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SWIFT return to international bank transfers for Iran’s banks
With the nuclear deal that led to the lifting of international sanctions, Iran suddenly has access to around 100 billion euros of its assets that were frozen in countries around the world. And as of this week it is back in the global...
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How low can it go? Oil price slump pressures Gulf Arab states
The price of Brent crude oil – an industry benchmark – fell below $28 a barrel for a while on Monday before recovering slightly. The last time it was that low was in 2003. The oil market is already oversupplied and added to that glut...
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EU’s Mogherini urges world powers to broke Syria peace deal at Geneva talks
The EU’s top diplomat urged world powers to seize the chance to end Syria’s five-year conflict at peace talks in Geneva next week. Federica Mogherini said the international community should focus on the humanitarian cost to ordinary...
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Italy and Iran sign business deals, Rouhani says boosting economy will beat extremism
With sanctions lifted, Italy and Iran have signed 17 billion euros worth of business deals during President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Rome. Rouhani talked up his country as a regional trade hub and pillar of stability saying that...
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Oil supply could grow further after diplomatic fall out between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Oil from Saudi Arabia is a part of the rivalry it has with Iran and now it’s taking to the stage in the diplomatic fall out. How will that effect output and in turn the price which has more than halved in 18 months. Like Saudi Arabia...
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Iran releases detained U.S. sailors
Video shows 10 navy members who were held overnight before being let go
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Oil crash could mean a litre of petrol will be cheaper than a bottle of mineral water
Fed up with the constant talk of tumbling oil prices? Let’s talk water instead. Let’s invert that old saying and pour water on troubled oil times. Supermarket bottled water, that is for it appears we are heading for what one respected...
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Oil price dips below the 30 dollar mark with Iran poised to crank up exports
Oil has dipped below the 30 dollar a barrel price. That represented a drop of 4.5 percent which means it has tumbled a massive 70 percent in the past eighteen months. Friday’s fall comes amid growing concern for the market as Iran is set...
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The staggering dollar
Renee Filippone explains the impact of a loonie worth less than 69 cents US
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Iran honours nuclear promises, sanctions lifted
U.S. and Iran swap prisoners hours before final conditions of the nuclear deal were met
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Sanctions against Iran end
International banking body has removed Iranian banks from its list of sanctioned financial institutions
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Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran
'The escalation of sectarian tensions between Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims basically plays into the hands of ISIS,' says London School of Economics professor Fawaz Gerges
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Rising tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Political scientist George Friedman talks about the impact tensions are having in an already volatile region
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Saudi Arabia-Iran tensions threaten world security, former minister tells euronews
The diplomatic rupture between Tehran and Riyadh – following the execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric by Saudi authorities – threatens world security, a former Iranian official has warned. Ahmad Salamatian, who was Deputy Minister of...
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Saudis expel Iran's diplomats
In response Saudi allies scale down ties to Iran; Iranian legislator says hajj travel from Iran may be disrupted
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Protests across Mideast in wake of Saudi executions
Crowds shout angry chants after popular cleric, others put to death
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Americans held hostage in Iran in 1979 win compensation
Provision buried in new congressional bill to give each of the hostages or their estates up to $4.4 million
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Why did Saudi Arabia execute 47 people?
Munk School of Global Affairs senior fellow Brian Stewart talks about what the executions mean for the region
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Politics of Iran-Saudi Arabia impasse
Munk School of Global Affairs senior fellow Brian Stewart and former Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy discuss the breakdown in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Europe to Iran: Contain nuclear programme or see sanctions reimposed
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and UK have agreed in a phone call to set the end of August as a de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran. Watch in for more details!
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Three Iraqi oil fields attacked within a week | Drone attack on Duhok province
Drone strikes have reportedly set fire to a US-operated oil field in Iraq, sparking fears of wider regional unrest. Is Iraq under attack again?
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Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif killed in July airstrike, Israel says
Israel says it killed Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif in a July airstrike inside Gaza, calling him one of organizers of the deadly Oct. 7 attacks. This comes amid growing fears of an all-out regional war after the recent killings of...
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'Challenging days ahead,' says Netanyahu in televised speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not comment on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in his speech to citizens, but did vow to exact a 'heavy price' for any aggression. Ellen Mauro breaks down the strongly worded...
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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran
Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to a statement from the group that governs Gaza.