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President Ebrahim Raisi said Tehran puts hope in its own people and its neighbors Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told the public on Friday that his government “never has hope” in the ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna. The negotiations aim to bring Iran and the US back in line with an agreement reached during the era […]
UN talks aimed at thrashing out rules on the use of fully-autonomous weapons systems have stumbled on stiff opposition from countries that invest heavily in military AI, leaving a legal vacuum. On Friday, the sixth review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) failed to arrange further negotiations on the use of Lethal […]
Turkey has accused the EU of “strategic blindness,” criticizing the bloc’s decision this week to keep membership talks with Ankara in stalemate as being “detached from reality” and based on “ideological motives.” The Turkish foreign ministry stated on Friday that the move – taken at the EU’s General Affairs Council meeting on Tuesday – proved […]
Iran’s chief negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, has announced that ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna will be paused for a “few days” after meeting with the EU’s political director to “take stock” of negotiations. In a statement posted on his Twitter account on Friday, Bagheri Kani acknowledged that “good progress” has been made during the seventh […]
The Taliban plans to discuss American recognition of its interim government, the unfreezing of assets and Afghanistan’s reconstruction in upcoming talks with the US in Qatari capital Doha, the group’s spokesman has revealed. In an interview with Sputnik news agency on Wednesday, Suhail Shaheen said the militant group is open to having positive relations with […]
Talks on the Iranian nuclear deal are set to resume by the end of the month, Tehran and other signatories to the original agreement have confirmed. Efforts to revive the comatose deal have been on hold over the past few months. A set date for the resumption of talks was announced by Iran’s top nuclear […]
In an ongoing spat with the UK over fishing rights, France is “open to talks,” but only if London respects its post-Brexit obligations, PM Jean Castex has said, in the wake of French officials detaining a British trawler. “We are always open for talks – morning, afternoon, and evening,” Castex told journalists during a trip […]
Tehran has agreed to return to the negotiating table in Vienna after months of stalled talks with world powers on its nuclear program. The decision was announced by Iran’s deputy foreign minister, but no date was set. “We agree to start negotiations before the end of November,” Ali Bagheri Khani, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister and […]
The US Special Representative for Iran, Robert Malley, has shared America’s “growing concern” about Iran’s alleged nuclear advancement, as he declared that talks over reviving the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal are in a critical phase. Speaking on a call with reporters on Monday, Malley laid out Washington’s approach to nuclear discussions with Iran, as Western […]
The European Union has postponed its trade negotiations with Australia for the second time a month after Canberra decided to ditch a deal with France for nuclear-powered submarines in favor of that with the US and the UK. This time the talks have been delayed until February 2022, Australia’s Trade Minister Dan Tehan said. The […]
Tech giant Facebook has reached an agreement with parts of the French press concerning the copyrights of articles and stories shared on its platform. The firm also announced the launch of Facebook News in France, due in 2022. In a joint statement on Thursday, Facebook and l’Alliance de la presse d’information générale (APIG), a lobby […]
Germany’s Social Democrats, Greens and Liberal Free Democrats have reached a draft agreement to form a government after exploratory talks that move onto formal negotiations to form a majority coalition. On Friday, the leaders of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), Greens and FDP (Liberal Free Democrats) recommended their party committees start formal negotiations to form […]
Government coalition talks in Germany are still far from over, but police officers are already worried their outcome could lead to potential cannabis legalization in the country – something police unions vehemently oppose. Police unions in Germany have expressed their opposition to the legalization of possession and consumption of weed, in no uncertain terms. No […]
The Taliban has said that the US agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, insisting it should come with no strings attached after talks in Qatar. Washington called the meeting “candid” and “professional.” In a statement released in the wake of two-day talks with US officials in Doha, Qatar, the Taliban said that the US […]
US officials are set to meet with the Taliban in Qatar over the weekend for the first in-person round of talks since the US withdrawal, and are expected to press the group to form an “inclusive government” and aid evacuations. A delegation of US officials and senior Taliban representatives are scheduled to meet in Doha, […]