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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Thursday most Americans agreed with Israel over dangers posed by Iran, even as he lost a battle to persuade the U.S. Congress to reject Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers including Washington. Booker, Warner and Heitkamp...

President Obama needs the support of 34 senators to sustain a potential veto if Republicans in Congress pass the resolution of disapproval.

On 17 August, for the first time in two years, the UN Security Council, including Russian Federation, agreed to a statement in favour of a push for a political solution. “I’m thinking of Turkey which must get involved in the fight against Daesh (an alternative name...

“All the players need to be part of the solution”.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is confident he has the continuing support of key allies Iran and Russian Federation .

This marks the drawing of a line under what was a period of tension between the two countries.

Philip Hammond is flying to Tehran for a ceremony to mark the move in the first visit to the country by a British foreign secretary since 2003.

If Iran were shown to have cheated on the JPOA, it would make it more hard for Obama to sell a long-term accord to lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for curbs on Iranian nuclear work to skeptical lawmakers in the Republican-led Congress.

Iran and the group of Britain, China, France, Russia, the U.S. and Germany want to close a deal by Tuesday midnight. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the Foreign Relations Committee chairman who authored the bill that set up the July 9 deadline said Sunday he urged Kerry not to focus on...

Kerry is recovering from surgery to fix a broken right femur he suffered during a biking accident. “We are very close”, said Mogherini, adding the atmosphere was “constructive, positive”.

Iran and the six powers are trying to reach a deal by next week that would: set controls on work allowed at Iran’s nuclear facilities; impose strict IAEA inspections; and force the country to start cooperating on the weapons probe, all in return for sanctions relief.