Section: Iran
Iran to buy up to 2 million tons of wheat
Iran will buy 1.5-2.0 million metric tons of wheat in the current fiscal year to March 2016, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Qanbari said on Saturday. Better harvest is helping Iran reduce wheat imports which surpassed 6 million tons last year, he said, Press TV reported. Imports are expected to decline by two-thirds this year, Qanbari said,...
Putin: Russia will continue cooperation with West
Russia is warning that the 2002 US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty could still trigger a new Cold War. Speaking at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US unilateral decision could push the world into a new arms race. According to the 1972 ABM treaty signed between the U-S...
Russia economic sector open to world: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that his country does not seek a confrontation with the West, saying doors remain open to economic cooperation between Moscow and Western governments, amid a dispute over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Iran...
Ukraine to make Russian debt payment in days
The Ukrainian government has vowed to make the next interest payment on a multi-billion debt to Russia soon after Moscow said it would stop servicing the loan in case of non-payment. Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said Friday that Kiev will pay USD 75 million of the USD three-billion Russian debt in the coming days. “Two days...
Ukraine to make Russian debt payment in days
Ukraine pledges to make an interest payment on the Russian debt in the coming days. …read more Source:...
One in Every 122 Humans Forcibly Displaced by War and Persecution: UN | Common Dreams
As wars and persecution escalate worldwide, one out of every 122 people on the planet is a refugee, seeking asylum, or internally displaced, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported Thursday. Taken together, this population of humans wrenched from their homes by violence would constitute the 24th largest country in the...
US, Russia edging toward nuclear catastrophe: Anti-war activist
The United States and its NATO allies are edging toward a high-risk military standoff with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, an annalist says. …read more Source:...
Everything You Want To Know About Iran Sanctions
The United States, United Nations, and European Union have levied multiple sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program since the UN’s nuclear watchdog found in September 2005 that Tehran was not compliant (PDF) with its international obligations. The United States spearheaded international efforts to financially isolate Tehran and block its...
Some 60mn people displaced worldwide: UNHCR
The United Nations refugee agency says almost 60 million people were displaced across the globe in 2014, expressing concern over the international community’s “inability” to contain the unprecedented number of refugees. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres said in the southeastern Swiss city of Geneva on...
Two Ukraine soldiers charged with killing pro-Russia civilians
Ukraine has charged two government forces with killing two civilians in the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk. According to pro-Kiev officials in the Donetsk prosecutor’s office on Wednesday, the two soldiers were accused of committing premeditated murder, for which they may be sentenced to over seven years in jail and even life in...
