sanctions imposed on Moscow in the Ukraine crisis to seek "regime change" in Russia. His comments stepped up Moscow's war of words with the United States and the European Union in their worst diplomatic...

(AP Photo/Nicholas Kamm, Pool). U.S. BEIJING (AP) - Two days of tough talks to limit Iran's nuclear program failed Monday to make major headway toward a final deal -a foreboding sign for years of negotiations that are set to expire in less than two weeks.

BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama is squelching speculation that the release of two Americans held in North Korea might pave the way for a new round of nuclear talks, saying the U.S. needs more than "small gestures" before reopening a high level of dialogue with Pyongyang.

Kuwait City (AFP) - When a Muslim cleric told Ahmad Salim that sharia law forbids paying interest, he returned his days-old loan to the bank and turned to the fast-growing industry of Islamic finance.

UAE Foreign Minister reaffirms country's opposition to Daaesh

Furniture lovers can bag great deals on weekends at an auction house in Dubai. What’s more, they even help auction off your unwanted furniture

Today is Sunday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2014. There are 38 days left in the year. On Nov. 23, 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.)

Inspections are a key as talks on a nuclear pact race to meet the deadline on Monday.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci). President Barack Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014.

SURUC, Turkey (AP) - It was an easy decision to make. Barely out of school, Perwin Mustafa Dihap wanted to follow in the footsteps of three of her older siblings and go to war.

(AP Photo/Nicholas Kamm, Pool). U.S.

SBP officials say during the 43rd annual ACU Conference held in Iran a few months ago, central bankers of member countries discussed in detail how the union can contribute to promoting intra-regional trade and how its clearance system can be improved to facilitate handling of larger forex volumes.

Today hundreds of people from countries all around the world made their way to the Civic Center for the 31st Annual Mobile International Festival. News 5 spoke with people to find out their reaction to President Obama's decision on immigration reform.

The U.S. and other world powers are offering to gradually suspend economic sanctions placed on Iran if the country agrees to further slow down its nuclear program. Margaret Brennan reports.

BRANSON WEST, Mo. – KOLR10 caught up Saturday with two Ozarks missionaries who recently returned from war-ravaged parts of Iraq. Helen and Chuck Todd lead World Missions Alliance, which is headquartered in Branson West. The couple brought 20 volunteers with them and spent time helping people who were driven from...

A clean sweep of three gold medals in beach athletics and the in-form Muay Thai fighters yesterday helped Thailand maintain their stranglehold on the medal stakes on the penultimate day of the 4th Asian Beach Games. Talented Thitima Muangjan, the triple jump bronze medallist at the Guangzhou Asian Games in...

Instead of singling out ‘dating expert’ Julien Blanc, Theresa May should go for the truly scary misogynists Following Julien Blanc’s exclusion from the UK , as well as Australia, it remains unclear whether a surge of national outrage, culminating in a ban, confers any lasting professional advantages in the world...

VIENNA: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday (Nov 22) that the outcome of Iran’s nuclear talks with six world powers was “completely open”.

In eastern Ukraine over 160 people have been killed in Donbas since the September ceasefire. Over 3,700 have died in Donbas since Russia began military operations (via pro-Russian rebels or Russian soldiers) in April.

Contractors fear shift to outside staffing firms could cut workers and international programming at VOA.

Opposition group boycotts first election since 2011 uprising as voting time is extended due to "high turnout".

There is an overwhelming lack of foreign language education throughout schools in the United States. Many individuals experience a withdrawal from their mother tongue and either speak English with their families or drop out of foreign language programs at a young age.

Jama Masjid appeared like everything it always should have been. All this was in preparations for the dastarbandi ceremony of Shaban Bukhari as naib imam of Jama Masjid.

A successful nuclear deal to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions could finally defuse one of the most dangerous crises in the Middle East.

Iran decided to allow UN nuclear inspectors access to its Marivan nuclear site, Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday.

The nuclear pact being negotiated with Iran is unpalatable to Israel, and may hasten a confrontation with Tehran, according to a report.

Hoping to broker a deal to ease years of disputes over Iran's nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry and other diplomats are locked in negotiations in Vienna. They have until Monday to reach a permanent deal. The talks stem from an interim agreement between Iran and six leading world...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna for talks on Iran's nuclear program.

Experts predict that Iran and world powers are unlikely to reach a comprehensive agreement in the Iranian nuclear talks, but that the parties will not walk away from negotiations after the Nov. 24 deadline.

The Canadian government has imposed visa requirements on citizens of the Caribbean island of St. Kitts-Nevis due to national security concerns, QMI Agency has learned.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah was the architect of the GCC accord that ended the eight-month-old dispute between Qatar and three GCC countries — Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.

The US, Iran and world powers remain in talks in Vienna, but it looks unlikely that a comprehensive nuclear deal will be made by Monday's deadline.

>On Tuesday, the conservative-dominated parliament rejected his fourth nominee to lead universities, which have been centers of ideological battles between pro-democracy reformers and Islamist hardliners.The ministry has been run by a caretaker, Mohammad Ali Najafi, since August, when a moderate technocrat appointed by Rouhani to the post was impeached...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - World powers will press Iran to cease stonewalling a U.N. atomic bomb investigation as part of a wider nuclear accord, but will likely stop short of demanding full disclosure of any secret weapon work by Tehran to avoid killing an historic deal. Officially, the United States...

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Good morning, it’s Saturday November 22, it’s going to be soggy today, and it’s the anniversary of a dark day in Dallas.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2014. There are 39 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: read more

VIENNA: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that the outcome of Iran's nuclear talks with six world powers was "completely open".

VIENNA (AP) — Three days ahead of deadline, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is consulting with allies on how to overcome deep obstacles to reach a nuclear deal with Iran.

Six world powers and Iran grope for ways to bridge wide gaps in marathon nuclear negotiations two days ahead of deadline. Six world powers and Iran groped Saturday for ways to bridge wide gaps in marathon nuclear negotiations two days ahead of a deadline.