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Topic: Wendy Sherman

October 16, 2013
6:36 am

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, left, talks to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during a photo opportunity prior to the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Fabrice Coffrini)

West upbeat after Iran presents nuclear proposals

Iranian presentation followed by detailed technical talks ‘for the first time,’ according to EU and US officials

By George Jahn and John Heilprin

October 16, 2013
12:28 am

Delegates from the P5+1 and Iran meet in Geneva, at the start of two days of talks regarding Tehran's nuclear program, Tuesday, October 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Fabrice Coffrini)

US and Iran hold bilateral meeting in Geneva

State Department official describes the one-hour conference as ‘useful’; Obama administration doesn’t expect overnight breakthrough

By Adiv Sterman

October 15, 2013
10:31 pm

US President Barack Obama gestures while making a statement on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington (photo credit: AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

US administration: Shutdown undermining Iran sanctions

Officials in Washington say inability to reach compromise harms attempt to pressure Tehran during nuclear talks in Geneva

By Ron Kampeas

October 7, 2013
11:31 pm

The US Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue (photo credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Washington DC’s Jews cope with government shutdown

In towns near US capital, where many work for government, effects felt by individuals and communal organizations

By Ron Kampeas

October 6, 2013
5:46 am

US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno shakes hands with New Zealand army Maj. Gen. Warren J. Whiting at an MFO camp in the Sinai on September 21, 2012. (Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/US Army)

Shutdown delaying aid to Israel, Sinai peacekeeper funding

John Kerry says lack of government money hurting Washington’s allies and making enforcement of sanctions on Iran impossible

By Joshua Davidovich and AP

October 4, 2013
8:53 am

US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman briefs Congress, on Thursday, October 4, 2013. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

State Department: Iran sanctions crippled by shutdown

Offices enforcing economic measures against Tehran ‘utterly depleted,’ US nuclear negotiator says in Senate briefing

By Lazar Berman

October 3, 2013
9:34 pm

John Kerry, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu and a press conference in Jerusalem In September 2013. (photo credit: US State Department)

State Department urges more time for diplomatic track with Iran

Undersecretary Sherman says Israel’s security ‘paramount’ in nuclear talks, US mindful of ‘Iranian deception’

By Lazar Berman

August 27, 2013
5:37 am

Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)

US-Russia meeting on Syria postponed

Meeting was meant to set up an international conference for finding a political solution to Syrian crisis

By Deb Riechmann

June 25, 2013
4:47 pm

Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers questions at the UN headquarters on November 29, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

UN envoy sees slim chances for July Syria conference

Lakhdar Brahimi says situation ‘has hardly improved,’ cautions against war spilling into Lebanon

June 5, 2013
1:43 am

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, attends a meeting with China's then premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, in Beijing last year (photo credit: AP/Ed Jones)

US extends Iran sanctions waivers to nine countries

Washington has yet to punish any of its international trading partners for violating previous measures on petroleum industry

By Bradley Klapper and Marjorie Olster

May 23, 2013
8:55 am

President Obama and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaking at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, May 2011. (photo credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson/via JTA)

Pressing Poland on restitution poses dilemma for US, Jewish groups

Poland is the sole European country that does not offer private property restitution to survivors of the Holocaust or their heirs, but it is also among the most reliable US allies

By Ron Kampeas

May 17, 2013
4:19 am

Illustrative photo of the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour/File)

On Iran, the world’s efforts sadly ‘have not been successful’

As Tehran gets set to chair the very disarmament forum it flouts, and former Obama officials suggest a bomb may not be preventable, signs are that diplomacy has run out of steam

By Haviv Rettig Gur

May 16, 2013
3:28 am

Illustrative photo of a victim of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Homs, Syria, December 23, 2012 (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

Chemical weapons used in Syria at least twice, US official says

Amid calls for increased Western intervention, under secretary of state says intelligence ‘not all one needs’ to justify action

By Times of Israel staff

May 15, 2013
7:23 pm

Wendy Sherman (photo credit: CC-BY dbking, Flickr)

US explores new ways to press Iran on nuke program

State Department’s nuclear negotiator with Tehran presents Congress with new range of options to deter Islamic Republic

March 3, 2013
1:03 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu calls for unity in the face of dangers

Prime minister ties external threats to need for broad coalition at home

By Stuart Winer

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Wendy Sherman

West upbeat after Iran presents nuclear proposals

Iranian presentation followed by detailed technical talks ‘for the first time,’ according to EU and US officials

US and Iran hold bilateral meeting in Geneva

State Department official describes the one-hour conference as ‘useful’; Obama administration doesn’t expect overnight breakthrough

US administration: Shutdown undermining Iran sanctions

Officials in Washington say inability to reach compromise harms attempt to pressure Tehran during nuclear talks in Geneva

Washington DC’s Jews cope with government shutdown

In towns near US capital, where many work for government, effects felt by individuals and communal organizations

Shutdown delaying aid to Israel, Sinai peacekeeper funding

John Kerry says lack of government money hurting Washington’s allies and making enforcement of sanctions on Iran impossible

State Department: Iran sanctions crippled by shutdown

Offices enforcing economic measures against Tehran ‘utterly depleted,’ US nuclear negotiator says in Senate briefing

State Department urges more time for diplomatic track with Iran

Undersecretary Sherman says Israel’s security ‘paramount’ in nuclear talks, US mindful of ‘Iranian deception’

US-Russia meeting on Syria postponed

Meeting was meant to set up an international conference for finding a political solution to Syrian crisis

UN envoy sees slim chances for July Syria conference

Lakhdar Brahimi says situation ‘has hardly improved,’ cautions against war spilling into Lebanon

US extends Iran sanctions waivers to nine countries

Washington has yet to punish any of its international trading partners for violating previous measures on petroleum industry

Pressing Poland on restitution poses dilemma for US, Jewish groups

Poland is the sole European country that does not offer private property restitution to survivors of the Holocaust or their heirs, but it is also among the most reliable US allies

On Iran, the world’s efforts sadly ‘have not been successful’

As Tehran gets set to chair the very disarmament forum it flouts, and former Obama officials suggest a bomb may not be preventable, signs are that diplomacy has run out of steam

Chemical weapons used in Syria at least twice, US official says

Amid calls for increased Western intervention, under secretary of state says intelligence ‘not all one needs’ to justify action

US explores new ways to press Iran on nuke program

State Department’s nuclear negotiator with Tehran presents Congress with new range of options to deter Islamic Republic

Netanyahu calls for unity in the face of dangers

Prime minister ties external threats to need for broad coalition at home

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