In a greeting to Iranians marking the Persian new year, U.S. President Barack Obama told them this year represents the “best opportunity in decades” to pursue a different relationship between the United States and the Islamic Republic. Iranians are celebrating Nowruz as a March 31 deadline approaches for reaching a framework agreement to limit Iran’s […]
The U.S. Secret Service says a letter addressed to the White House has tested positive for cyanide, a deadly poison. The agency, which is charged with protecting the president and other high-ranking officials, issued a statement Tuesday saying the letter was received at a screening facility away from the White House campus the day before. […]
Pakistani officials say they executed 12 male convicts Tuesday, in the largest single-day total since the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty. Ten prisoners were hanged at jails in Punjab province, while two others were hanged in the southern city of Karachi. Revocation of the policy was first applied only to those prisoners […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized an open letter sent by 47 U.S. Republican Senators to Tehran about the ongoing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, saying the move showed “disintegration” in U.S. politics. The letter warns that the next U.S. president could revoke any deal Iran may reach with a group of six world […]