The North Drilling Company of Iran has cancelled contracts with local manufacturers and signed a contract with Chinese manufacturers to build 14 onshore and offshore drilling rigs, Mehr news has reported. Chinese financiers will secure ...
Among the Iranian pilgrims, foreign executives and tourists in the departure lounge at Baghdad airport, a group of young Iraqis prepare to wage religious war in Syria.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court quashed sanctions against an Iranian bank penalized over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program, saying Wednesday that Bank Mellat had been arbitrarily singled out.
Another bit from "The Price of Loyalty in Syria," by Robert F. Worth in the New York Times, June 19 (thanks to Ron): In 1936, when the French were poised to merge the newly formed Alawite coastal state into a larger Syrian republic, six Alawite notables sent a petition begging...
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the world's worst offenders in fighting forced labor and sex trafficking, which could lead to U.S. sanctions. The U.S. designat...
To understand the changes likely to occur under Iran?s new president, Hasan Rowhani, consider this summation of the outgoing regime by a veteran foreign policy analyst.Click to Continue »
When President Hassan Rohani takes office in August, he will have the potential to bring about meaningful changes within the confines of Iran's usual restrictions.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Secretary of State John Kerry assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the government of Qatar took down a sign board under the name of "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," adding that the United States is committed to all its ag...
The US has not scheduled talks with the Taliban, the US State Department says. A spokeswoman for the department said Washington "never confirmed" a date or place for a meeting with the Islamic political group, AFP reported. "Reports of...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Secretary of State John Kerry assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the government of Qatar took down a sign board under the name of "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," adding that the United States is committed to all its ag...
Iran's domestic decision-making needed a new face, and got one, says an Arab journalist. But the real power remains where it was. Other topics: the G8 summit, Egyptian protest.
Sheikh Mohammed also received the Consuls General of the Republic of Algeria, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Singapore, who paid a courtesy visit at the beginning of their missions as Consuls General in the UAE. The Fujairah Crown ...Se...
Algeria is considering creating an official fatwa authority to adopt formal positions on issues that divide Islamic scholars. "This body would be a specialised fiqh authority, like what we see in the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, at al-Azh...
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday.
