Tag: John Kerry
breakingnews: Kerry arrives in Geneva for much-anticipated Iran nuclear talks NBC News: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined international representatives from the United Kingdom, France and Germany in Geneva on Friday to push toward the first phase of a nuclear deal with Iran. The dignitaries are all expected to meet with Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, NBC News reports. “I want to emphasize there are still some very important issues on the table that are unresolved. It is important for those to be properly, thoroughly addressed,” Kerry said upon arriving in Geneva. Follow updates at BreakingNews.com. Photo: Secretary of…
breakingnews: Kerry: ‘Must be accountability’ for chemical weapons use in Syria NBC News: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria and that President Barack Obama will be “making an informed decision about how to respond.” In a speech delivered on Monday, Kerry said President Barack Obama believes “there must be accountability” and that the administration is consulting with members of Congress. He spoke hours after a United Nations team investigating claims of a poison-gas attack in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital collected blood samples and interviewed survivors despite being temporarily turned back by sniper fire. UN Secretary…
Happy Sunday people, how is summer going for you all? I hope you are having a wonderful weekend either you’re working or vacationing these days. Here’s a collection of some of my favorite reads this week. World affairs news of the week: This Could Actually Work – Why John Kerry’s Middle East peace push isn’t a fool’s errand OK, I know it’s too early to really rejoice about this, and that the last talks barely lasted a few weeks with no concrete result, but still. Democrat administrations had such great achievements on that front in the past, I am just…
A busy week behind us again, unfortunately with more bad news than good. Even the weather took a worrying turn in many parts of the world. Starting with the hurricane in Oklahoma to all the extreme weather issues across Western Europe these days. Can we blame it on climate change or not? Of course I’ll leave this discussion to those who are experts of the topic while I’ll remain on more familiar grounds. On world affairs: Will We Witness the End of Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights? Recent exchanges of fire between Syria and Israel question the future of a not properly armed…
