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Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps march during a parade in Tehran. (AFP/ File)

April 9th, 2019 - 01:41 GMT

Adding Iran's Revolutionary Guard to US Terror List is Provocative

The decision to label the IRGC as a terrorist organisation is unnecessarily provocative from the Trump administration.

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the senior Al Qaeda operative captured by US special forces in Tripoli on Saturday, Abu Anas Al Libi, will be brought to justice for his role in international terror plots. (AFP/File)

October 9th, 2013 - 06:45 GMT

Obama vows Abu Anas Al Libi will be 'brought to justice'

Egypt has been worried about US withholding aid. [bbcimg]

October 9th, 2013 - 06:10 GMT

White House assures continued aid to Egypt

At last year's UN General Assembly meeting, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu used a cartoon bomb to demonstrate how close Iran was to producing a nuclear warhead. Iran has accused Israel of scaremongering in the international community over its nuclear programme. (AFP/File)

October 1st, 2013 - 11:09 GMT

Iran FM accuses Netanyahu of 'lying, deceiving, scaring' the world over Iran's nuclear weapons

US President Barack Obama (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House. (Image Credit: AFP)

September 30th, 2013 - 05:57 GMT

Obama to Netanyahu: Iran military strike option "on the table"

Rowhani and Obama expected to talk at next UN General Assembly meeting. [news.com.au]

September 21st, 2013 - 09:13 GMT

Iran and US: "Mutual respect" leads nuclear talks

President Rouhani tells the world that Iran will not develop a nuclear weapons program (Courtesy of Raf Sanchez/The Telegraph)

September 19th, 2013 - 12:00 GMT

Rouhani announces no nuclear weapon development in Iran

The US shale oil boom promises the White House energy independence by 2020 but is already having an impact on its Middle East diplomacy.

September 17th, 2013 - 07:44 GMT

How the Fed, crude, and Syria are changed by shale

US secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference in London. Kerry made a gaffe about Syria handing over their chemical weapons stockpiles, which could inadvertently lead to a breakthrough in the peace talks. (AFP)

September 10th, 2013 - 08:00 GMT

Kerry's chemical weapons 'gaffe' could lead to breakthrough in Syrian crisis

These are the videos the White House is using to persuade Congress to vote Yes on a military strike against Syria. Here, Syrians stand in a makeshift hospital caring for those affected by an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus on August 21. (AFP)

September 9th, 2013 - 05:21 GMT

White House uses videos to persuade Congress on a strike against Syria

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September 8th, 2013 - 09:47 GMT

Can opportunists thrive on oil price madness?

U's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton addresses the media after a meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs in Vilnius on September 7, 2013. (AFP)

September 8th, 2013 - 08:00 GMT

EU: Clear, strong response to Syria crisis needed

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved a resolution authorising a military strike in Syria. (AFP)

September 5th, 2013 - 05:47 GMT

US Senate panel backs use of force in Syria