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Macron asks Iran for 'clear gestures' on nuclear inspections

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday asked Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for "clear gestures" and an immediate return to the terms of a landmark nuclear deal with Western powers. Macron's office said that, in a telephone call, the French leader also asked Rouhani to cooperate fully with the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, on inspections and expressed his "deepest concern" over Tehran's violations of the accord. The 2015 deal - called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - has been hanging by a thread since former US president Donald Trump pulled...

Iran warns against censure at UN nuclear watchdog

Iran warned Tuesday against a planned resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog which will condemn its suspension of some nuclear inspections, but stressed it remains committed to diplomacy. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed Tuesday that France, Britain and Germany will put forward a resolution at this week's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors. "I have to give this warning, that actions against our expectations will have adverse effects on diplomatic processes, and can quickly close the windows of opportunity," Iran's government spokesman Ali ...

ＳＵＧＩＺＯらがエネルギー問題などについて激論「あえて原発賛成の人と話してみたい」

ロックバンド「Ｘ ＪＡＰＡＮ」「ＬＵＮＡ ＳＥＡ」のギタリスト・ＳＵＧＩＺＯ（５１）が２日に行われた...

U.S. Sanctions Russian Government For Poisoning Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny

In one of the strongest moves against the Russian government in U.S. history, President Joe Biden announced heavy sanctions against the country for orchestrating the assassination of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in September. The U.S. joins the European Union which on Monday ordered current sanctions on Russia be expanded as a result of the government’s assassination attempt. The sanctions, however, do not directly cite Russian President Vladimir Putin nor intelligence leaders as the perpetrators. The U.S. sanctions point to Russia’s Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (F.S.B.), its federal ...

US ambassador to UN demands information on Syria detainees

The US ambassador to the UN on Tuesday demanded that Syria make the status of detainees public and return any bodies of the dead to their families. "At least 14,000 Syrians have been reportedly tortured and tens of thousands forcibly disappeared," Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during a UN General Assembly debate on human rights. "We demand that the status of all those detained be made public and we demand that the bodies of the deceased be returned to their loved ones with the time, place and cause of death," Thomas-Greenfield said. The 193-member body heard testimony from several survivors who...

Thousands defy Algeria curfew as protests resurge

Some 2,000 Algerians, mostly students, rallied against the government Tuesday in defiance of lockdown measures, as their two-year-old pro-democracy protest movement resurges. For the second consecutive week, young protesters accompanied by lecturers and other supporters poured through central Algiers, shouting slogans demanding "a free and democratic Algeria" and an end to the military's domination of the North African country. They marched through the narrow streets of the Casbah in order to evade police cordons set up along the normal route of the once-regular student-led Tuesday marches. Wi...

Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul in court for first time since release

Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since her provisional release from prison last month, as she appealed restrictions including a five-year travel ban, her family said. Hathloul, 31, best known for campaigning against a decades-long ban on female drivers, was detained in May 2018 with about a dozen other women activists - just weeks before the ban was lifted. The release of Hathloul, who is still on probation and is barred from leaving Saudi Arabia for five years, came as the kingdom faces renewed US scrutiny of its human rights record under Preside...

Blinken presses Ethiopia prime minister for atrocity probe

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Ethiopia's leader to allow an international investigation and called for Eritrean troops to leave after allegations of a massacre. In a phone call with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Blinken "asked that the government of Ethiopia work with the international community to facilitate independent, international and credible investigations into reported human rights abuses and violations and to hold those responsible accountable," the State Department said. Blinken said there were a "growing number of credible reports of atrocities and human rights ...

Jordan says Israeli-Arab deals no substitute for two-state solution

Jordan warned Israel on Tuesday that recent normalisation deals between the Jewish state and Arab countries could not replace a two-state solution to the Palestinian issue. "Peace accords signed by Israel and Arab countries, including the peace treaty with Jordan, cannot be a substitute for the resolution of the Palestinian question," said Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in a statement. "There is no alternative to a two-state solution as a route to a just and comprehensive peace." Safadi made the remarks during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi at the King Hussein (...

雨上がり・蛍原が心境告白「宮迫のおかげで今がある。俺、どうしたらええねん」

雨上がり決死隊・蛍原徹（５３）が２日深夜に放送された「あちこちオードリー～春日の店あいてますよ？～」...