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U.S. President Barack Obama is appealing directly to the Iranian people as they celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year. In an Internet video released by the White House late Friday, Obama reiterated his offer of engaging in dialogue with Iran, but said Iran's leaders have chosen isolation.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer. "The first reactor at Iran's nuclear power plant in Bushehr is to be launched already in the summer," Putin said.

Relations between America and Israel reach a low pointAfter a raucous public slanging match, America and Israel are attempting to heal the worst rift between the countries in years. The row erupted during Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem last week after the Israeli government approved plans to build 1,600 new ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday that Iran's support for the Taliban in Afghanistan is "pretty limited". Gates spoke Thursday during a stop at a U.S. military base en route to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

Renewed diplomatic efforts over Iran's nuclear activities• AFTER Iran announced that its long-delayed Bushehr civilian nuclear plant will be operational within a few months, American diplomats will renew efforts to obtain further sanctions against the Islamic republic over its suspected efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Hillary Clinton, the American ...

Congress reconsiders America’s official position on the Armenian genocideTWO questions faced an American congressional panel on Thursday March 5th as it considered the mass killings of Armenians during and after the first world war by forces of the Ottoman Empire. First, was it genocide? The historical debate is as hot, ...

Hillary Clinton said in Brazil she doubts Iran will negotiate seriously about its nuclear program unless the UN SC approves new sanctions against it. The U.S. secretary of state held talks in Brasilia with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva.

Front page photo by Colin Greenwood Thom Yorke's other band-- you know, the one with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and Flea-- now has a name: Atoms for Peace. The news comes straight from Thom himself via ...

Senior Israeli officials are in Beijing for talks with Chinese leaders. High on the agenda is expected to be China's reluctance to support United Nations sanctions against Iran.

America is rallying its friends to concentrate minds in the Islamic RepublicSURELY it is clear by now, many people feel, that Iran would rather go on enriching uranium than talk to America or anyone else about its suspect nuclear activities. If efforts to tempt it round have failed, could a ...

Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with Iranian officials in what was billed as an attempt to resolve the ongoing crisis over Iran's nuclear program. But Iranian officials from President Ahmadinejad to Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki appear to be saying different things.

Forget the claims and allegations that false flag terror - governments attacking people and then blaming others in order to create animosity towards those blamed - has been used throughout history. This essay will solely discuss government admissions ...

European finance ministers meet to discuss bailing out the Greek economy• EUROPE'S finance ministers meet for two days, beginning on Monday February 15th, to discuss the details of a plan to support Greece as it struggles with its public finances. A political deal pledging support for Greece, agreed at a ...

The Obama administration on Thursday said it does not believe that Iran can enrich uranium at the level it claims it can. White House officials say work is underway for stronger international sanctions against Iran.

Iran's government dangerously ups the nuclear ante and faces resilient protesters at homeIRAN’S brittle but brutal regime is being squeezed from within by the relentless protests of the opposition and from without by the threat of more sanctions unless it backs down over its controversial nuclear plans. Yet Iran’s rulers, ...

Israel has issued a stern warning after Iran said it had begun making a higher-grade nuclear fuel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's intentions are clear.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes strong international sanctions on Iran will forestall the need for a military strike. They are designed to end the country's chances of developing a nuclear weapon, VOA reports.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the further enrichment of his nation's uranium. This came just days after he said he was open to a UN plan to enrich the material abroad, says VOA.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the production of higher-enriched uranium, casting doubt prospects of a nuclear exchange deal with the West. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the further enrichment of his nation's uranium, just days after he said he was open to a UN plan to enrich the ...

US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said yesterday he doubted a deal to send some of Iran's uranium abroad for enrichment was close, directly contradicting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. The latest spat comes amid Western powers' growing impatience with Iran over ...