More Than Half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ethnic Armenians Have Left
By Felix Light
GORIS, Armenia, Sept 28 (Reuters) - More than half the 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have left in less than four days after Azerbaijan seized control of the mountain enclave where they had managed to defend their...
Iran Says It Launched Noor 3 Satellite Into Orbit
Dubai, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Successfully Launched a Third Military Satellite Into Orbit on Wednesday, State Media Reported, Citing Minister of Communications Issa Zarepour.
The Noor 3 Imaging Satellite Orbits at an...
US Targets Iran Drone Procurement Network, Accuses It of Aiding Russia
By Rami Ayyub, Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday placed sanctions on entities and people based in China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Iran for aiding the Iranian attack drone...
Azerbaijan Detains Former Top Karabakh Official Vardanyan
MOSCOW, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's security forces detained Ruben Vardanyan, a former top official in Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian administration, as he tried to leave the region, Russia's RBC news outlet cited his wife as saying.
Vardanyan,...
Games-Displaced Afghan Women Athletes Defy Taliban at Asian Games
By Ian Ransom
HANGZHOU, China, Sept 27 (Reuters) - On a pristine volleyball court on the seventh floor of a massive training centre in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, a team of Afghanistan women prepare for their...
US Says Iran Must Take Nuclear Steps to Make Room for Diplomacy
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Iran must take "de-escalatory" steps on its nuclear program if it wants to make space for diplomacy with the United States, starting by cooperating with the International Atomic Energy...
Turkey’s Erdogan Says Corridor Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran Must Be Completed -Media
ANKARA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the so-called Zangezur trade corridor passing through Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran must be completed, broadcasters reported on Tuesday, a day after he met Azerbaijan's leader.
Speaking to reporters on...
Russia’s Putin Discussed Nagorno-Karabakh With Iran’s Raisi – Kremlin
MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh in a phone call with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Iran shares borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have disputed and...
Yemen Flare-Ups Involving Iran-Backed Houthis Jeopardise Peace Negotiations
By Aziz El Yaakoubi
RIYADH, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Both sides in Yemen's eight-year war have accused each other of attacks that break a relative lull in fighting and jeopardise peace talks that had been gathering momentum.
Yemen's Houthi movement has battled...
China Opposes US Inclusion of Chinese Entities on Iran Sanctions List
BEIJING, Sept 26 (Reuters) - China firmly opposes the U.S. inclusion of some Chinese companies and individuals in Iran-related sanctions, Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The ministry said the U.S. had included some Chinese...
