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Exclusive: Arms ship seized by Yemen may have been Somalia-bound: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS - An Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.
Iran holds Slovak tourists over photos: media
DUBAI - Iranian judicial authorities have opened an investigation into eight Slovak citizens, arrested on suspicion of taking photographs of "restricted areas", Iranian media reported on Monday.
U.S. says oil market can cope with more Iran export cuts
VIENNA - The top U.S. energy official said world oil markets could cope with further cuts in Iran's oil exports from tighter sanctions over its nuclear program as rising supply from the United States and Iraq offsets the loss.
NY financial regulator probes insurers over Iran links: WSJ
ZURICH - New York's financial regulator has asked insurers Lloyd's of London and reinsurer Swiss RE AG for details about dealings linked to Iran as part of a probe into 20 non-U.S. reinsurance firms, the Wall Street Journal reported.
U.S. says oil market can cope with more Iran export cuts
VIENNA - The top U.S. energy official said he believed the oil market could cope with any further reduction of Iran's oil exports from the tightening of sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program.
Iran's Rouhani hints will balance hardline, reformist demands
DUBAI - Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he would appoint ministers from across its political spectrum as Iranian voters had chosen a path of moderation over extremism.
Iranian official signals no early scaling back in nuclear work
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signaling no immediate change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.
Former senior U.S. general targeted over leak investigation: report
WASHINGTON - Retired U.S. General James Cartwright is the target of a Justice Department investigation into the leaking of secret information about the Stuxnet virus attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing unidentified legal sources.
Marc Rich, 'King of Oil', laid to rest in quiet Israel ceremony
KIBBUTZ EINAT, Israel - Billionaire Marc Rich, the pioneering oil trader who was also a fugitive from U.S. justice for tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, was laid to rest in a quiet funeral outside Tel Aviv on Thursday.
Rights group says Egypt's Brotherhood incites sectarian hatred
CAIRO - Human Rights Watch accused Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday of inciting religious hatred that led to the lynching of four Shi'ite Muslims in Cairo this week.
Egypt's Mursi rebuffs army ultimatum, sets own course
CAIRO - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had not been consulted and would pursue his own plans for national reconciliation. | Video
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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