France says it is convinced Iran is developing nuclear weapons and wants the European Union to follow the US in imposing "stricter sanctions".
Turkish consumer prices rose by 0.58 percent in December from the November level, increasing 12-month inflation to 10.45 percent, official data showed Tuesday. Factory gate prices rose by 1.0 percent in the month, marking a 12-month increa
A convoy carrying Iraq’s Finance Minister Rafe al-Essawi, a leading Sunni politician was said to be hit by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad on Sunday night, wounding two bodyguards but leaving the official unscathed, a report carried out by the New York
South Sudan’s army is in “full control” of a flashpoint town, after thousands of villagers fled into the bush to escape a marauding militia army from a rival tribe, officials said Tuesday. A column of some 6,000 armed youths from the
Quartet officials to attend first face-to-face meeting in 16 months between chief negotiators.
France wants its European partners to agree by end-January on sanctions on Iran similar to those envisaged by the United, States, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Tuesday as Russia said that Iran has no long-range missiles. “France ...
Sudanese authorities on Monday shut down the newspaper of the opposition Popular Congress Party -- just months after it started publishing again following an earlier raid. The Rai al-Shaab newspaper belongs to the party of Islamist leader
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet in Jordan on Tuesday alongside international mediators trying to revive their stalled peace talks, but neither side is raising hopes they can end more than a year of deadlock. Negotiations stalled in lat
Moroccan King Mohammed VI is expected Tuesday to announce the new government, under the leadership of Abdelilah Benkirane, head of the Islamist Justice and Development Party. The announcement is expected at 1200 GMT. The government will be the 28th since