• Obama, rapping Putin, says US could strike back on cyber

    President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election, his strongest suggestion to date that Putin had been well aware of campaign email hacking."Whatever they do to us, we can potentially do to them," Obama declared.Caught ...

  • Turkey, Russia, Iran to meet in trilateral Syria summit

    Turkey, Iran and Russia will meet at a summit of foreign ministers in Moscow on Dec. 27 to discuss efforts to secure a ceasefire in Aleppo, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoülu has said.

  • Aleppo residents at risk as fighting resumes after short-lived ceasefire

    Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Syrian Arab RepublicAs the ceasefire announced on 13 December broke down, HRW calls on the Syrian government authorities and armed opposition groups to immediately facilitate aid deliveries to opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo.Halt Unlawful Attacks; Allow Safe Evacuation of Civilians (New York) – Activists and residents from opposition-controlled ...

  • Updated: Aleppo cease-fire founders, threatening evacuation plans

    A cease-fire deal between rebels and the Syrian government in the city of Allepo foundered on Wednesday, threatening plans to evacuate the remaining rebels and tens of thousands of civilians out of harm's way in what would effectively seal the enclave's surrender.The withdrawal was supposed to start at dawn but ...

  • Populism needs to be addressed – US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

    2016 has seen the biggest political earthquake in recent years with Donald Trump's election,  Brexit, and the rise of the European far right. Its reverberations are inescapable throughout the global political landscape and have revealed an out-of-touch establishment who is now under fire. The Malta Independent met with the United ...

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    Fragiacomo festeggia i 60 anni aprendo a Teheran

    Qualità del prodotto, cura del particolare e serietà professionale. Questi sono solo tre dei motivi di vanto per Fragiacomo, azienda attiva nel settore calzature/moda dal lontano 1956 e che proprio a dicembre 2016 celebra i suoi 60 anni. Fragiacomo è celebre sia in Italia che all'estero per le sue collezioni ...

  • Iran seals $17 billion deal for 80 Boeing jetliners, closes in on another Airbus order

    Iran signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets on Sunday and was said to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes to complete what would be the biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. The deal between IranAir and ...

  • UN General Assembly demands immediate end to hostilities in Syria

    Source: UN General Assembly Country: Syrian Arab RepublicIn a resolution adopted today as speakers decried the Security Council’s continued impotence, the GA also demands unconditional humanitarian access and action by all warring parties to protect civilians.GA/11871 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION, 58TH & 59TH MEETINGS (AM & PM) Exposing deep ...

  • Government's Exaggerated Claims of Business Diplomacy in Iran Revealed to Be Worthless

    The hushed talks of exaggerated claims of the President who singlehandedly brought in deals worth 50 trillion won from a summit meeting with her Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in May this year turned out to be true. Of the 30 infrastructure projects announced by the Presidential Palace, not a single ...

  • Turkey’s ‘dollar-exit’ trade plan to be tested in PM’s Russia visit

    Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will visit Russia on Dec. 5-7, where he will discuss Ankara’s first steps to ensure that trade with China, Russia and Iran is conducted in local currency, along with several other key issue

  • Finance news you need to know today

    IRAN has proposed a state budget of $134 billion, loosening the purse strings as Donald Trump threatens to put renewed pressure on Tehran.

  • Turkey seeks trade in local currencies with Russia, China, Iran: Erdoğan

    Turkey is seeking to conduct trade with Russia, China and Iran in local currencies, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Dec. 3

  • Donald Trump nomina James Mattis nuovo segretario della difesa.

    Donald Trump nomina James Mattis nuovo segretario della difesa. L’ex generale dei marines sarà il responsabile del Pentagono, ha annunciato il presidente eletto durante un comizio a Cincinnati. Mattis, soprannominato “Mad Dog”, è stato sempre critico nei confronti dell’amministrazione Obama, in particolare riguardo all’accordo con l’Iran, un paese da lui ...

  • L’amicizia commerciale tra l’Iran e l’Italia va a gonfie vele

    Che paese è l’Iran, inteso come economia? Qualche indizio è venuto da un’esposizione delle attività produttive iraniane alla Fiera di Roma. Un “Iran Expo”: evento inusuale, perché fino a meno di un anno fa il paese mediorientale era sotto pesanti sanzioni internazionali. Tra i padiglioni fieristici colpiva sentire tanti operatori ...

  • OPEC deal to cut oil production sends Nikkei soaring

    OPEC agreed on its first oil output cuts since 2008 after Saudi Arabia agreed to slash production and drop its demand against Iran. The post OPEC deal to cut oil production sends Nikkei soaring appeared first on The Japan Times.

  • Negli Stati Uniti nuove nomine per il presidente eletto Donald Trump.

    Negli Stati Uniti nuove nomine per il presidente eletto Donald Trump. Il 29 novembre Trump ha scelto come ministro della salute Tom Price, un forte critico della riforma sanitaria di Obama, e come ministra dei trasporti Elaine Chao, ministra del lavoro sotto l’amministrazione Bush. Ma la nomina più attesa è ...

  •  I titoli dei quotidiani di oggi

    Corriere della Sera: “Voto, le tensioni sulla Borsa” La Repubblica: “L’altolà di Mattarella: sarò io l’arbitro dopo il referendum” La Stampa: “Effetto referendum su spread e mercati. Tremano le banche” Il Messaggero: “Voto e banche, mercati in ansia” Il Sole 24 Ore: “Le banche piegano le ...

  • Global landmine casualties at 10-year high in 2015

    Source: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Cluster Munition Coalition Country: WorldAccording to the Landmine Monitor, 2015 marked a 75% increase from the number of casualties caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance recorded for 2014, while clearance funding keeps declining. Alarm at mine victim rise Landmine report finds global casualties at 10-year high while ...

  • Human suffering in Syria 'ever-worsening', UN relief chief tells Security Council

    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab RepublicUN humanitarians and partners will not give up on the people of Aleppo, but the only solution, as has been said countless times before, is a political solution, Stephen O’Brien said today. Mr President, As we meet again this month, ...

  • What more to discuss? For Obama and world leaders it's Trump

    Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.Global hand-wringing over America's next president has taken much of the wind out of Obama's final overseas trip. Adopting an altruistic tone, Obama ...

  • Ssangyong Motor's Tivoli Enjoy Rising Popularity in Iran

    Ssangyong Motor is gaining a larger share at a rapid pace in the Middle East-North African market on the back of the rising popularity of its SUV Tivoli.   Ssangyong announced on November 17 that it sold 5,486 Tivoli models, including Tivoli and Tivoli Air, to Iran in the January-October period of ...