
INTERVIEWS
Carter seeks to appeal to Israel lobby
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has “had long connections to the Jewish Zionist lobby,” an analyst says.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has “had long connections to the Jewish Zionist lobby,” an analyst says.

A senior Iranian diplomat brushes off a Bahraini minister's allegations that a recent terrorist attack in the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy was linked to Iran.

Former US congressional staffer Rodney Martin says a new video by American actors supporting a nuclear agreement with Iran is helpful.

Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran welcomes French energy giant Total’s return to the resource-rich country amid a drive to step up oil and gas development projects after the removal of sanctions.

The border crossing between Colombia and Venezuela has been closed after the death of a Colombian merchant there.

The UN chief says the ongoing war in Syria is a "shameful symbol" of the international community's failure and divisions.

The possible sale a US missile system to Saudi Arabia will benefit the American military-industrial complex, an analyst says.

A senior Israeli official says some regional Arab states are opposed to Iran’s nuclear conclusion and are thus allies of Tel Aviv.

US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew believes that Democrats in Congress will support the Iran nuclear agreement.

A report says ISIL terrorists executed more than 3,000 people across Syria in the past 13 months.

Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras says he may be forced to call early elections.

India hangs an individual convicted of involvement in the country’s deadliest terror attack.

A white police officer has been indicted on a murder charge after killing an unarmed African-American in the state of Ohio.

Despite a five-day Riyadh-proposed truce, Saudi warplanes bombard several areas in Yemen.

Science journalist Richard Stone says the agreement between Iran and six world powers heralds a new era of cooperation between Iranian and Western scientists.

Newly found plane wreckage on a French island beach near Africa is probably a part of the Malaysian doomed flight MH370.

The US Department of Defense says it is selling $5.4 billion worth of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia.

At least three Turkish soldiers are injured in a PKK attack in the country’s Agri province.