BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will do “everything possible” to bring the Iran nuclear talks back on track and ensure full compliance with the treaty, an EU official said on Thursday. “This is the interest and the role of the coordinator (of the Iran nuclear deal) to do everything he can […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Rights organizations in Bangladesh are opposing a draft submitted by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) aimed to regulate digital platforms, social media, and streaming services. Government officials claimed that such regulations were necessary to monitor online platforms amid the rising digit...
ANKARA (AA): North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the South Korean military has claimed. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the short-range missile was launched from the eastern port city of Sinpo to the Sea of Japan at 2.07 p.m. local time (0507GMT) and it flew some [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is “now preparing equally for” scenarios in which the 2015 nuclear deal world powers struck with Iran is revived, as well as its possible dissolution, the State Department has announced. The comments come as indirect bilateral talks with Iran to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remain m...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to defend on Tuesday ongoing negotiations with Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the top diplomat emphasized that former US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” and decision to unilate...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran initially sought to develop a nuclear bomb to strengthen its deterrent forces but failed to maintain the secrecy of the program, a former deputy speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly said Sunday. “From the very beginning, when we entered the nuclear activity, our goal was to build a bomb and strengthen [...
ANKARA – Twitter has announced that it will ban advertisements that deny scientific consensus on climate change. “Misleading advertisements on Twitter that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change are prohibited, in line with our inappropriate content policy,” the company said in a statement. Stressing that misleading inform...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Several Israeli websites came under a cyberattack by an Iraqi hacker group, local media reported Wednesday. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported that they included one belonging to Israel’s Aviation Authority, Channel 9’s website and the website of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN). The cyberattack...
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has issued a statement that the US was “properly notified” beforehand of a Russian test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Spokesman John Kirby said the Kremlin gave advance notice of the test under its New START Treaty obligations. “It was not a surprise,” said Kirby, addin...
LONDON – The British government has condemned the North Korean government over the launch of a ballistic missile. The Foreign Office said the latest launch breaches several UN Security Council resolutions and endangers the stability of the region as well as the international community. “The UK condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile lau...
