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Jordan concerned about report on terrorism in Daraa
Date: 2013-11-23 09:40:05 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:402066
AMMAN, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Jordanian government is concerned about reports speaking of terrorist organizations in Daraa in the north of the country, spokesman Mohamed al-Momni said Saturday. He told Jordan's "Al-Ghad" newspaper Amman has taken ....
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2 killed, 1 injured in 2 separate incidents in Iraq
Date: 2013-11-23 09:38:50 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:402068
BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (MENA) - Two people were killed and another was injured in two separate incidents in north and east of Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified armed men opened fire toward a civilian while he was walking ....
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Lavrov, Ashton discuss reaching mutually acceptable P5+1 agreement on Iran
Date: 2013-11-23 08:58:29 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:402064
MOSCOW, Nov 23 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, on Friday evening in Geneva discussed ways to achieve a mutually acceptable agreement between ....
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Chinese FM heads to Geneva for Iran nuclear talks
Date: 2013-11-23 08:58:13 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:402069
BEIJING, Nov 23 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi left Beijing left here Saturday for Geneva to attend talks with Iran, which also involve the US, Russia, France, Britain and Germany. The Chinese foreign minister is due to take part in ....
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Kerry arrives in Geneva to join Iran nuclear talks
Date: 2013-11-23 08:52:24 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:401968
GENEVA, Nov 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here Saturday morning to attend negotiations on the Iranian nuclear file. Kerry said before leaving Washington that he had no particular expectation that an agreement could be ....
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Zarif flatly denies secret Iran-US talks
Date: 2013-11-23 08:51:47 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:401970
TEHRAN, Nov 23 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has categorically dismissed reports about secret negotiations between Tehran and Washington, stressing that talks have focused only on the standoff over Iran's nuclear energy ....
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Sources: US has been conducting secret dialogue with Hizbullah
Date: 2013-11-23 07:14:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:401894
WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (MENA) - Lebanon has reported a secret dialogue between the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah and the United States, World Tribune said Saturday. Lebanese parliamentary sources said US diplomats have begun contact with Hizbullah ....
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Office of UN envoy to Yemen denies attack on convoy
Date: 2013-11-23 07:14:14 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:401896
SANAA, Nov 23 (MENA) - The office of the UN envoy to Yemen has denied news that gunmen fired shots at a convoy carrying Jamal Benomar in Sanaa Friday night. The news about the firing at the UN envoy is baseless, a well-placed source stressed ....
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Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city of Karachi
Date: 2013-11-23 07:13:56 GMT - Pakistan - Miscellaneous - SN:8 - ID:401898
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (MENA) - At least seven people are reported to have been killed in two bomb explosions in a busy area of Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, the BBC said. At least 18 people were injured in the predominantly Shia area of ....
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Syria mediator Brahimi holding talks with Iran, Russia
Date: 2013-11-23 06:40:50 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:401844
GENEVA, Nov 23 (MENA) - Syrian mediator Lakhdar Brahimi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday on a planned international conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war, according to Russia Today TV channel. "They ....