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Trump decertifies Iran deal, sends ball to Congress court
US President Donald Trump on Friday refused to certify Iran’s compliance to the 2015 nuclear deal in defiance of other world powers, throwing the ball into the Congress court as EU reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to ‘robust’ deal.

US, Israel withdraw from UNESCO
The United States and its ally Israel said Thursday they were pulling out of the UN’s culture and educational body, in a move that underlined Washington’s drift away from international institutions.

Catalan leader faces heat on all sides as deadline looms
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont came under mounting pressure Friday as the radical faction of his separatist alliance pressed him to declare independence just as his region starts to suffer from the economic fallout of the crisis.

California fires kill 31, deadliest in US history
The death toll from raging the US state of California wildfires rose to 31 as body recovery teams used cadaver dogs to locate victims, making it the deadliest series of blazes in the state’s history.

Iran, Russia discuss bilateral, parliamentary ties
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and senior Russian officials reviewed bilateral and parliamentary relations during meetings in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Friday.

Qassemi: Iran supports ‘united’ Spain
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Tehran supports a united, integrated and democratic Spain which is facing an independence referendum movement in Catalonia.

Putin to visit Iran by yearend
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Iran by the end of 2017, the TASS news agency quoted Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Thursday.

Senior Sunni cleric calls crimes against Rohingya ‘shocking’
The senior Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid described the crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar as “shocking and intolerable.”

 

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Revoking Iran deal could push EU to Russia, China: Germany’s Gabriel
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday that any move by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal would drive a wedge between Europe and the U.S.

Kurds on high alert as Iraqi forces mass near Kirkuk
The Iraqi semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region (KRG/Kurdish Regional Government) has deployed thousands of troops around the disputed oil city of Kirkuk for fear of an attack by Iraqi government
army and militia, a senior official said.

U.S. withdraws from UNESCO
The United States has formally notified the UN’s world heritage body UNESCO that it is withdrawing its membership of the organization citing “continuing anti-Israel bias”.

Congressional confusion about Iran nuclear deal
Discussions at the U.S. Congress have taken place with the announcement of a new strategy by Trump in opposition to a nuclear deal with Iran.

Climate Change is a threat to rich and poor alike
From Miami and Puerto Rico to Barbuda and Havana, the devastation of this year’s hurricane season across Latin America and the Caribbean serves as a reminder that the impacts of climate change know no borders.

Land art adorns Hormoz beach
This file photo from a collection published by IRNA on October 11, 2017 shows people viewing a land artwork created with local minerals on the beach of the southern Iranian island of Hormoz in the Persian Gulf.

The shrill Trumpet
While Tehran said it will stand firm in pursuing its missile program and endorsing the IRGC despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s decertification of the Joint comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the EU also expressed disagreement with Washington’s new Iran strategy.

Can Europe move from rhetoric to action on Iran deal
Just hours after the United States withdrew from the UN’s cultural organization, Richard Hass the President of the Council on Foreign Relations wrote in a tweet “Trump’s foreign policy has found its theme: The Withdrawal Doctrine. The U.S. has left/threatening to leave TPP, Paris accord, UNESCO, NAFTA, JCPOA.”