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Both Washington’s European allies and Tehran pledged on Tuesday to uphold the 2015 Iran nuclear deal despite President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out and reimpose sanctions. © AFP (File photo) | Emmanuel Macron, Theresa May and Angela Merkel in Brussels on 22 March, 2018.  European leaders decried Trump’s decision to withdraw from […]

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani © Danish Siddiqui / Reuters President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Iranian nuclear deal is illegal, illegitimate and violates international agreements, said Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in a televised address. Rouhani said that Iran has always complied with the nuclear deal and is going […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his intent to reimpose tough economic sanctions on Iran, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a nuclear agreement struck with Tehran by former President Barack Obama and further defying mainstream foreign policy opinion. “I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal,” Trump […]

Trump has threatened to withdraw from the nuclear deal on or before May 12 if his demands are not met [Reuters] US President Donald Trump is poised to announce his decision on whether or not to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran “will overcome” any “problems” it could face in the […]

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian returnees from Libya. A batch of 218 Nigerians, which included seven pregnant women on Tuesday voluntarily returned from the volatile North African country of Libya where they had been stranded enroute Europe. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos about 3.44 a.m. aboard a chartered Libyan Airlines Airbus A330-200 […]

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a northern China port city, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. The meeting held Monday and Tuesday in Dalian is the second between the two men in recent weeks, following Kim’s March visit to Beijing — his first […]

Mogadishu: United Nations agencies operating in Somalia have teamed up to curb what they have called “unsustainable trade, production and use of charcoal in Somalia.” Charcoal trade is one of the main cash-streams for the Al-shabaab militants. The agencies have opened a two-day conference in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, in the wake of a recent resurgence in […]

FILE PHOTO: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani © Eduardo Munoz / Reuters The Iranian president has hinted his country could continue to comply with the 2015 nuclear deal even if US President Donald Trump pulls out of it. It would take guarantees of compliance from the remaining signatories. President Hassan Rouhani indicated on Monday that the […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is visiting the Chinese city of Dalian to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, according to reports. If the reports are true, Kim seems to be involved in last-minute diplomatic coordination with Xi before his historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump has said the date and place for […]

A road sign indicating the direction of the US Embassy and the US Consulate in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan to lead US delegation including Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Steven Mnuchin, and Jason Greenblatt US President Donald Trump will not attend next week’s opening of the US Embassy […]