Drone strike leaves several dead in Pakistan A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan....
Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on Financial Institutions Psychological Warfare A demonstrator adjusts an anti-U.S. President Barack Obama poster which is seen next the defaced U.S. government emblem on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy during a demonstration on the anniversary of freezing Iran-U.S. diplomatic ties, in Tehran, on Thursday April, 9, 2009. The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and subsequent hostage taking at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran....
Senators irked by India’s Iran ties, stalled nuclear trade SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | WASHINGTON: India's continued engagement with Iran in the face of American pathology against Tehran and New Delhi's insistence on putting safety before commerce in nuclear energy trade surfaced as wrinkles in an otherwise smooth and upbeat a...
India wants to see non-nuclear Iran: US | Differing with some lawmakers' views that India was defying American sanctions by continuing to import Iranian oil, US Ambassador-designate Nancy Powell has said New Delhi shared a desire to see a non-nuclear Iran. | At her confirmation hearing at the Senate Foreign R...
Iran envoy: We could hit US forces anywhere in world if attacked | DUBAI — Iran is capable of hitting U.S. military forces anywhere in the world if attacked by the United States, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Wednesday according to Reuters. Only on msnbc.com 2nd wind for...
Saudi pledges secure energy supply to South Korea | Saudi Arabia has pledged to ensure a stable supply of oil to South Korea, which is under pressure from the United States to reduce purchases from Iran, a report said on Wednesday. | The assurances came as South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak held talks in Saudi Arabi...
Saudi 'pledges secure energy supply' to S. Korea | AFP - Saudi Arabia has pledged to ensure a stable supply of oil to South Korea, which is under pressure from the United States to reduce purchases from Iran, a report said on Wednesday. | The assurances came as South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak held talks in Saudi...
Saudi 'pledges secure energy supply' to S. Korea | Saudi Arabia has pledged to ensure a stable supply of oil to South Korea, which is under pressure from the United States to reduce purchases from Iran, a report said on Wednesday. | The assurances came as South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak held talks in Saudi Arabi...
Navarrette: The Iranian nuclear threat | More than 10 years after 9/11, you let your guard down and forget that the world is still an incredibly dangerous place. | The Middle East usually reminds us. As I write this, the government of Syria is trying to clamp down on a rebellion and Secretary of State Hillar...
Ruben Navarrette: The Iranian nuclear threat Indianapolis Star| In his 1983 song "Neighborhood Bully," written in defense of Israel, Bob Dylan puts the Middle East conflict into sharp focus with hard-hitting lyrics like these: | "Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized | Old women condemned him, sai...
Iraq to award $3b in power plant projects Gulf News| Doha: Iraq will award seven contracts this month with a combined value of $3 billion (Dh11.01 billion) to build 7,000 megawatts of electricity generation, part of a three-year plan to expand power capacity, an Electricity Ministry official sai...
India, Iran seal oil payment mechanism Gulf News| New Delhi: Ruling out gold as a mode of payment, Iran yesterday said Indian companies will pay for 45 per cent of their oil imports from Iran in the Indian currency as part of a mechanism agreed between the two countries. | "Both sides a...
Oil: Prices rise as Iran threatens EU supply cut Tulsa WorldNEW YORK — Oil prices climbed above $98 per barrel Tuesday after Iran again threatened to cut off supplies to Europe. | Iranian lawmakers are pushing a plan to halt crude exports crude to Europe before the European Union begins an oil embargo this ...
China Buys Up Saudi, Russian Oil to Squeeze Iran CNBC| China is scouring the world for alternative oil supplies to replace a fall in its imports from Iran, as it seeks to negotiate lower prices from Tehran, and has been drawing heavily on Saudi Arabia. | ...
'No contradiction in India's ties with Iran, US' ZeenewsWashington: Amid mounting pressure from the US to reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, New Delhi has said its ties with Tehran do not contradict its relationship with Washington and stressed that it was opposed to the spread of nuclear weapons in We...
Euro rises to 2-month high against dollar The News & ObserverEmail Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By CHRIS KAHN - AP Energy Writer By CHRIS KAHN Tags: | NEW YORK -- Oil prices are rising as Iran again threatens to cut off supplies to Europe. | Iranian lawmakers are pushing...
Oil prices climb as Iran threatens EU supply cut The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices are rising as Iran again threatens to cut off supplies to Europe. | Iranian lawmakers are pushing a plan to stop exporting crude to Europe before the European Union begins an oil embargo this summer. The EU and the U.S. ar...
Ron Paul blames U.S. for problems overseas, dismisses Iranian nuclear threat The Examiner| On Monday, Texas Congressman and GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul revealed more of his offensive foreign policy to Greta van Susteren and claimed the United States is to fault for much of the world's problems. | When asked what, if anything, he ...
