Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday he hoped diplomacy resuming this week will yield results before a self-imposed deadline for a final deal to curtail Iran’s atomic program expires at the end of June. “We hope we can pull together an agreement before July 1,” Abbas Araqchi was quoted as saying by Iran’s Mehr news agency as he met European officials in Vienna. Diplomats are trying to fill gaps
By Lefteris Papadimas and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece emptied an emergency IMF holding account to repay 750 million euros ($839 million) due to the international lender, a Greek central bank official said, avoiding default but underscoring the dire state of the country’s finances. With Athens close to running out of cash and a deal with its international creditors still elusive, there had been doubts about whether the leftist-led
By Adrian Croft ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Preoccupied for more than a year by the Ukraine crisis, NATO foreign ministers meeting in Turkey this week will focus on instability on the alliance’s southern flank, ranging from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to turmoil in Libya. By meeting in Turkey, which shares a 1,200 km (750-mile) border with Iraq and Syria, NATO hopes to show it is responsive to the
The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it expected Mozambique’s economy to grow seven percent this year, thanks to investment in the vast northeastern Rovuma gas fields. “Mozambique’s economic performance remains robust and stronger than most other Sub-Saharan African countries,” said Alex Segura-Ubiergo, who led an IMF team on a two-week trip to Mozambique. Mozambique is on the cusp of becoming the world’s third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas after
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials say they have decided to delay both the landing of some of the International Space Station’s crew and the launch of their successors due to the recent failed launch of an unmanned Russian cargo ship.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A much-anticipated U.S. Senate vote on trade will pack some suspense Tuesday, but it won’t be the final word, no matter how it turns out.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government helicopters dropped a barrel bomb Tuesday in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, hitting a busy bus depot and killing at least 15 people, activists said.
By William Maclean and Angus McDowall DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – The Saudi king’s absence from a regional summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama shows how Gulf states, displeased by what they see as U.S. indifference to Iranian meddling in the Arab world, may hesitate to bless any nuclear deal with Tehran. Analysts and diplomats in the Middle East described King Salman’s decision to skip the meeting at Camp David
By Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea made a key step in its nuclear weapons program by test-launching a ballistic missile from a submarine, but remains years away from developing a missile system or submarine which could threaten its sworn enemy the United States, experts said. South Korea on Monday called the test “very serious and concerning” and urged Pyongyang to immediately stop developing submarine-launched ballistic
A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone missing, Morocco’s military said on Monday, and Iran-allied Houthi rebels and Saudi forces traded heavy fire across the border. The disappearance of the Moroccan jet and the intense artillery and rocket battles could imperil an agreed five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen’s civil war due to begin on Tuesday. Backed by Washington,