- 16 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIran
Iranian minister meets Saudi, other Arab officials in New York – Mehr
(Reuters) - Iran’s foreign minister has met officials from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf and Arab states in New York, and said strengthening ties with neighbours was the new government’s…
The Iran Factor in Post Afghanistan Geopolitics
Common belief in geopolitical circles has always considered Iran, with its Shia orientation, as being completely opposed to the Taliban because of the obscurantist Sunni ideology that the latter follows.…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Diesel tankers brought by Hezbollah from Iran heading towards Lebanon -Al Mayadeen TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - Lebanese pro-Iranian TV channel Al Mayadeen said on Tuesday that a convoy of diesel tankers brought by Hezbollah from Iran crossed the Syrian border towards Lebanon. The…
Iran wants resumption of nuclear talks that leads to lifting U.S. sanctions -Raisi
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran wants a resumption of nuclear talks with world powers to lead to the removal of U.S. sanctions, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told the annual U.N. General…
Iran says nuclear talks with world powers to resume in few weeks
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran said on Tuesday that talks with world powers over reviving its 2015 nuclear deal would resume in a few weeks, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.…
No ministers’ meeting on Iran nuclear deal at U.N., says EU’s Borrell
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ministers from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will not meet with Iran at the United Nations this week to discuss a return…
World powers to meet with Iran at U.N. to push for return to nuclear talks -France
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ministers from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will meet with Iran at the United Nations later this week to try to give fresh momentum to…
Lebanon government wins confidence vote as parliament hit by power cut
By Maha El Dahan and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's new government won a vote of confidence on Monday for a policy programme that aims to remedy a devastating economic…
Syrian military chief makes rare visit to Jordan to discuss border security
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Syria's defence minister visited Jordan on Sunday to discuss stability on their mutual border, the first such meeting since the Syrian conflict erupted a decade…
U.S. issues sanctions tied to supporters of Hezbollah, Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on Lebanon and Kuwait-based financial conduits that fund the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah as well as financial facilitators…
Iran joins expanding Asian security body led by Moscow, Beijing
(Reuters) - Iran joined a rapidly expanding central Asian security body led by Russia and China on Friday, calling on the countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to help it…
Factbox-What is Lebanon’s Hezbollah?
(Reuters) - Hezbollah began importing Iranian fuel to Lebanon via Syria on Thursday, a move the Shi'ite Islamist group says aims to ease a crippling energy crisis but which its…
