Day: March 19, 2022

Concessions to Iran, Russia Pile Up in Nuclear Talks

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Charlotte Lawson Mar 18 (Photo by Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) After eight weeks of gridlocked and often grueling negotiations through international intermediaries in Vienna, the United States and Iran looked on track to secure an agreement aimed at curbing Iran’s expanding nuclear program this month. But last week nearly saw the efforts […]

Russia said to warn Israel not to be ‘unbalanced’ ahead of Zelensky Knesset speech

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Moscow says Israel needs to remain ‘neutral’; Opposition leader Netanyahu, considered close to Putin, will ‘definitely’ attend Sunday’s Zoom address by Ukraine’s president By TOI staff Today, 1:45 am   Russia has issued Israel a warning not to become too “unbalanced” as it seeks to walk a fine line between Moscow and Kyiv, saying that […]

Ukraine ‘temporarily’ loses access to Sea of Azov – Defense Ministry

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Ukraine’s defense ministry said late on Friday it lost access to the Sea of Azov “temporarily” as invading Russian forces were tightening their grip around the Sea’s major port of Mariupol. “The occupiers have partially succeeded in the Donetsk operational district, temporarily depriving Ukraine of access to the Sea of Azov,” Ukraine’s defense ministry said […]

Saudi Arabia denies reports of Blinken visit in near future – State media

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Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry denied media reports that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken would visit the kingdom in the near future, state news agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. An official from the ministry was cited as saying on Friday that Saudi Arabia was looking forward to welcoming Blinken to strengthen ongoing “positive” discussions, though […]

Iran is on its way to a nuclear bomb and Israel is silent – opinion

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Should our leaders not be warning the people of what is coming? Why the silence? Why the seeming indifference? By YAAKOV KATZ Published: MARCH 17, 2022 19:00 Updated: MARCH 18, 2022 14:48 AN IRANIAN cleric walks past an anti-US mural on a wall of the former American Embassy in Tehran this week. (photo credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty […]

When Iran counterstrikes Mossad in secret war – analysis

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Sometimes Iran or other adversaries counterattack and hit their target. This week may have been one of those weeks. By YONAH JEREMY BOB Published: MARCH 17, 2022 23:44 A SATELLITE view of Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant. (photo credit: GOOGLE) Although the focus in recent years has been a list of allegedly astounding Mossad operational successes against Iran […]