- 15 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIran
UAE Under Attack
In a surprise and rather shocking incident, Abu Dhabi airport was targeted by a drone attack today afternoon resulting in three oil tankers being blown off in close vicinity of…
By Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
Iranian diplomats arrive in Saudi to take up Organisation of Islamic Cooperation posts
DUBAI (Reuters) - Three Iranian diplomats have arrived in Saudi Arabia to take up posts at the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, an Iranian foreign…
Putin to host Iranian president next week for talks – state TV
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi for talks in Moscow next week as Russia tries to help salvage a nuclear deal between world…
Loud blasts heard in western Iran caused by thunderstorms – Iranian official
DUBAI (Reuters) -Loud blasts heard in several cities in western Iran early on Sunday were the result of thunderstorms that caused panic among some residents, an interior ministry official said.…
Hezbollah, Amal end boycott of Lebanon’s cabinet amid economic crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Powerful Lebanese groups Hezbollah and Amal said on Saturday they would end a boycott of cabinet sessions, opening the way for ministers to meet after a three-month…
France says still far from reviving 2015 Iran nuclear deal
PARIS (Reuters) -Iran and world powers are still far from any agreement to revive their 2015 nuclear deal despite making some progress at the end of December, France's foreign minister…
Iran calls for release of Afghan funds during Taliban envoy’s visit
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban administration's acting foreign minister travelled to Iran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, who called for Afghan financial assets blocked since the Taliban takeover to…
Canada, other nations vow action against Iran over reparations for downed jet
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Thursday said they had abandoned efforts to talk to Tehran about reparations for an airliner downed by Iran and would try…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards explain source of loud noise near Karaj
DUBAI (Reuters) - A loud noise heard in the outskirts of the town of Karaj, to the west of the Iranian capital Tehran, on Wednesday was caused by a rocket…
U.S. hopes to build on Iran nuclear talk progress this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nuclear deal talks with Iran in Vienna have shown modest progress and the United States hopes to build on that this week, State Department spokesman Ned Price said…
S.Korean minister heads to Vienna for talks on Iranian frozen assets
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior South Korean diplomat will hold talks in Vienna this week with Iran and world powers over how to resolve the issue of frozen Iranian assets…
Canadian court awards C$107 million to families of airliner downed by Iran
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A court in Ontario, Canada, has awarded C$107 million ($83.94 million), plus interest, to the families of six people who died when the Iranian Revolutionary…
