Louis Charbonneau
By Louis Charbonneau
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Breaking News Israeli and Palestinian Envoys Trade Insults at UN Security Council
A monthly meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East deteriorated into a shouting match on Monday as Israeli and Palestinian envoys yelled “shame on you” at each other across the chamber. “You’re paying the families of the terrorists,” Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said loudly during the meeting of the 15-nation…
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Breaking News Israel Trades Barbs With Iran at U.N. Disarmament Panel
Israel and Iran exchanged sharp criticisms at a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly’s disarmament committee on Friday, accusing each other of being a major destabilizing force in the Middle East. Israeli Ambassador Alon Roth-Snir told the United Nations’ First Committee that “Iran remains the most significant threat to the security of the Middle East…
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Breaking News Iran Lawmakers Plan Their Own Debate Over Nuclear Deal
The speaker of Iran’s parliament on Thursday predicted that the debate among Iranian lawmakers on the nuclear agreement between Tehran and major powers will likely be more dramatic than in the U.S. Congress, where Republicans have sought to kill the deal. Earlier on Thursday Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he favored a parliamentary…
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Breaking News Israel Blasts Palestinians for UN Flag Push
Israel on Tuesday complained to the United Nations about a Palestinian initiative to fly their flag alongside full member states’ at the world body’s headquarters, calling it “another cynical misuse of the U.N. by the Palestinian Authority.” Currently, only member states’ flags fly at U.N. headquarters. While the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the de facto…
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Breaking News Samantha Power Says Dumping Iran Deal Would Isolate U.S.
Rejecting the Iran nuclear deal would lead to diplomatic isolation for the United States and significantly undermine Washington’s ability to achieve other foreign policy goals, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday. In an article published on the Politico website, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said diplomats from the 193 member states of…
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Breaking News Iran Nuclear Deal Looks More Likely as Talks Enter Home Stretch
Iran is trying to avoid detailed commitments. The French are sticking to their tough line. And U.S. President Barack Obama faces a battle to sell any deal to a skeptical Congress. Despite those and other obstacles, negotiators appear increasingly likely to clinch an historic deal to restrict Iran’s nuclear program for at least a decade…
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Breaking News Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Amid Progress
Six world powers and Iran met again on Wednesday in a bid to reach a preliminary accord on reining in Tehran’s nuclear program, after failing to agree crucial details such as the lifting of U.N. sanctions by a midnight deadline. The negotiators ended talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne in the early morning hours….
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