Iran had previously demanded that as a condition of re-entering the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the International Atomic Energy Agency had to close its investigation of undeclared nuclear material found at Iranian sites in 2019. But Iran has now dropped that demand, the senior administration official said on Tuesday. The […]
“A deal is closer now than it was two weeks ago, but the outcome of these ongoing discussions still remains uncertain as gaps do remain,” Ned Price said at a State Department briefing. In early August, the European Union put forward what its top diplomat Josep Borrell called “a final text” to restore the deal […]
Member of ‘ISIS Beatles’ given eight life sentences for role in hostage-taking, killing of Americans
Elsheikh was handed down eight concurrent life sentences in a Virginia courtroom on the eighth anniversary of the brutal beheading of one of his victims: American journalist James Foley. Elsheikh and another member of the cell, Alexanda Kotey, were charged in October 2020 on eight counts for their involvement in the hostage-taking and murders of […]
CNN — Peru is seeing some of its worst violence in decades, which erupted last month following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo, as protesters who oppose the current government call for political change in the country. In December, a state of emergency was imposed, airports and highways became the site of some clashes, […]
Editor’s Note: Sunder Katwala is the director of British Future, an independent, non-partisan think tank. He was previously general secretary of the Fabian Society think tank and leader writer and online editor at the Observer newspaper. Sunder was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, to parents who came to Britain from India and Ireland to work for […]