Slow progress. Were making progress. Its painfully slow as youve observed over the last week. But we are making progress. There are still some issues that have to be resolved. One Sticking Point is whether the iranians would allow inspections of military sites where theyre suspected of developing nuclear weapons. Another is whether the u. N. Security council will lift a ban on sales of weapons to iran. The negotiators are due to gather later saturday. India and pakistan are taking full membership of the shanghai cooperation organization. The group consists of russia china and four countries in central asia. Leaders gathered with those of five observer states including india, pakistan and mongolia. They agreed to start procedures to promote the indians and pakistanis. They also signed a statement for chinas plan to develop an economic belt along the silk road and remarked on the victories that their countries won 70 years ago in world war ii. Russian president Vladimir Putin said he wil
Phillip hammond has admitted slow progress. Were making progress. Its painfully slow as youve observed over the last week. But we are making progress. There are still some issues that have to be resolved. One Sticking Point is whether the iranians would allow inspections of military sites where theyre suspected of developing nuclear weapons. Another is whether the u. N. Security council will lift a ban on sales of weapons to iran. The negotiators are due to gather later saturday. India and pakistan are taking full membership of the shanghai cooperation organization. The group consists of russia china and four countries in central asia. Leaders gathered with those of five observer states including india, pakistan and mongolia. They agreed to start procedures to promote the indians and pakistanis. They also signed a statement for chinas plan to develop an economic belt along the silk road and remarked on the victories that their countries won 70 years ago in world war ii. Russian preside
I. T. Industry are training Elementary School students to be tomorrows computer programmers. Indonesian authorities have closed airports on bali and other tourist hot spots because of a volcanic eruption. Mt. Raung has been spewing ash since late june. But on friday the volcano blasted ash and debris 3,000 meters into the air. Authorities closed five airports including those on bali. Thousands of travelers are stranded. We got told that our flight was canceled. The volcano is disrupting operations during peak travel season. They want to reopen the airports as soon as conditions improve. Diplomats from iran and six world nations say their talks will extend. The representatives from iran and the five permanent members of the u. N. Security council plus germany are meeting in austria. All of them except for the russian and Chinese Foreign ministers gathered one day before the deadline. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry had talks with zarif before meeting with counterparts from britain,
Civil war broke out in march last year between the government of the president and antigovernment forces. U. N. Sponsored peace talks began in april but were suspended earlier this month without an agreement. That led to the resumption of air strikes. At least 27 people have been confirmed dead in central ne ball after a bus went off a local road in the mountains. It plunged 300 meters into a gorge on monday. Police say 42 people were also injured. The road was said to be wet from heavy rain that started the day before. Buses are an essssentialervice for people liviving inn the countrys mountainous areas but accidents involving vehicles are common. Many roads in s such areas are unpaved or lack guardrails. A 5. 4 earthquake has shaken southern peru killing at least four people. The u. S. Geological survey said the quake struck a mountainous region on sunday. Peruvian Authorities Say 263 houses collapsed. At least four people died beneath the rubble and 55 others were injured. Evacuees
Report. He reported his vessel had been shadowed by a chinese destroyer for about ten days before approaching the reef. Officials from russia and egypt are dismissing claims that a bomb may have caused the crash of an airliner over the sinai. British Prime Minister David Cameron had mentioned a strong possibility the plane was brought down by explosives. We cannot be certain that the Russian Airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that was the case. The plane went down on saturday after leaving the egyptian resort of Sharm Elsheikh. All 224 people on board died. Most of the passengers were russian. An Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for the crash. Prime minister cameron told russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin it was increasingly likely a bomb was to blame but putin said the cause of the accident should be determined based on information from the official investigation. Observers say it would be a serious blow to russians air