(Bloomberg) — Iran will consider allowing the International Atomic Energy Agency to send US inspectors to monitor the country’s atomic activity if a new nuclear deal is brokered with Washington. “If Iran’s demands are taken into account and an agreement is reached, Iran can reconsider the acceptance of American inspectors through the IAEA,” Mohammad Eslami,…
BEIRUT (AP) — Sunni regional powerhouses Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the years. But their ties warmed significantly after Bashar Assad was toppled in neighboring Syria in a lightning rebel offensive in December. Since then, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have worked to stabilize the new government in…
(Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iran’s top diplomat ahead of a second round of talks between the US and the Islamic Republic aimed at resolving the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program. Putin received Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday. After a first meeting in…
Zelensky: “I’m not playing cards. I’m very serious, Mr President. I’m very serious.” Trump: “You’re playing cards. You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War III.” Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky that the latter had no cards no fewer than five times in the last 10 minutes of their…
How are these disruptions likely to affect India? Three disruptive moves in particular need to be taken into consideration in this regard—on immigration, trade and tariff policy, and foreign policy. Also Read: Harsh Pant: Trump’s foreign policy recast poses a challenge that India cannot avoid Attacking immigration was Trump’s first major move. He had harped…
For Afghan women, who feel deserted by the international community as their lives have been crushed under the brutal rule of the Taliban, there may finally be a potential avenue for justice. We should welcome International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to apply for arrest warrants for the Taliban’s Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada…
No sooner had it unleashed the first of its drones at Israel on November 8th than the Iraqi militia published an image of missiles streaking through the sky. Israel said its aerial defences had thwarted the attack by al-Nujaba (“the Nobles”). “Big surprises in the coming hours,” the group promised—in Hebrew as well as Arabic:…
FILE PHOTO: Rescue team works following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, on May 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging…
The President presented the names of the new 19-member cabinet including one woman. File | Photo Credit: AP Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian presented his Cabinet to parliament on Sunday (August 11, 2024), notably including a woman and a Western-friendly diplomat as the country’s Foreign Minister. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced the names of the…
Israel’s recent assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, following the killing of Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’ military wing, in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, threatens to further escalate a conflict that has already lasted ten months. The repercussions on India could be significant, impacting its international relations and economic…
