Iran's foreign minister rejected Tuesday as "unacceptable" remarks by US President Barack Obama who said a minimum 10-year nuclear deal offered the best hope of avoiding an atomic-armed Tehran. Mohammad Javad Zarif was speaking in Switzerland, where he and US Secretary of State John Kerry met ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second right, for a new round of nuclear negotiations on Monday, March 2, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland. From left, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, Kerry, Zarif, and Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) discusses seating arrangements for a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif over a new round of nuclear negotiations on March 2, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland (AFP Photo/Evan Vucci)/ Montreux (Switzerland) (AFP) - Iran and the United ...
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers on Tuesday began a second day of talks on curbing Iran's nuclear program with the aim of securing a framework agreement by the end of March. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad ...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Library of the White House in Washington, March 2, 2015./ U.S. President Barack Obama says Iran must freeze its sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years in order for an agreement to be successful. In ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will escalate his campaign against U.S. President Barack Obama's Iran diplomacy on Tuesday in a speech to Congress whose staging has put unprecedented stress on the two leaders' already strained ties. Although cold-shouldered by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seizing the opportunity to speak in the U.S. House to deliver his stern message about the danger Iran poses to his nation's survival and voice reservations about any nuclear deal President Barack Obama and international negotiators ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, March 2, 2015./ (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu clashed over Iran nuclear diplomacy on Monday on the eve of the Israeli prime ...
President Obama said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress is a disruption that will not permanently damage U.S.-Israel relations. with Reuters news agency Monday, Obama said that while there is "substantial disagreement" between the two countries on ...
President Obama spends Monday dealing with police-community relations and Israel's criticism of a possible Iran nuclear deal. In the late morning, Obama will meet with members of his Task Force on 21st Century Policing, created in the wake of police killings of black males in Missouri and New ...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Library of the White House in Washington March 2, 2015./ (Reuters) - Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech Tuesday has already roiled Washington./ That's because a foreign leader denouncing U.S. policy from within in the House of Representatives chamber, the grand hall of American democracy, upends nearly two centuries of ...
Negotiations on Iran's disputed nuclear program have made more progress this year than in the past decade, Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed the United Nations-backed Conference on Disarmament in Geneva as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks ...
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement. In an interview with ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement. In an interview with Reuters at ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a news conference after he delivered remarks to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva March 2, 2015./ (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry quietly cautioned Israel not to undercut nuclear negotiations with Iran that resumed ...
Iran on Tuesday rejected as "unacceptable" a demand by U.S. President Barack Obama that Tehran freeze its sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. "Obama’s stance ... is expressed in unacceptable and threatening phrases ... Iran will not ...
Secretary of State John Kerry (L) with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a new round of nuclear negotiations on March 2, 2015, in Montreux, Switzerland (AFP Photo/Evan Vucci)/ Geneva (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday warned Israel's prime minister against ...
Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, March 2, 2015, in Geneva. Kerry delivered a vigorous defense of Israel before a U.N. body that Washington deems biased against the Jewish state. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)/ MONTREUX, ...
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his most detailed comments yet here on Monday about his spat with the Obama administration, acknowledging tensions in the U.S.-Israel relationship but citing history and philosophy to argue that the countries' bond will become even stronger -- and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Monday that the nuclear deal it is negotiating with Iran could threaten Israel's survival and insisted he had a "moral obligation" to speak up about deep differences with President Barack Obama on the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Obama administration official declared Monday that the relationship between the United States and Israel "should never be politicized," while defending President Barack Obama's high-stakes bid for a nuclear deal with Iran./ U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power's address came ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Monday that despite recent differences with the Obama administration over a looming nuclear deal with Iran the alliance between his country and the Unites States was "stronger than ever." Kicking off a charged visit to ...
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry quietly cautioned Israel not to undercut Iran nuclear negotiations that resume on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to make the case against his diplomacy before the U.S. Congress. Kerry and Iranian ...
Speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not intend upcoming address to Congress to be divisive or disrespectful to President Obama. (AP)/ WASHINGTON — Seeking to lower tensions, Benjamin ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Monday that his controversial plans to address Congress are not aimed at disrespecting President Barack Obama, even as he blasted the U.S. leader's bid for a nuclear deal with Iran as a threat to Israel's survival. "I have a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top U.S. officials are set to face off in dueling speeches on the high-stakes Iran nuclear negotiations. Netanyahu will speak Monday morning at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. His ...
