The nuclear deal has been the centerpiece of Rouhani’s policies since he was elected in 2013 – and the sealing of the deal won Iran the lifting of most global sanctions against it. Throughout, he and the negotiating team had to push against hard-liner opposition.
United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura announced the date for the new round of talks less than an hour before a cessation of hostilities was due to enter into force at 2200 GMT.
Analysts said the New Jersey governor’s support for Trump, whose brash, provocative style of politics has turned the Republican race – and American politics – upside down, marked a potential turning point in the campaign.
In the simultaneous vote on Friday, Iranians will also select 88 senior religious figures of the Assembly of Experts, which is tasked with appointing the Leader and monitoring his performance.
Erdogan described as a “great lie” the notion that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which is seen as a hostile insurgent force by Ankara but has enjoyed U.S. backing, was being given support because it was fighting Islamic State.
Clinton leads in nearly all demographics, but she and Sanders are almost tied among voters under 50 years old, and 47 percent of Democratic primary voters say they have already picked their candidate.
Republican front-runner Donald Trump leads Florida Sen. Rubio pointed to remarks in Thursday night’s debate in which Trump defended the services provided by Planned Parenthood to women suffering from different types of cancer, and stated that he would remain neutral in...
The consideration of the US-sponsored UN Security Council’s draft resolution on toughening sanction against North Korea (DPRK) will be possible only next week, Russia’s deputy permanent representative to the UN Pyotr Ilyichev told reporters on Thursday. Several...
They hope that Cruz will rack up delegates and that the unlikelihood of Rubio winning any states that night will reinforce Cruz’s argument that he is the only candidate left who can beat Trump.