News Archive - 6 April 2014

>* U.S. employers hire at a brisk pace, shake off winter's icy grip* Iran oil exports will be in line with sanctions target -U.S.* Brent to fall into $104.08-$104.90 range -technicalsBy Manash GoswamiSINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - Brent crude prices fell below $106 a barrel...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic has always stood by Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people at hard times.

>Ali Rehmat Assadi will stand trial in the UAE on charges of abducting Abbas Yazdi, who went missing in June, the source added. Yazdi's wife, Atena, has told UAE media she feared he might have been kidnapped by Iranian intelligence officers.Iran has denied any role in Yazdi's disappearance.UAE...

Tehran: A high-ranking Iranian economic delegation is all set to visit Germany and explore ways to boost bilateral ties with German businessmen during a conference, local media reported Sunday.

OLIVE BRANCH — Ronald Reagan can still draw a crowd, nearly a decade after his death and more than 100 years after his birth.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 (Bernama) -- Some 43 companies from Saudi Arabia have confirmed their participation in the 11th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS 2014), which will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) from April 9-12, 2014.

ZAHEDAN (Iran), April 7 (Bernama) -- Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan have decided to increase border trade, Iran's IRNA reported, quoting Governor-General of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province Ali Awsat Hashemi as saying on Saturday.

NEW DELHI, April 7 (Bernama) -- India on Saturday commended the huge turnout of voters in presidential elections in Afghanistan despite terror threats and said it would continue to work to support the people of that country to build a sovereign and democratic nation, Iran's IRNA reported.

A senior Iranian official has slammed a recent anti-Iran resolution by the European Parliament (EP), stressing that the Islamic Republic sees no value in such “baseless judgments.”

NEW DELHI: Top Indian IT firms like TCS and Infosys are likely to report muted fourth quarter performance tempered by a seasonal weak quarter, analysts said.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah believes the danger of terrorist attacks in Lebanon has significantly decreased and that the Syrian government is no longer at risk of being toppled, according to comments to be published in a local newspaper Monday.

U.S. lawmakers are pushing for new legislation that will impose further economic sanctions on Hezbollah and its Al-Manar television station as they seek to cripple the party’s sources of funding.

ROMANIANS have hit the streets to protest against fracking by Chevron while Boeing has been licensed to do business in Iran for the first time since 1979.

Okay, dignitaries. Your invitation to our Canada Day celebration? It wasn’t actually lost in the mail. We just didn’t invite you because, to be perfectly honest, we don’t like your government. Each year, Canadian embassies and other diplomatic […]

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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI) invites its members to free lectures April 9 through May 14. Members can bring a friend, but since seating is limited, are asked to RSVP in advance online at http://bit.ly/OVy0fS or by calling the MOLLI office at 243-2905.

A senior Iranian energy official says the Islamic Republic and Russia are engaged in serious negotiations to launch a south-north reverse oil swap project.

>Several Pakistani naval vessels, including a warship and a submarine, docked at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, the IRNA news agency said, citing an Iranian Navy statement."The most important activity of the Pakistani fleet during its stay in Bandar Abbas is to launch joint manoeuvres with...

Sergei Lavrov says there is a very good chance that Tehran and group of six global powers will agree preliminary deal in Geneva Global powers and Iran are close to a preliminary deal to rein in Tehran's nuclear programme and should not pass up a "very good chance" to clinch...

“We hope that in the upcoming talks we would be able to bring the views closer and narrow the differences regarding major issues, so we could get to the details…and start writing the text,” he added.

Tehran, April 6 (IANS): Iran national football team will face Mozambique in a friendly match in preparation for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Eric Pickles started the day quietly, but by the close of play Labour MPs were feeling the sharp end of his tongue The big event in the Commons on Monday was William Hague's statement on Iran and its nuclear reactors. This was very technical, and I leave readers to find...

It was the year Andy won, baby George arrived and Nigella split from Charles… But how well do you remember the other stories that made the news? Here are 75 questions to test your knowledge – with answers at the end 1 Joey Essex was hot favourite to win I'm...

FOR English Premier League fans, Jay-Jay Okocha is someone they wouldn’t forget. The former Nigerian midfielder lit up the Premier League with some brilliant goals, some outrageous skills and some dazzling step-overs during his four-year spell at Bolton Wanderers.

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall as Nasdaq slides; dollar eases on jobs data* Crude oil prices gain on u.s. jobs data, libya doubt* Gold rises over 1 pct on short-covering after U.S. payroll data* Israel's Livni says U.S. should change role in mideast peace talks* Boeing, GE say...