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Norway diplomat: Obama aide irked by peace prize

Fri May 16, 2014 13:32:36

A senior Norwegian diplomat says his country's former ambassador to the United States was given a verbal lashing by Barack Obama's chief of staff when the president was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

Syria army gains more ground in Jobar, Rif Homs

Fri May 16, 2014 11:42:49

The Syrian army continues to tighten the noose around foreign-backed militants in the town of Jobar, east of the capital Damascus, and in parts of Rif Homs in western Syria, Al-Alam reports.

In picture: Kite festival in northern Iran

Fri May 16, 2014 10:26:12

A kite festival has been held in northern Iranian city of Gorgan in Golestan province.

Iran-P5+1 nuclear talks moving forward but 'difficult'

Fri May 16, 2014 09:57:30

Nuclear discussions between Iran and six world powers are advancing in a good atmosphere but progress is "slow and difficult", a senior Iranian diplomat has said.

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in Nakba Day protest

Fri May 16, 2014 09:34:41

Israeli troops have killed two young Palestinians in a Nakba Day protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah, officials say.

Car bomb kills dozens, Observatory head near Syria-Turkey border crossing

Fri May 16, 2014 08:55:51

A massive car bomb has ripped through a crowded garage near a border crossing between Syria and Turkey, killing at least 43 people in an area that has seen fierce fighting between rival terrorist groups.

Saudi-Iranian thaw to help defuse regional tensions

Fri May 16, 2014 08:15:34

A long-awaited Saudi-Iranian rapprochement is likely to reflect positively on the unstable situation in Lebanon by helping to defuse sectarian and political tensions linked to the war in Syria and accelerating the election of a new Lebanese president, analysts and experts says.

Iranian female theological students pay first visit to America

Fri May 16, 2014 07:37:19

As the United States and Iran sat down in Vienna to begin drafting a long-term nuclear agreement, an exchange of another kind was playing out in and around a pastoral university a couple of hours from Washington.

Another prisoner swap deal expected in Syria’s Douma after Homs

Thu May 15, 2014 22:15:54

Thousands of civilians and army soldiers in Syria’s Douma are expected to be freed soon, as the Syrian government and militant groups are preparing for a new ceasefire and prisoners swap agreement, following Homs deal.

China topping US in GDP sooner than expected

Thu May 15, 2014 21:09:09

It’s probable that the US economy is no longer the world’s largest. New World Bank figures, notes economist Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute, suggest that sometime in 2014 China will overtake the United States in gross domestic product — the production of goods and services.

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