Topic: Middle East
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran believes a nuclear fuel exchange with the West is still possible, state television said on Wednesday, a day after the Islamic Republic's expansion of uranium enrichment drew a U.S. warning of more sanctions soon. "The deal is still on the table," Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said on English-language Press ...
After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dramatically in 2010, a U.N. report said Wednesday. The report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said bad weather may lead to a decrease in ...
California's insurance regulator plans to take steps Wednesday to pressure insurance companies into ending any financial relationship they have with Iran. A state law that took effect last year outlaws direct investments in Iran by California-based companies. An insurance department review released in December found no such ...
