Posts Tagged: reuters
Report: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sits Atop Sprawling Business Empire Worth $95 Billion
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, controls a business empire worth around $95 billion, according to an extensive investigation carried out by Reuters. The vast sum...
Report: U.S. Skeptical Syria Will Get Rid of Chemical Weapons Stockpile
Officials in the United States government, citing intelligence reports, say they are skeptical that the Syrian government will fully declare its chemical weapons stockpile, CNN...
White House, Biden, Pushing Senate to Hold Off On New Iran Sanctions
Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden led a high-powered delegation to Capitol Hill on Thursday to try to persuade U.S. lawmakers to hold...
Family of Dead Nazi War Criminal Priebke Say His Body Has Gone Missing
The family of a Nazi war criminal whose funeral has been at the center of much global controversy say his corpse has gone missing. Family lawyer...
Saudi Arabia Declines UN Security Council Seat
JNS.org - In an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia has refused to accept its election to a seat on the United Nations Security Council. As its reasons...
Israel to Go ‘All Out’ in Seeking UN Security Council Seat
JTA - Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, said Israel will seek a seat on the UN Security Council for the first time. Ron...
Two Kenyans Report Being Rescued by ‘Israeli Security Officer’ in Nairobi Mall
Two Kenyans who survived and escaped the terror attack at the partially Israeli-owned Westgate Mall, in Nairobi, told the Guardian they were rescued by "a man...
Egypt Continues Crackdown on Sinai Militants Near Gaza Border, Finds Anti-Aircraft Missiles and Motorized Paragliders
Egypt's crackdown on militants in the Sinai continued over the weekend as military forces raided several villages near Rafah, Palestinian Ma'an News Agency reported. Ma'an reported seeing...
In About Face, PA’s Abbas Asks Officially-Resigned PM Hamdallah to Form New Government
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked officially-resigned former PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Tuesday to form a new government within the next five weeks,...
Western Diplomats: Iran has Finished Installing Centrifuges at Fordow Plant
According to Western diplomats Iran has nearly finished installing centrifuges at its Fordow nuclear facility. The underground plant was disclosed by the country in 2009...
EU Ratchets Up Rhetoric Towards Iran Amid Accusations of Sending Mixed Messages
On Friday, European Union leaders increased their rhetoric towards Iran, threatening to tighten economic sanctions if the Islamic Republic does not curb its nuclear activity. In...
Reuters Unsure About Israeli Embassy Attacks?
"Israel says bombs target embassies in India, Georgia." That was the Reuters headline as of 10:20am ET on Monday for its story on the two bomb...
Iran, British Riots and the Hapless Media
To be honest, this week I had initially chosen to write about a subject that is among the most pertinent in current U.S. thought and...
When Terror is Only “Terror”
When is a terror attack not a terror attack but just a "terror attack?" September 11, of course that's a terror attack - no dispute...
