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What bankers are really worried about
May 06, 2020 07:05Europe’s banks have often complained about too much regulation hampering their ability to lend. The COVID-19 epidemic shows that when times are bad the real constraint lies elsewhere: In the financial markets.
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Iran outdoing biggest powers in coronavirus battle: Minister
May 04, 2020 07:41Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said the country has outperformed the most powerful countries in tackling the novel coronavirus pandemic despite financial problems.
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US plan to rejoin JCPOA to get nowhere: Iranian spokesman
May 04, 2020 03:48Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Washington’s ploy to again become a participant of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal after its unilateral withdrawal from the agreement is a nonstarter that runs counter to the international law.
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US no longer party to JCPOA: EU on Washington’s anti-Iran bid
May 01, 2020 01:23The European Union foreign policy chief says the US is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group, pointing to the limitations that Washington is facing in its avowed bid to extend an arms embargo under the deal against Tehran that is going to expire in October.
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E3 agrees with Iran: US is out of JCPOA, cannot push for arms embargo renewal
Apr 30, 2020 08:21Reports say the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the E3, appear to be in agreement with Iran’s argument that the US is no longer a party to the accord and thus not entitled to push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Tehran.
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EU regrets US attempts to block Iran’s IMF loan request
Apr 23, 2020 01:35The European Union has censured the United States for refusing to ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and blocking an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Iran to help it fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do
Apr 19, 2020 06:11In theory, all of us are vulnerable to coronavirus, but in practice how well we fare has to do with what you could call preexisting conditions that are not only medical but economic, social, political and racial — and the pandemic, which is also an economic catastrophe, has made these differences glaringly clear.
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Post-Corona world; a new world with an injured body (1)
Apr 19, 2020 06:06Coronavirus will eventually leave us, but the scars of coronavirus and its aftermaths will remain on the body of the world, since the world’s present power structure is not powerful enough to heal this wound and make up for its huge consequences; this structure will naturally change and a new order will emerge.
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UAE-backed separatists warn of 'imminent war' with Saudi mercenaries in Yemen
Apr 19, 2020 03:55UAE-backed separatists in southern Yemen have warned of an "imminent war" with Saudi-sponsored militants as divisions between the two sides continue to deepen.
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Europe remains 'in the eye' of coronavirus storm: WHO
Apr 16, 2020 23:58The World Health Organization's European office says that despite certain "optimistic signs" in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases is rising and approaching one million in the continent alone.