North Korea ready to carry out nuclear test at any moment, Seoul says

From K.J. Kwon, CNN updated 11:55 AM EDT, Thu May 24, 2012 Seoul, South Korea (CNN) – North Korea appears to be ready to carry out a nuclear test whenever leaders of the reclusive state give the green light, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry said Thursday. The comment follows an analysis of recent commercial [...]

IRAN: DISCOVERY WILL COLLAPSE CHRISTIANITY

WND EXCLUSIVE Says Turkish ‘Bible’ has Barnabas forecasting Muhammad’s coming 05/23/2012 By Reza Kahlili Iran’s Basij Press is claiming that a version of the Gospel of Barnabas, found in 2000, will prove that Islam is the final and righteous religion and the revelation will cause the collapse worldwide of Christianity. Turkey confiscated a leather-bound text, written on animal [...]

Insight: Iran’s “Great Game” in Afghanistan

By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL | Thu May 24, 2012 (Reuters) – With most foreign combat troops set to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, Iran is using the media in the war-ravaged nation to gain influence, a worrying issue for Washington. Nearly a third of Afghanistan’s media is backed by Iran, either financially or through providing content, Afghan officials and media groups [...]

Revolutionary Guards’ Terror Cells in U.S. Mosques

05/24/2012 By: Reza Kahlili Last week, CBN aired a special report on the possibility of an attack in the scale of 09/11 by Iranian assets here in America: “Will Iran Strike New York City on 9/11 Scale?” Erick Stakelbeck, the CBN News Terrorism Analyst, who put together the report, explained how Iranian diplomats and other [...]

Iran rejects West’s proposal on nuclear curbs

05/24/2012 By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, and demanded answers to their own counteroffer meant to alleviate concerns about the Islamic Republic’s ability to build atomic weapons. The stance underscored the difficulties facing the nuclear talks as [...]

Iran nuclear talks continue for second day

24 May 2012 Last updated at 11:47 ET BBC Talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme are continuing for a second – unscheduled – day in Baghdad after diplomats failed to reach agreement. Six world powers made Iran an offer if it stopped processing medium-enriched uranium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons, EU officials said. But [...]

Iran face-off drives new naval small ship focus

Yahoo News By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent | Reuters – Wed, May 23, 2012 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For decades, Western navies have built ever larger, more expensive warships. Those vessels now look increasingly vulnerable to thousands of small, fast Iranian attack boats that could dominate the Gulf in the event conflict there. In response, the U.S. Navy has sent almost its entire fleet of [...]

Jailed blogger on hunger strike

RadioZamaneh Thu, 05/24/2012 Hossein Ronaghi Maleki Jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has once again begun a hunger strike to protest his dire situation at Evin Prison. The Human Rights Activists News Agency reports that the Ronaghi Maleki is suffering from a failed kidney and is being refused medical attention so he has begun a [...]

Iranian Navy Reportedly Rescues U.S. Ship From Pirates

May 24, 2012 RFE/RL Iran’s navy says it has rescued a U.S.-flagged cargo ship from pirates in the Gulf of Oman. In a statement quoted by the official IRNA news agency, the navy said an Iranian warship responded to a distress signal from the ship “Maersk Texas,” which was attacked by pirate boats on May [...]

Israel revives military option after Obama rejects its nuclear demands of Iran

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 24, 2012 Israel has withdrawn its pledge to US President Barack Obama not to strike Iran’s nuclear sites before the November presidential election after he rejected its minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran. This is reported exclusively by DEBKAfile’s Washington sources. In public, Israeli ministers still talk as though they believe in results [...]

Iran talks with world powers hit snag over sanctions

Asharq 05/24/2012 BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iran accused world powers on Thursday of creating “a difficult atmosphere” that hindered talks on its atomic energy programme, signaling a snag in diplomacy to defuse fears of a covert Iranian bid to develop nuclear bombs. The nub of the dispute was not immediately clear as the high-stakes talks went [...]

Iran, world powers agree to new round of talks

Thursday, 24 May 2012 By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES  Iran and world powers agreed Thursday to hold a new round of nuclear talks, a diplomat involved in discussions in Baghdad said, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to give details shortly. “There will be more talks,” the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity following [...]

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