US Envoy Ortagus Expected in Lebanon as Tensions with Israel Spike
BEIRUT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus is expected in Beirut on Monday for talks with Lebanese officials on disarming militant group Hezbollah, sources familiar with her visit said, amid fears in Lebanon that...
Human Rights Watch Blames Islamic Republic For Death of Three Female Inmates
By Natasha Phillips
Human Rights Watch has accused Iranian officials of deliberately denying medical treatment to three female inmates who subsequently died. In an Oct. 20 press release, HRW said withholding medical care from the...
ANALYSIS: Lebanese Army Walks Political Tightrope to Disarm Hezbollah
By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam
BEIRUT, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army has blown up so many Hezbollah arms caches that it has run out of explosives, as it races to meet a year-end deadline to...
SPECIAL REPORT – Iran, Russia and the New Zealand Insurer That Kept Their Sanctioned...
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By Paul Carsten, Lucy Craymer, Gleb Stolyarov and Anna Hirtenstein
AUCKLAND/LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil. Near...
FATF Keeps Iran on Blacklist, Citing Unfulfilled Commitments to Reform
By Colleen Goko, Sfundo Parakozov and Anathi Madubela
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa's largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, have been removed from a global watchdog's list of countries subject to increased monitoring for illicit...
Iran Welcomes Conditional Release of Iranian Student in France
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DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Iran welcomed the conditional release of an Iranian student from French prison, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, adding Tehran will strive for her full release.
Iran has accused France of arbitrarily detaining Mahdieh Esfandiari,...
Iran Says It Won’t Return to Talks as Long as US Makes ‘Unreasonable Demands’
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Iran will not return to negotiations with the United States as long as Washington makes "unreasonable demands," the Iranian foreign minister said on Wednesday according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Tehran...
Iranian Detainee in France Set for Prisoner Swap
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DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - An Iranian student detained in France has been readied for a prisoner swap, an Iranian diplomat told semi-official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday, a day after Iran said there was necessary will to exchange...
Foreign UN Staff Confined to Yemen Compound by Iran-Aligned Houthis
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Fifteen international staff with the United Nations have been confined to the U.N. compound in the Yemen’s capital Sanaa since an incursion by the Houthi authorities on Saturday,...
Khamenei Rejects Trump Offer of Talks, Denies US Destroyed Iranian Nuclear Capabilities
DUBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Ali Khamenei on Monday rejected an offer of renewed talks from U.S. President Donald Trump and denied his assertion that the United States has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Tehran and Washington engaged in five rounds of...
