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Israel countering US moves to delist Iran guards as terrorists

Israel on Friday appealed to the United States not to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations as part of a revived nuclear deal. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "is a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said […]

After delays Biden bans Russian oil imports

President Joe Biden announced a ban on US imports of Russian oil on Tuesday, in the administration's most far-reaching action yet to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine. "We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy. That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at US ports and the American people will […]

Biden okays sanctions waivers for Iran

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect American-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran enter the final stretch. The waivers had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to carry out non-proliferation work to effectively make it harder for Iranian […]

Macron to mediate with Russia, Ukraine trip

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Moscow and Kyiv next week as part of his push to try to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from launching an invasion of Ukraine and find a diplomatic way out of the growing tensions. The visit Monday and Tuesday comes after the U.S. accused the Kremlin on Thursday […]

Erdogan in Ukraine to diffuse Russian tensions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Kyiv Thursday in an effort to mediate the crisis with Russia, as EU leaders stepped up outreach to the Kremlin to defuse fears Moscow could invade Ukraine. The diplomatic offensive came as Russia accused the United States of ratcheting up "tensions" by sending 1,000 soldiers to Romania and […]

Qatari emir to meet Biden in White House

US President Joe Biden will receive Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad at the White House on Jan. 31, his spokeswoman said Tuesday. Biden and the Gulf state leader will discuss security in the Middle East and “ensuring the stability of global energy supplies,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. The meeting comes […]

Russia accuses US of needless provocation with trop alert in Ukraine

The Kremlin on Tuesday accused the United States of escalating tensions over Ukraine by putting 8,500 troops on alert. "The United States is escalating tensions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "We are watching these US actions with great concern." The Pentagon said Monday that a force of up to 8,500 US troops was on […]

Romania sides with NATO on Ukraine

Romania on Friday labelled as "unacceptable" a Russian demand that NATO forces stationed on the alliance's eastern flank be withdrawn as part of security guarantees to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine. "Such a demand is unacceptable and cannot be part of a negotiation," Romania's foreign ministry said in a press release. On Friday, ahead of […]

France, Germany, Italy, Spain encourage Israel to stop building settlements in East Jerusalem

The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain urged Israeli authorities on Wednesday evening to stop the construction of new housing units in East Jerusalem. Earlier in the month, Israeli authorities approved plans for the construction of around 3,500 homes in occupied East Jerusalem, nearly half of which are to be built in the […]

Blinken and French discuss democracy in Libya

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian to discuss efforts to promote the democratic process in Libya, the State Department said on Sunday. Efforts to lead Libya into elections at the end of December were thrown into disarray when the country’s electoral commission said a vote could […]

Iran says impressed by new nuclear 'realism' of Western negotiators

Iran said Monday it has detected a new "realism" on the part of Western countries, ahead of further negotiations in Vienna aimed at rescuing an accord on its nuclear program. "We sense a retreat, or rather realism from the Western parties in the Vienna negotiations, that there can be no demands beyond the nuclear accord," […]

Bennett open to 'firm' nuclear deal with Iran

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that Israel would not automatically oppose a nuclear deal with Iran but world powers must take a more firm position. "We are not the bear who said 'no'," Bennett said in an interview with Israel's Army Radio, referring to a popular naysaying character from children's literature. Israel prefers […]

Israel scraps planned UAE pipeline to Europe for environmental reasons

“We have blocked the entry of dozens of oil tankers to the Gulf of Eilat”, said Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, a member of the social democratic Meretz party.https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html She described the move as a “huge and dramatic environmental achievement”, that was based on the ministry’s policy of zero additional risk in Eilat. Israel […]

Ukraine positive about Biden-Putin talks

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that a video call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin was "positive." "I think it is positive that the president of the United States spoke with the president of Russia," Zelensky said, a day after Biden warned Putin of "strong" Western economic retaliation for […]

Biden warns Russia never to invade Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to make it "very, very difficult" for Russian President Vladimir Putin to take military action in Ukraine, saying his administration is putting together a comprehensive set of initiatives to curb Russian aggression. The president offered the measured warning to Putin amid growing concern about a Russian buildup of […]

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