News Archive - 26 February 2014

>WASHINGTON Feb 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry decried what he called a "new isolationism" in the United States on Wednesday and suggested that the country was beginning to behave like a poor nation. Speaking to reporters, Kerry inveighed against what he sees as a tendency...

>"We took the initiative and led the effort to try to figure out if before we go to war there actually might be a peaceful solution," Kerry told a group of reporters.Iran reached a landmark preliminary agreement with six world powers, including the United States, in November to halt...

>(Reuters) - Days after his ally Viktor Yanukovich was ousted as Ukraine's leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 150,000 troop Russian military exercise on Ukraine's border. The fall of Yanukovich - and Putin's potential response to it - has reignited a debate in Washington on how to respond to...

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. senators sought to revive a bill on Tuesday that would impose new sanctions on Iran despite President Barack Obama's insistence that the measure would endanger delicate negotiations seeking to curb Tehran's nuclear program. Senator Mitch McConnell, the party's leader in the Senate, told reporters...

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New Delhi, Feb.26 : Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin met Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma during his official visit.

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Al Qaida remains a menace, growing in places like Somalia and Yemen. The nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran's support of global terrorism are continuing dangers. The chaos in Syria represents risk. Russia is worrisome.

Curtiba (Brazil), Feb 27 : Work on Brazil's troubled Arena da Baixada World Cup stadium has been further delayed by a public transport strike, media reports said.

THERE are about 929bn tons of coal reserves in the world, 40pc of which is used to produce electricity. According to an estimation, the third biggest coal reserve of 185bn ton is in Pakistan. This is equivalent to 400bn barrels of oil.

THE mystery about the system of governance Pakistan is now following needs to be resolved as quickly as possible if the state is to be saved from suffering avoidable embarrassment and harm.

By Nick Salacki   It all comes down to this! With the 86th Academy Awards only three days away, premiering on ABC on Sunday March 2 at 8:30 p.m., we now come down to the final column where we discuss the nominees for Best Picture. All official nominees...

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Injury-time goal gives Buriram United a share of the spoils

Today is Thursday, March 6, the 65th day of 2014. There are 300 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1834 - The city of York in Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.1836 - Alamo mission in San Antonio,...

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TEHRAN, Feb. 26 -- Iran will withstand any pressure in the ongoing nuclear talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said Wednesday.

Prosecutors have accused deposed president Mohamed Mursi of leaking state secrets to Iran's Revolutionary Guards as part of a plot to destabilise Egypt, at the second hearing of his trial for espionage.        

HELD back by years of internal bickering prior to the formation of Taekwondo Malaysia (TM), it is now time for the sport to turn its large grassroots following into a successful end product.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. (Getty Images) Is everyone in Arizona on weed? Or are their brains just overheated from baking in the sun? They’re not seriously considering passing a law that would give business owners the right to discriminate against gay people based on their ‘deeply held’ religious convictions, are...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and other Republicans have used Senate consideration of a measure dealing with veteran’s benefits to refocus attention on Iran.

ANKARA - The nationalization of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) was offered to Turkey's cabinet on Monday, said Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz during the opening of an energy forum in Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON—Ukraine isn't typically a U.S. foreign policy priority, experts say. President Barack Obama is more occupied with Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and more. His administration rejects the notion that the situation in Ukraine represents some kind of epic East vs. West power struggle.

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A senior Iranian lawmaker has blamed the United States for supporting terrorist groups fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

>* Senior government MP: Iraq did buy small arms from Iran* Obama administration presses Baghdad for explanation* Iran denies knowledge of any weapons pact with Iraq* U.S., Iran compete for influence in post-Saddam IraqBy Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iraqi officials gave contradictory accounts on Tuesday about...

>Feb 25 (Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Weatherford International Ltd said it would divest five businesses, exit another as it struggles with weak demand in North America, and has identified 6,192 positions for job cuts as part of a previously announced plan.The company, which is being probed for violations...

>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syria's president killed at least 175 Islamist rebel fighters, most of them foreigners, in an ambush in insurgent-held eastern outskirts of Damascus, state media said on Wednesday. The attack was led by the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which has joined the government in...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's oil exports have risen further in February for a fourth consecutive month, according to sources who track tanker movements, adding to signs that the easing of sanctions pressure on Tehran is helping its oil exports to recover. The increase in shipments is around 100,000 barrels per...

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Robert Menendez is happy to play the role of a U.S. "bad cop" on Iran. Just don't call him a warmonger. The Democratic chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee upset the White House by leading the push for a bill that would tighten...