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“Overstating the case for the agreement belies the gravity of the issue and does more to breed distrust than win support“, the former New York mayor, now reinstalled at the helm of his media empire, said August. 11 in a Bloomberg column. First, Iran is unlikely to...

Is the worldwide Monetary Fund on board? The first tranche of bailout funds will flow to Greece once its fellow eurozone nations agree. At this stage it is unclear. We still need to talk with each other on a few issues. Greece will only avoid the threat of “Grexit” if...

A man buys cherries in Monastiraki in downtown Athens on July 14, 2015.

Caruso reported from New York.

“We, the undersigned retired army officers, help the settlement as the simplest means at present obtainable to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons“, the declared. Newton of the Air Force.

Secretary of State John Kerry doubled down on the controversial Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, telling lawmakers that there was not a better deal available to negotiators and that since 2003 Iran has not pursued a nuclear bomb to the best of America’s knowledge.

She said a congressional vote against the deal would allow Iran to continue “destabilizing activities” while pursuing nuclear weapons.

“In short, we maintain the view that a third bailout for Greece will not solve its deep-seated economic and fiscal problems or secure its future inside the currency union”, Loynes said.

A Greek government official said the hope is that a deal that “covers everything” will be concluded as soon as possible and indicated that one could be imminent by the time of a meeting of the eurozone’s 19 finance ministers on Friday.

Schumer, New York’s senior senator, announced late Thursday that he would oppose the nuclear pact between six world powers and Iran announced on July 14. Far from taking this as bad news, I’d say it’s a very good sign that the Iran deal will survive when it goes...

Arguing against the deal, Schumer continued, “in terms of Iran during the first ten years and nuclear weapons, I found the inspections regime not anywhere anytime, but with lots of holes in it. Particularly troublesome, you have to wait twenty-four days before you can...

Greece’s prime minister said his country was in the “final stage” of talks for a new bailout, as his left-wing government on Wednesday rejected the idea of extending the negotiations beyond this month.

The Islamist fanatics who rule Iran might actually welcome a nuclear exchange with Israel. And the alternative of not reaching an agreement, you know what it is?

Obama’s White House is fighting for the agreement – which would be a legacy achievement for the president – and has plenty of motivation to cast the alternatives as dire. The deal that Secretary of State John Kerry and the other major powers have worked out with...

The letter says the Iran deal “will advance the cause of peace and security in the Middle East and can serve as a guidepost for future nonproliferation agreements”. “But, you know, we’ve been very clear that the joint agreement that we plan that you...