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Despite coarse comment, Nuland no stranger to power of words

August 25, 2021 at 1:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe who angered some of the very people she is supposed to cultivate by crudely disparaging the European Union in...

Obama hails Iran deal, argues against new sanctions

August 25, 2021 at 12:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama hailed an agreement struck on Sunday to curb Iran's nuclear program over six months and argued that imposing additional U.S. sanctions could scupper...

Iran rejects U.S. suggestion of Syrian peace talks role

August 25, 2021 at 12:02 a.m.

ANKARA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran on Monday appeared to rule out participation in Syrian peace talks later this month, dismissing a U.S. suggestion that it could be involved "from the sidelines"...

Netanyahu gloomy as Kerry returns for peace talks

August 24, 2021 at 11:39 p.m.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a gloomy assessment of peace prospects with the Palestinians on Thursday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began his 10th...

U.S. Senate banking chairman inclined to hold off on Iran sanctions

May 23, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's appeal to Congress to hold off on imposing more sanctions on Iran won key support on Tuesday when the chairman of the U.S. Senate...

Syrian opposition resists calls to commit to peace talks

November 3, 2021 at 11:27 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Syria's opposition in exile resisted calls from Western and Arab countries on Tuesday to commit to attending peace talks, saying they would not take part if there...

Syrian opposition resists calls to commit to peace talks

December 24, 2018 at 8:53 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Syria's opposition in exile resisted calls from Western and Arab countries on Tuesday to commit to attending peace talks, saying they would not take part if there...

U.S. tries to calm Saudi anger over Syria, Iran

August 24, 2021 at 9:40 p.m.

PARIS/KUWAIT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought on Monday to calm rising tensions with Saudi Arabia, which has spurned a U.N. Security Council seat in fury at...

U.S. withholds some military, economic aid for Egypt

December 24, 2018 at 10:57 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would withhold deliveries of tanks, fighter aircraft, helicopters and missiles as well as $260 million in cash aid from Egypt's...

Iran proposes fully implementing nuclear pact within a year: U.S

August 24, 2021 at 8:40 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran proposed carrying out an agreement to address concerns about its nuclear program within a year at talks with major powers on Thursday, a senior U.S....

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