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President Barack Obama renewed his call to cut the world’s nuclear arsenals, saying the U.S. can ensure its security and that of its allies with one-third fewer weapons.
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Yesterday, shortly after I posted a column on Secretary of State John Kerry’s push to have the White House approve U.S. strikes on Syrian airfields -- and how Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey pushed back strongly against the idea -- I heard from a number of people who support Kerry’s stance and think that the Pentagon is being unnecessarily timid.
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The U.S. and the Taliban, deadly foes through 12 years of war in Afghanistan, executed a bit of choreographed diplomacy that sets the stage for initial peace negotiations to begin within days.
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A Western-backed Lebanese group called for the deployment of United Nations peace keepers along the border with Syria as the spillover of violence draws Lebanon deeper into its neighbor’s civil war.
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The Iranian rial, whose plunge triggered an inflation crisis, is gaining in the unregulated market after President-elect Hassan Rohani said he would seek to ease international sanctions crippling the economy.
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Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani said he will make the country’s nuclear program more transparent as he seeks to ease tension with the U.S. and reduce “brutal” sanctions that have crippled the economy.
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The election of Hassan Rohani as Iran’s president has drawn stern warnings, including from the Israeli prime minister, against the hope that his victory signals meaningful change. It’s too soon to know exactly what it signals -- but the result is a welcome surprise and an opportunity that should be cautiously explored.
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Iranian President-Elect Hassan Rohani’s vow to improve ties with the world carried him to a surprise first-round win. It also may have rewound the clock on a potential military strike against his country over its nuclear program.
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West Texas Intermediate crude traded at the highest price in more than nine months because of renewed speculation that unrest in Syria will spread to other parts of the Middle East and disrupt supplies.
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President Barack Obama will sound out western allies this week on how far to go to intervene in Syria’s civil war and find out how determined Russia is to stand in the way.
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