News Archive - 25 February 2014

>WASHINGTON Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday a proposed agreement to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq should be reconsidered because of a report that Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million."The Apache sale has...

>* India oil imports from Islamic state doubled in Jan* Essar is also 1st Indian refiner to buy Brazil's Polvo gradeBy Nidhi VermaFeb 25 (Reuters) - Essar Oil, a key buyer of Iranian oil, in January sharply raised imports from the Islamic state and also became the first Indian refiner...

TEHRAN (AP) — An Iranian schoolteacher has innovated an amusing way of encouraging young children to say their daily prayers — robotics.        

Israeli warplanes hit a convoy carrying surface-to-surface missiles into Lebanon on Monday night, a senior Israeli security official confirms to TIME. The air strike, around 10:30 p.m. local time on the border between Lebanon and Syria, was the seventh known operation since the Syrian civil war began in 2011...

Former British Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, speaking during an Amnesty International press conference in Berlin in 2010, was arrested in Britain on Feb. 25 on suspicion of Syria-related terror offenses, police said.

Dear Editor: Bob Costas, host for NBC Olympics coverage, delivered a totally inappropriate commentary while discussing Ukraine’s gold medal in the women’s biathlon relay. He attacked Russian l…

Doha (AFP) - Adisak Kraisorn?s injury-time strike secured a 1-1 draw for Buriram United against ambitious Chinese team Shandong Luneng on the opening night of the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.

Remember when “Homeland” was really, really good? When Brody was still alive and Claire Danes had not yet worn out her wild-eyed welcome with her CIA colleagues? It’s still possible...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, whose government says it will pay one-third of the cost of Israel's sixth German-built submarine.

>Carney said that the Iraq government has denied in a press release that any contracts were signed, and noted that the U.S. government will follow up with Iraq on the issue. FILED UNDER: Stocks Regulatory News Markets Energy Industrials Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Print...

>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany views Iran as a potential threat not just to Israel, but also to European countries, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But she stopped short of endorsing her host's demand that Tehran give up all...

>* Finance ministry working out details on banking channel* Indian refiners owe around $3 bln for Iran oil importsBy Nidhi VermaNEW DELHI, Feb 25 (Reuters) - India is ready to pay $1.5 billion to Iran to clear part of a backlog of payments for shipments of oil following the...

Curitiba (Brazil), Feb 25 : Brazil's troubled Arena da Baixada Stadium will stage its first World Cup test event March 26.

With the visit of Saudi crown prince and Iranian foreign minister this week, India plays a delicate balancing game in the Middle East.        

Cilacap (Indonesia) (AFP) - A lifeboat carrying asylum-seekers has washed up on Indonesia's main Java island, with those on board saying Australian authorities transferred them to the vessel and turned it around, officials said Tuesday.

Islamabad, Feb. 25 (ANI): Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project was now off the table, a senior Pakistan official has said. Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi informed the National Assembly that the project couldn't go any further at the moment because of international sanctions against Iran were a...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A senior Iranian military official says the Islamic Republic has analyzed Israeli strikes during the 2006 war in Lebanon to boost its own defense capabilities against the U.S. and Israel.

The “February Revolution” in Ukraine may be just getting underway, and the future of the country may be unsettled, to say the least, for years to come, but the Obama administration needs to approach the situation with great care.