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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An Iranian research center that has been investigated by U.N. nuclear inspectors appears to have played a key role in Tehran’s atomic program, which Western powers fear is aimed at producing weapons, according to a new repor…
Continue Reading →VIENNA (AP) — Russia says the world should not draw “hasty conclusions” over Iran’s most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to probe suspicions that it is working on nuclear arms. But Western powers are criticizing Tehran.
The reactions Wednesday came a…
(Reuters) – U.S. and European officials are downplaying allegations that Iran and al Qaeda have recently stepped up cooperation in preparation for possible attacks on U.S. and other Western targets.
The officials, who are familiar with security issues…
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and…
Continue Reading →JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials say that a committee has given preliminary approval to a plan that could allow construction of 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank.
An Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman played down the move. He…
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement with Iran during two days of talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected a request to visit a key military site.
I…
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold Wednesday where the last dispatches from a veteran American war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage claimed h…
Continue Reading →MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian warned Israel not to attack Iran over its nuclear program, saying on Wednesday that military action would have catastrophic consequences.
“Of course any possible military scenario against Iran will be catastrophic for the re…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced the unwelcome possibility of a coalition crisis on Wednesday after Israel’s Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, overturned a law that has helped ultra-Orthodox Jewish men avoid military ser…
Continue Reading →Iran said Wednesday it is ready to help identify those behind a series of bomb blasts in Thailand this month in which several Iranians have been implicated.
“Iran stands ready to identify those responsible for the explosions and to present them to the…