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning that public discussion of details of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran will make it more difficult to reach a deal that prevents the country from developing atomic weapons. In comments to reporters in Geneva on Monday, Kerry ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Israel showed signs of seeking to defuse tensions on Sunday ahead of a speech in Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he will warn against a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Policy differences over the negotiations with Iran ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says a bad nuclear deal with Iran is worse than no deal at all. Susan Rice is speaking to the annual meeting of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC. Her speech comes a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to argue ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reuters White House Correspondent Jeff Mason interviewed President Barack Obama on Monday on topics including U.S.-Israel relations, Iran, China and Russia. Here is a full transcript of the interview./ REUTERS - Mr. President, thanks very much for joining us. REUTERS - ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice warned U.S. lawmakers on Monday not to seek new sanctions against Iran while it is in talks with world powers on curbing its nuclear program, saying such intervention could ruin the diplomacy. "Congress has played a hugely ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will defend Israel at a U.N. human rights body on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to criticize nuclear negotiations with Iran that the top diplomat is leading. Kerry landed in Geneva late on Sunday for up to three days of talks with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner plans to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a bust of Winston Churchill when he speaks to a joint meeting of Congress about the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran. The gift was chosen because Netanyahu and the former prime minister of Britain ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel's leader insists the alliance between his country and the Unites States is "stronger than ever." Benjamin Netanyahu's comments Monday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee kicked off a charged visit that has sparked criticism in both the U.S. and Israel. The ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday Tehran would try to "go as far as we can" in negotiations with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about Iran's disputed nuclear program. Zarif, asked if he was confident about the talks scheduled with Kerry in the Swiss town of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said there had been some progress in the Iran nuclear talks but there was "a long way to go and the clock is ticking." He also voiced concern about the possibility of selective leaks in the coming days about the talks, which he will ...
File photo shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (1st R), and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi (2nd R), in a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (1st L) and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, in late February 2015, in Geneva./ Iran and ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry quietly cautioned Israel not to undercut Iran nuclear negotiations that resumed on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to make the case against his diplomacy before the US Congress. Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ...
File photo shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (1st R), and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi (2nd R), in a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (1st L) and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, in late February 2015, in Geneva./ Iran’s ...
At least 15 people have died, including two children, in and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power during potentially record-breaking heat. In Texas, multiple tornados were reported throughout the state with one plowing through Cooke County – approximately 50 miles north of ...
Hamas says it fired rockets at central Israel for the first time in 4 months/ Hamas says it has launched a "big" rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, the Israeli military said, adding that several were ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the ...
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Trump attends the Libertarian Party's national convention, in Washington/ (Please note language in paragraph 18 that readers may find offensive) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in ...
The Day After might sound like the title of a film or a novel. But for diplomats and policymakers, the phrase has only one meaning and that is what happens 'the day after' the fighting stops in Gaza. Given the intensity of the conflict and the absence of hope, such thinking might seem ...
is predicting severe weather Sunday, which could impact/ The most likely hazard will be high winds "with localized hurricane-force gusts possible," according to the Louisville office of the National Weather Service. Tornadoes, flooding and hail are less likely but also possible. Isolated ...
Israeli protesters stamp on aid packages destined for Gaza/ Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to other key junctions, where rival groups of activists do their best to block or protect aid ...
Police chases can be intense, but the stakes are even higher when cops are chasing an who’s already engaged in violence toward the public. That’s what precedes this chase involving/ If you’re thinking this glorified soccer mom SUV isn’t a great , well you’re right. For some reason the guy in it ...
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – “I can’t believe I got two of them that close to the same size,” Mitch Holland said after catching two large trout while fishing in Greers Ferry Lake. Holland, of Cabot, caught a brown trout measuring around 29 inches, which is considered a trophy fish. Just days after, he ...
The suspect is dead after a pursuit and a nearly four-hour standoff that forced a complete closure of the 91 Freeway in Orange County on Friday. The pursuit began around 8 a.m. in Corona, where, according to police, officers attempted to stop the driver in the area of McKinley Street and Griffin ...