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Iran deal remains elusive, stretching June 30th 'deadline'

Appearing closer than ever to a positive agreement, the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China have been working intensely with Iran trying

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Iran nuclear talks extended till July 7, says US

The deadline for a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme has been put back until July 7, according to the US State Department. The final date for the

Austria

Iran nuclear deal deadline 'put back till July 9'

The deadline for a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme has been put back until July 9, according to diplomats at the international talks in Vienna. The

Iran

Iran: nuclear talks likely to miss Tuesday's formal deadline

Talks aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear activity look set to run beyond Tuesday’s deadline for a deal. Iran and the UN’s permanent five members plus

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Iran

Iran inflicts 2nd defeat on US volleyball team in Tehran

There have been celebrations in Tehran after Iran’s men’s volleyball team defeated the United States for the second time in a week . Their first

Iran

Iranian volleyball match played despite a ban for female fans

Twelve thousand men watched the Iranian volleyball team beat the US in the world league series in Tehran on Friday night. But very few women were in

Yemen

Regional powers fight bloody chess game in Yemen

Yemen is a regional proxy battleground between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shia Muslim Iran. The destruction caused by Saudi-led coalition

Iran

Iran buries 175 military divers killed in 1980s Iraq war

Almost three decades on, Iran has laid 175 military divers to rest. They were captured during the 1980 to 1988 war with Iraq. Dug up from the Iraqi

Iraq

Iraq:Shiite militia prepares for battle to take back Falluja

More Shiite militiamen arrived in Iraq’s Anbar province on Friday hoping to recapture the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah from the Islamic State

World News

Swiss and Austrian police pursue Iran-P5+1 cyber-intruders

Swiss authorities have searched a house in Geneva and seized computer material in connection with a possible cyber attack on nuclear negotiations

Iran

Relatives of Americans held by Iran describe torture as lawmakers question nuclear deal

Switzerland

US and Iran seek common ground as nuclear deal deadline nears

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in a bid to overcome obstacles to a final nuclear agreement, a

Iran

Spy trial of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian opens in Tehran

The trial of the Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, accused of espionage by the Iranian government opens today. The process will

Iran

Iran's Supreme Leader refuses access to military sites and scientists

Iran’s supreme leader says he will not allow inspections of military sites or access to scientists, under any nuclear agreement with world powers

Cinema

'Nahid' the latest Iranian film making waves at Cannes

Following the success of the Academy Award winning Iranian film ‘A Separation’ the latest Iranian realist movie making waves at the Cannes Film

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The recovery of oil prices

The significant rise in oil prices at the start of May meant they reached their highest levels so far in 2015. To what extent are they recovering?

USA

US Senate supports bill for Congress role in Iran nuclear deal

The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill giving Congress the right to review, and potentially reject, an international nuclear agreement

Yemen

Dozens of Houthi fighters killed on Yemen's northern border

Air strikes and artillery fire rocked the Yemeni city of Aden overnight as combatants battled for control of the main airport in fighting residents

Iran

Iran's seizure of cargo ship in Gulf appears to be 'provocative' act, says US

The US says its monitoring a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship, which has been boarded by Iranian forces in the Gulf. The MV Maersk Tigris made a

World News

US downplays reports that ISIL leader was wounded in airstrike

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had no reason to believe that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group, was seriously