News Archive - 25 May 2014

City stars ready to shine in Brazil

A number of Blues players will head to this summer's World Cup - and they'll even be joined by manager Manuel Pellegrini.

Separatists Halt Vote in Eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s presidential election was praised by international monitors as the cleanest in decades, but pro-Russian militants blocked voting in the Eastern provinces.

Iran nuclear deal elusive as stances differ: Official

Tehran, May 25 (IANS) If Iran and the world powers do not reach an agreement for a comprehensive nuclear deal before July 20, it will make the work "more difficult", said an official here Sunday. "Although the negotiations can be continued for another six months, I believe the longer the...

Iran Official Sanctioned By U.S.

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has sanctioned an Iranian official responsible for a crackdown on the opposition in the Middle East state. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline.

Omeruo close to new deal

Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo's agent has confirmed that he is close to agreeing a deal to renew the Nigerian defender's contract.

YARMOUTH — Veteran politician Greg Kerr will not seek re-election. Reflecting Thursday on more than three decades of ...

GLACE BAY — The Liberal government has funded an expansion of the SchoolsPlus program that started last fall, putting more mental health clinicians into schools across the province. “The evidence shows that bringing the services closer to where the...

Obama will explain 'interventionist' foreign policy at West Point

After months of running his foreign policy like a firefighter responding to alarms, President Obama is worried that Americans don't understand his overall approach and plans to launch a campaign to explain it over the coming months.

God won’t save us: Memorial Day, honest history and our new military-industrial complex

Americans believe we are guided by divine providence. Obama's strange presidency shows the work of something else

Report: Imprisoned ex-US Marine seeks Iran retrial

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A former U.S. Marine convicted of criminal charges in Iran after being accused of working for the CIA will appeal for a new trial after already seeing his sentence reduced once, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday.