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‘Secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal
Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2016
The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions,…
UN funneled tens of millions to Assad regime under aid program
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The UN has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to people closely associated with the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, as part of an aid program that critics fear is increasingly at the whim of the government…
WHO Urges Changes in STD Treatment Due to Antibiotic Resistance
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Growing resistance to antibiotics has complicated efforts to rein in common sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday as it issued new treatment guidelines.
UN condemns 4 North Korean ballistic missile launches
Posted on Monday, August 29, 2016
The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned four North Korean ballistic missile launches in July and August on Friday night, calling them “grave violations” of a ban on all ballistic missile activity.
U.N. confirms Syria, Islamic State used chemical weapons
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces carried out at least two chemical attacks in Syria in the past two years and the Islamic State also used mustard gas as a weapon, the United Nations reported Wednesday.
Iran vessels make ‘high speed intercept’ of U.S. ship: U.S. official
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016
Four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels "harassed" a U.S. warship on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. defense official said, amid Washington's concerns about Iran's posture in the Gulf and in the Syrian…
North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile towards Japan
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2016
North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN…
Russian Military Forces Staging Near Ukraine
Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2016
The Pentagon has identified eight staging areas in Russia where large numbers of military forces appear to be preparing for incursions into Ukraine, according to U.S. defense officials.
Russia Defends Using Iran Bases for Syria Strikes
Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Russia took a scornful swipe at the United States on Wednesday, defending its use of Iranian air bases to launch air strikes on Syria and suggesting State Department officials should "check their logic and knowledge" over the issue.
Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target ISIS in Syria
Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, marking a major development in the country’s civil war, now in its sixth…
Obama Admin Gives Green Light for Iran to Build Two New Nuclear Plants
Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016
Iran is permitted to pursue the construction of two newly announced nuclear plants under the parameters of last summer’s nuclear agreement, Obama administration officials informed the Washington Free Beacon, setting the stage for Tehran to move forward with…
US nukes at Turkey base at risk of seizure — report
Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016
Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish air base near Syria are at risk of being captured by “terrorists or other hostile forces,” a Washington think tank warned Monday.
