Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the US as he headed overseas for negotiations aimed at ending the war.

OIC condemns Israeli approval of 34 new West Bank settlements | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Israel’s approval of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying the decision violates international law.
Israeli rights group Peace Now reported late on Thursday that the…
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What We Don’t Know, Can Kill Us.
What a difference two years can make: In first photo, from Washington in 1951, Dean Acheson (on left), as US Secretary of State, warmly greets Mohammad Mosaddegh, the recently elected prime minister of Iran. Then in 1953, the CIA engineered a…
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Peruvians in Utah will count among the voters weighing in Sunday in Peru’s presidential election
SALT LAKE CITY — Peruvians go to the polls Sunday to vote for a president, and Salt Lake City will host perhaps up to 6,000 or more of the voters.
“The Peruvian community in general has shown a lot of interest in being able to participate in the…
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Iran’s last-minute, 2-point caveat for talks with US in Islamabad: Stop Lebanon war, and unfreeze assets
While US President Donald Trump was talking about “reloading” warships, and claiming that Iranians are “alive today” only to negotiate, the regime in Tehran on Friday set a two-pronged condition before any talks can be held. This, even as…
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Lithuania and Azerbaijan expand business ties with focus on energy, trade and EU connectivity
Lithuania’s prime minister Inga Ruginienė visited Baku to develop Lithuania’s economic and political engagement with Azerbaijan through cooperation across energy, trade, security and transport connectivity, as both countries seek to strengthen sector-based ties between the South Caucasus and…
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The daring film ‘Homebound’ got Oscar buzz, is now on Netflix : NPR
Mohammad Saiyub (above, in a Mumbai quarter on a February day) appeared in a photo that went viral in the early days of the…

