Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Iraqi men board military trucks to join the Iraqi army at the main recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June. 14, 2014, after…
Hassan Rouhani
Iran’s president: Ready to help Iraq if asked
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will…
IRAN’S PRESIDENT REGRETS FOOD RATION PROBLEMS
By NASSER KARIMI In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani sits in a meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl…
GLOBAL “ELDERS” URGE IRAN TO BUILD ON NUCLEAR DEAL
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Kofi Annan, former U.N secretary general, center, reads a statement at the conclusion of his meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, Iran,…
SYRIAN PEACE TALKS STUCK OVER ASSAD’S FUTURE
By MATTHEW LEE and ZEINA KARAM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan.…
DAVOS TO FOCUS ON GLOBAL ECONOMY, CONFLICTS
By JOHN HEILPRIN German Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum, WEF, gestures during a press conference, in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. The…
IRAN’S ROUHANI CASTS NUKE DEAL AS WIN FOR NATION
FILE- In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006 file photo, an aerial view of a heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak. Iran’s reformers and moderate conservatives welcomed…
IRAN SAYS OPPOSES FOREIGN PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrives to Saadabad palace for a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Karzai arrived in Tehran for a one-day…