US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks to the press at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, or Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, April 2, 2015, after Iran nuclear program talks finished with extended sessions. The United States, ...
- Appearing in the Rose Garden on Thursday to announce the framework of a historic deal on Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama practically begged lawmakers not to mess with the still delicate arrangement. "If Congress kills this deal not based on expert analysis and without offering ...
Members of the media gather in front of the stage prior to a press event on nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, at the Swiss federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 2015. (Photo: Valentin Flauraud, European Pressphoto Agency)/ Now that world powers have ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — After securing a surprisingly broad and detailed framework agreement with Iran, President Barack Obama must now subject his signature foreign policy pursuit to the gauntlet of partisan American politics./ A blueprint finalized Thursday after marathon negotiations in Switzerland ...
US President Bararck Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2015 after a deal was reached on Iran's nuclear program (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)/ Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits in a courtyard at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Lausanne April 2, 2015./ LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A joint statement to be issued at negotiations on Iran's nuclear program will say ...
President Barack Obama walks back to Oval Office from the White House Rose Garden, Thursday, April 2, 2015, after talking to reporters about an understanding reached in Iran nuclear negotiations./ The landmark nuclear deal reached Thursday between world powers and Iran is being touted as a ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the April 2, 2015, news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, after the announcement of an agreement on Iran nuclear talks./ Some world reaction to the Iran nuclear framework agreement announced Thursday: In a phone conversation with President ...
Today's announcement of a framework for a comprehensive agreement between the United States, our allies, and Iran that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is a significant diplomatic achievement. The intrusive inspection regime that includes continuous surveillance of Iran's ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the press about negotiations with Iran at his office in Jerusalem on April 1, 2015 (AFP Photo/Debbie Hill)/ Jerusalem (AFP) - The framework nuclear deal agreed with Iran would jeopardise Israel's existence if implemented, Prime ...
The highly touted "framework" for an Iranian nuclear deal, announced Thursday following days of intense negotiations, is being met with mixed reviews on Capitol Hill -- as Republicans voice skepticism and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reprise demands that Congress have a say. President ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) gestures as he delivers statements with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, in Jerusalem April 1, 2015./ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A framework nuclear deal announced on Thursday between Iran and world powers is an "alarming ...
Framework deal agreed after 8-day talks marathon * Agreement clears way for comprehensive settlement LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 2 (Reuters) - Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran's nuclear programme for at least a decade, a step towards a ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at the podium during a press conference at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne) on April 2, 2015, after the announcement of an agreement on Iran nuclear talks. European powers and Iran on April 2 ...
they have agreed to a framework for a deal to restrict Iran's controversial nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Diplomats from Iran and the P5+1 -- members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany -- will return to the negotiating table to hammer out specifics of the final, ...
Global powers and Iran agreed to the outlines Thursday of a potentially historic deal to stop any Iranian bid to develop nuclear weapons./ The "parameters" for the accord will be fleshed out into a comprehensive agreement by June 30 in an attempt to end more than a decade of tensions with the ...
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said a framework agreement reached at talks in Switzerland on Iran's nuclear program is "a good deal" that would, if fully implemented, prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and help make the world safer. Speaking at the White House Rose Garden, ...
Netanyahu says Iran deal threatens Israel's survival * Israeli general says military option against Iran remains * Obama says Iran deal best way of blocking path to a bomb (Adds quotes, details, background) JERUSALEM, April 3 (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene ...
Iran and six world powers have agreed that more than two thirds of Iran's enrichment capacity will be decommisioned and monitored for 10 years if the parties can reach a comprehensive agreement by June 30, a Western source said on Thursday. Iran currently has around 19,000 centrifuges installed. ...
- When President Barack Obama made the campaign promise of rapprochement with Iran, his opponents attacked him as naive. On Thursday, more than six years after Obama took office and spoke to Iranians about hopes for better relations, his vision bore tangible results -- though not enough to quiet ...
Iran and world powers agreed Thursday on the framework of a potentially historic deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear drive after marathon talks in Switzerland./ It marks a major breakthrough in a 12-year standoff between Iran and the West, which has long feared Tehran wants to build a nuclear ...
