(CNSNews.com) – In an announcement largely overshadowed by the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the administration was exempting China from imminent sanctions relating to Iran’s oil trade — on the grounds, she said, that it had significantly reduced imports of Iranian oil. China’s imports of Iranian oil did […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday denied a Palestinian Authority request for a $100 million bridging loan via Israel. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad approached Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer in search of Israeli assistance with obtaining the loan earlier this year. Israeli assistance in seeking the loan – approved by Prime […]
The EU’s top foreign policy official said on Tuesday that high-level nuclear talks in Russia between Iran and six world powers have been suspended, The Associated Press reported. The report added that experts from both sides will meet next month to see if there is enough common ground for new negotiations. The talks were hosted […]
Nearly half the U.S. Senate told President Barack Obama on Friday that unless Iran gives three specific concessions at the talks in Moscow with the group of six world powers, he should abandon the ongoing negotiations over the country’s nuclear program, The Cable reported. “It is past time for the Iranians to take the concrete […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The unthinkable suddenly looks possible. Bankers, governments and investors are preparing for Greece to stop using the euro as its currency, a move that could spread turmoil throughout the global financial system. The worst case envisions governments defaulting on their debts, a run on European banks and a worldwide credit crunch […]
As the Obama Administration continues to pursue what can at best be described as a tepid commitment to missile defense, it nonetheless continues to draw condemnation from Russian and Chinese officials who describe U.S. and NATO plans to enhance missile defense capabilities throughout Europe as “destabilizing.” All the while, Russia is testing a new long-range […]
Police in Germany raided scores of homes, mosques and meeting halls across the country on Thursday as part of a major national crackdown on radical Islamist in the Country. BERLIN – Police in Germany raided scores of homes, mosques and meeting halls across the country on Thursday as part of a major national crackdown on […]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s solid win in the recall election, despite the major effort invested by the public-service unions, has heartened Republicans, but also poses a dilemma: can the issue of state employees be transferred to the national stage? Does it pay for Mitt Romney to make it part of his campaign? Both Walker and […]
France is enforcing a ban on the “niqab” and not allowing Muslim women into the country if they refuse to take off a face veil upon request. Three women who arrived in Paris at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport were detained this week by immigration officials for the violation. The women disembarked Monday from […]
Iranian state-run media has published a commentary that stated, “The Islamic world should rise up and shout that a nuclear bomb is our right.” The regime under Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has constantly stated that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. The commentary was published by Fars News Agency, which is run by the […]
