UN Overwhelmingly Endorses Two-State Solution Declaration That Condemns Hamas
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining "tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps" towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of...
France Demands Release of Citizens Held in Iran After Tehran Floats Prisoner Swap
PARIS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - France reiterated its demands on Friday for the immediate, unconditional release of three French citizens held in Iran, declining to comment on a possible prisoner swap mentioned this week by the Iranian foreign...
US Issues New Round of Sanctions Targeting Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The United States imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Yemen's Houthis on Thursday in what the Trump administration said was Washington's largest such action aimed at the Iran-aligned group.
The U.S....
Iran Says More Talks Needed to Bring About IAEA Inspections
DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A new agreement between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog does not guarantee inspectors' access to Iranian nuclear sites and Tehran wants further talks on how inspections are carried out, the...
Israel Attacks Hamas Leaders in Qatar, Trump Says He’s ‘Very Unhappy’ About Strike
By Andrew Mills, Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Jeff Mason
DOHA/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Qatar on Tuesday, escalating its military action in the...
Iran, IAEA Announce Agreement on Resuming Nuclear Inspections
DUBAI/VIENNA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday they had reached a deal on resuming inspections at sites including those bombed by the U.S. and Israel but gave no specifics, and Tehran warned the West the...
South Korea Takes Next UN Step in Iran Sanctions Snapback Process
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday finalized a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would permanently lift sanctions on Iran - a move it is required to take as current president of...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Looks to China, Russia to Avoid Isolation
By Ahmad Rafat
Under intense U.S. sanctions and facing the looming reimposition of international penalties through the “snapback” mechanism triggered by France, Germany, and the UK (E3), the Islamic Republic of Iran has once again...
Alleged Trump Would-Be Assassin Offers Iran Prisoner Exchange as He Prepares for Trial
By Andrew Goudsward
FORT PIERCE, Florida, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The man accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course goes on trial beginning on Monday and, facing the prospect...
IAEA’s Grossi to Iran: Not Much Time Left in Talks on Inspections
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Time is running out in talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran on how to fully resume inspections in the Islamic Republic, the watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday,...