- President Obama will address the new agreement on Iran's nuclear program at around 2:15 p.m., the White House said Thursday. Obama will speak after a formal announcement by negotiators in Switzerland that the U.S., allies, and Iran have a general agreement, with details to be negotiated ...
After more than a week of grueling talks, Iran, six world powers and the European Union reached what they called "solutions on key parameters" that will allow them to begin drafting an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from crippling international sanctions. From ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, and European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, ...
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The U.S. and other international negotiators reportedly have agreed to the outlines of an understanding with Iran that would allow for a final phase of nuclear talks. The Associated Press, citing officials, reported on the agreement, while noting that negotiators are still in a dispute over how ...
President Obama spends Thursday talking about the U.S. economy in Kentucky while continuing to monitor nuclear negotiations with Iran. In the late morning, Obama travels to Louisville, Ky., to tour a technology company and deliver an economic speech that focuses on Republican plans to repeal the ...
The Head of Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, left, talks with Hossein Fereydoon, special assistant to the Iranian president, while walking through a garden at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during talks on Iran's nuclear program, in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015./ After ...
World powers are examining the result of marathon overnight talks, Iran says/ French foreign minister: "It's always the last meters that are the most difficult"/ appeared to be inching forward Thursday after stretching well beyond their original deadline./ Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, centre, talks to members of the media while walking through a courtyard at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appeared headed for double ...
Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers have adopted a joint statement after marathon talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne calling, among other things, for the removal of UNSC resolutions and sanctions against the Islamic Republic./ The statement was read out in a joint press conference in the ...
Iran’s foreign minister said nuclear talks could succeed if major powers have the political will to resolve Iran's 12-year-old nuclear standoff. He added that he hopes the major powers will realize that “this is a unique opportunity that will not be repeated.” (Reuters)/ Negotiators over Iran’s ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Top negotiators on Thursday concluded the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne and reached common solutions to outstanding issues, a senior European Union (EU) official said. "Today, we have taken a decisive step. We have reached solutions on key parameters ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says he has voiced his "strong opposition" to the world's framework nuclear agreement with Iran to President Barack Obama. In a phone conversation with the president, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a final deal based on this agreement "would ...
Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during a walk in the garden of the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel during a break in Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne on April 1, 2015./ Whether or not world powers reach a nuclear understanding with Iran this week, Congress and world leaders will try to influence ...
Negotiators reached a tentative framework deal today in Switzerland. The devil is in the details, but the specifics released so far – if they hold up – look promising./ of what are being called "parameters" for an eventual nuclear deal agreed in Lausanne today between Iran, the United States, ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during a walk in the garden of the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel during a break in Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne on April 1, 2015. Rollercoaster talks aimed at stopping Iran getting a nuclear bomb went into extra time amid cautious signs that after seven ...
U.S. President Barack Obama outlines the framework for the Iran nuclear deal that negotiators are working to finalize. Photo/Video: AP/ This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. ... today ... after many ... months of tough words for diplomas ... we have ...
By Louis Charbonneau, John Irish and Parisa Hafezi/ (Reuters) - Major powers and Iran stretched marathon talks on Tehran's nuclear programme into a second day past their deadline, with diplomats saying prospects for a preliminary agreement were finely balanced between success and collapse in the ...
Rollercoaster talks with Iran stretched deep into the early hours of Thursday as the country's foreign minister told world powers to "seize the moment" to clinch a ground-breaking deal with Tehran to curtail its nuclear programme./ "We are a few metres... from the finishing line, but we are well ...
Eyes bleary from lack of sleep, senior diplomats from six countries Iran huddled Thursday in a morning strategy session meant to advance the pace of agonizingly slow nuclear negotiations with Iran. Iran's foreign minister said the sides were close to a preliminary agreement, but not yet there. ...
between Iran and six world powers on a framework for a final deal on Iran's nuclear program, saying it's "been a long time coming." "I'm convinced that if this framework leads to a final comprehensive deal, it will make our country, our allies and our world safer," Obama said Thursday during ...
"Progress is being made" in talks on the future of Iran's nuclear program but there is no formal agreement, President Obama's spokesman said Wednesday. "While the talks have been productive, we have not yet received the specific tangible commitment that the international community seeks," said ...
the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China - aim to stop Iran from gaining the capacity to develop a nuclear bomb. Tehran wants to lift international sanctions that have crippled its economy, while preserving what it views as its right to nuclear technology for peaceful ...
