Iran is ready to sign a memorandum of understanding with the United States on the establishment of direct flights between the two countries, the head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization said, Fars News Agency reported Oct. 3.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has decided to continue supporting the current government, led by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, in a vote of confidence, Ansa reported Oct. 2.
A resumption of direct flights between Iran and the United States is inevitable but will not have a great impact on the countries' political ties, an official with the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said, the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency reported Oct. 2.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that three officials from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas funded a plot to sabotage Venezuela's national electrical grid, Globovision reported Sept. 30. Maduro said the three officials had 48 hours to vacate the country.
The Democratic-led U.S. Senate once again rejected a proposal by the Republican-led House of Representatives to defund the Affordable Care Act, CNN reported Sept. 30.
Syrian President Bashar al Assad will run for re-election in 2014 if he feels the Syrian people want him to, he said in an interview with Italian Rai News 24 on Sept. 30, Andalou Agency reported.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander said that Iranian President Hasan Rouhani should have refused to accept the historic telephone call from U.S. President Barack Obama last week, AFP reported Sept. 30.
