Lausanne--European powers and Iran on Thursday hailed a breakthrough in talks on reaching a deal to curtail Tehran's nuclear programme. EU foreign policy...
Lausanne--European powers and Iran on Thursday hailed a breakthrough in talks on reaching a deal to curtail Tehran's nuclear programme. EU foreign policy...
Lausanne--Iran is to slash the number of centrifuge uranium enrichment machines to 6,000 from 19,000 at present, Iranian media reported Thursday, as part...
Dubai--Bahraini authorities arrested prominent Shiite activist Nabeel Rajab Thursday for spreading false news and defaming a state institution, the interior ministry said. Rajab,...
Jerusalem--Israeli troops arrested Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar Thursday for posing unspecified "substantial security risks," a military spokeswoman told AFP. Jarrar is a senior...
Tehran--Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that solutions on "key parameters" of a nuclear deal with six world powers had been reached and...
Dar es Salaam--Tanzania's electoral commission postponed Thursday a constitutional referendum planned for April 30 after huge delays in registration, officials said. "We are...
Stockholm--Sweden said Thursday that relations with Saudi Arabia were back to normal after a row over the Gulf country's human rights record, and...
Washington--US Republican lawmakers expressed growing impatience Thursday with ongoing negotiations in Lausanne to limit Iran's nuclear program, with some calling on Secretary of...
Riyadh--Flights were disrupted, ships weighed anchor and schools were closed Thursday as a major sandstorm blew through Saudi Arabia and neighbouring Gulf states....
Istanbul--Turkish police on Thursday launched early morning raids against suspected members of an ultra-leftist group in Istanbul, after two deadly shootouts blamed on...
Abidjan--Ivory Coast said on Thursday it is banning the import of poultry from avian flu-hit Burkina Faso to prevent the spread of the...
Lausanne--Global powers battling to seal a deal with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme called a press event on Thursday, raising hopes for...
Istanbul--Turkish prosecutors on Thursday launched a probe into four newspapers for disseminating "terrorist propaganda" after they published an image of a prosecutor being...
Port Harcourt, Nigeria--A curfew imposed in Nigeria's southern Rivers state to contain unrest after the opposition disputed results from the weekend's general elections...
Beirut--President Bashar al-Assad's regime was reeling Thursday from a series of military setbacks after rebels seized a major provincial capital and a key...
Baghdad--Amnesty International said Thursday it was investigating reports of serious human rights violations committed by Iraqi government and allied forces in the operation...
Jerusalem--Israel's High Court issued an order Thursday preventing a Roman Catholic monastery, convent and adjacent vineyards from being divided by the government's West...
London--Nine Britons arrested by Turkish authorities trying to cross the Syrian border were all members of the same family and included four children,...