Republicans on Wednesday rebuked President Barack Obama for refusing to walk away from nuclear talks with Iran after negotiators in Switzerland missed a key deadline./ The Obama administration said earlier in the day that talks would be extended for a second time, to Thursday, after world powers ...
Secretary of State John F. Kerry, right, checks his watch outside the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel while taking a break from talks./ Secretary of State John F. Kerry, right, checks his watch outside the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel while taking a break from talks./ Iran's foreign minister says diplomats ...
Iran's foreign minister Wednesday told world powers to "seize the moment" and drop "excessive demands" as marathon high-stakes nuclear talks headed into another long bruising night of hard bargaining./ French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was returning to the negotiations in Switzerland, ...
- In an anti-climactic response to a March 31 deadline for reaching a political framework on the Iran nuclear deal, negotiators from Iran, the United States and the five U.S. negotiating partners opted to extend the framework discussions until at least Thursday. While the Obama administration ...
Secretary of State John Kerry is sticking around for at least another day of tense talks over Iran's nuclear program, pushing negotiations into double overtime -- even as other foreign ministers were sitting it out and the White House repeated a threat that all sides are "prepared to walk away." ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during a walk in the garden of the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel during a break in Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne on April 1, 2015. Rollercoaster talks aimed at stopping Iran getting a nuclear bomb went into extra time amid cautious signs that after seven ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, centre, talks to members of the media while walking through a courtyard at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appeared headed for double ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Sticking points in the negotiations between world powers and Iran over scaling back Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for removing economic penalties./ Diplomats have extended the talks beyond a March 31 deadline for the outline of a deal. U.S. Secretary of State ...
As several foreign ministers left Switzerland for home capitals Wednesday, the talks largely came down to their two key participants: Iran and the United States./ Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif walks through a courtyard at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks, ...
Iran and six world powers agreed on the parameters of a deal meant to block Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. Wilson Center Middle East program director Haleh Esfandiari discusses. Photo: Getty
Negotiators from Iran and major world powers reached agreement on a framework for a final agreement to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions, participants in the talks said.
President Obama spends another day Wednesday monitoring the Iran nuclear talks in Switzerland. The U.S., allies, and Iran had set a Tuesday deadline for some kind of agreement, but decided to extend the talks for at least another day. The allies are offering to reduce economic sanctions on Iran ...
After Negotiators Abandon March Deadline/ Although the Chinese, French and Russian ministers left their deputies in charge, Secretary of State John Kerry postponed his planned departure and an Iranian negotiator said his team would stay "as long as necessary" to clear the remaining hurdles. ...
A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator said “unresolved issues” persist as countries continue negotiating for a nuclear deal. (Reuters)/ Negotiators scrambling to chart Iran’s nuclear future are prepared to start drafting a preliminary agreement when talks resume Wednesday, officials said. Iranian ...
As several foreign ministers left Switzerland for home capitals Wednesday, the talks largely came down to their two key participants: Iran and the United States./ As international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program passed a Tuesday night deadline and several world powers’ foreign ministers ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's willingness to extend Iranian nuclear talks at least twice this week has laid bare the dilemma he faces as he pursues a high-stakes accord./ Walking away from negotiations would strip Obama of a legacy-shaping deal, deeply complicate international ...
International talks over Iran’s disputed nuclear program moved into wearying overtime Wednesday, with their future unclear and a shrinking corps of top diplomats taking part./ Secretary of State John F. Kerry and other negotiators, who are seeking a preliminary deal to limit Iran’s nuclear ...
This official White House photograph shows US President Barack Obama (L), US Vice President Joe Biden (R) and members of the national security team participating in a secure video teleconference from the Situation Room of the White House March 31, 2015 in Washington, DC, with Secretary of State ...
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China's car exports surged to a record high in April, data showed on Friday, as domestic sales slipped 5.8% from a year earlier amid intensifying price competition and consumers' caution about spending on big items during a shaky economic recovery. Car exports jumped 38% year-on-year to 417,000 ...
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