News Archive - 27 January 2015

>"Many of my Democratic colleagues and I have sent a letter to the president telling him that we will not support passage of the Kirk-Menendez bill on the Senate floor until after March 24 and only if there is no political framework agreement," Menendez said at a Senate Banking Committee...

>"Both sides plan to create a mutual bank or a mutual account to make payments in rials and roubles possible," the ambassador said. (Reporting by Polina Devitt; Editing by Elizabeth Piper) FILED UNDER: Currencies Markets Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Print Reprints...

The political turmoil in Yemen may seem a peripheral issue, but it has global and regional implications spanning energy and security.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday put the brakes on new Iran sanctions legislation, ending for now a looming showdown between Congress and President Barack Obama over negotiations to prevent Tehran from having the capability to make a nuclear weapon.

McConnell said senators will take up a House-passed measure next week after Keystone.

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - JANUARY 21: A woman holds a placard that reads 'We are all Nisman' outside the headquarters of AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) during a demonstration to demand justice in the death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 21, 2015. Alberto Nisman...

On paper, the pitch was simple: A green energy company backed by $217 million in U.S. government loans would convert one of Africa's poorest countries into the world's first biomass-driven economy. But ...

A leading advocate of stronger sanctions on Iran, Sen. Robert Menendez said he will give negotiations more time to succeed before ratcheting up the pressure.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran said Tuesday it sent a warning to Israel through the United States over the recent killing of an Iranian general in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria, the official IRNA

PIERS: It makes your skin crawl, doesn’t it? Obama leading a delegation of American officials - including John Kerry, John McCain and Nancy Pelosi - to pay homage to a draconian despot.

>ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The Obama administration welcomed Democratic senators' move to delay a push for new sanctions against Iran until late March, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, co-author of legislation that would tighten economic restrictions on Iran if there...

>"We told the Americans that the leaders of the Zionist regime should await the consequences of their act," deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said.Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Mohammed Allahdadi was killed with a Hezbollah commander and the son of the group's late military leader, Imad Moughniyeh, in a...

ARGENTINA players laughed off criticism of their supposed defensive weakness on Thursday and vowed there would be no repeat of their 2010 World Cup quarter-final thrashing by Germany.

Libyan authorities say gunmen who attacked a hotel in Tripoli, may have taken hostages Tuesday, after setting off a car bomb that killed at least three guards. Security officials at the Corinthia Hotel said attackers stormed the building after exploding their vehicle and firing randomly at staff members. A number...

(MENAFN - Emirates News Agency (WAM)) The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at US $42.90 a barrel on Monday, compared with US $43.69 the previous Friday, according to OPE...

President Barack Obama defended the U.S. government's willingness to co-operate closely with Saudi Arabia on national security despite deep concerns over human rights abuses, as he led an array of current and former American statesmen in paying respects Tuesday following the death of King Abdullah. Saudi Arabia's status as...

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has dismissed claims that government officials had any involvement in the mysterious death of a leading lawyer. Alberto Nisman was found dead in his flat in Buenos Aires on 18 January with a gun nearby. At the time of his death, Mr Nisman had been investigating...

Incident comes nine days after regime strike killed Hezbollah and Iran officials

>* Officials say 2 passengers lightly wounded* Source of gunfire unclear, far from militant activity (Releads with more flight suspensions, adds details)BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Airlines from at least three countries suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after bullets hit an airplane operated by budget carrier Dubai Aviation Corp,...

>BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - President Cristina Fernandez plans to disband Argentina's intelligence agency amid suspicions that rogue agents were behind the mysterious death of a state prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. In her first televised address since Alberto Nisman was found dead with a single...

>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will fly a 30-member delegation, including top officials and respected Republican foreign policy veterans, to Riyadh on Tuesday to meet Saudi Arabia's new King Salman as the crisis in neighboring Yemen continues to boil. The hastily scheduled trip to pay respects following the...

>* Indian soybean prices plunge on bleak soymeal exports* Tight soyoil supply forces India to raise palm oil importsBy Rajendra JadhavMUMBAI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - India's soymeal exports are set to hit a 26-year low in the year ending March as easing of sanctions against Iran allows the key buyer...