WSJ: Thai police said one of several missing suspects in a botched bomb plot that rattled Bangkok earlier this week is a 52-year-old man who might have served as an explosives training expert to help aid the strike aimed at Israeli diplomats in the city.
Bangkok says explosives expert among suspects in bomb plot
Nuclear talks may resume with Iran
UPI: U.S. and European officials signaled that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program may resume for the first time in over a year.
First exiles to leave Iraq’s Camp Ashraf slam new site
CNN: About 400 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group who are the first to leave a long-term camp in Iraq under a U.N. plan criticized their treatment and the conditions at the new temporary site Saturday.
32 stand trial over Iran’s biggest bank fraud
AP: A Tehran court began hearing the trial of 32 defendants Saturday in a $2.6 billion bank fraud described as the biggest financial scam in the country’s history, state TV reported.
Iran warships ‘enter the Mediterranean’
AFP: Iranian warships entered the Mediterranean after crossing the Suez Canal on Saturday to show Tehran’s “might” to regional states, the navy commander said, at a time of simmering tensions with Israel.
400 Iran exiles reluctantly move to new Iraq home
AP: Lugging clothes, tables and whatever else they could carry, roughly 400 members of an Iranian exile group reluctantly moved Saturday from their camp in northwestern Iraq to a deserted military base outside the capital in what they called a show of good faith that they eventually will be allowed to leave the country peacefully.
Top US aide heads to Israel for talks on Iran, Syria
AFP: US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will travel to Israel on Saturday for talks with senior Israeli officials on a range of issues, including Iran and Syria, the White House announced.
Britain fears new Cold War over Iran
AFP: Iran’s nuclear ambitions could trigger “a new Cold War” more perilous than that between the West and the Soviet Union, the British Foreign Secretary warned on Friday.
Obama administration takes back seat on Iran sanctions
Los Angeles Times: Despite the Obama administration’s vows to cripple Iran with economic sanctions, it is leaders in Congress and Europe who have seized the lead in the West’s long-running campaign to punish Tehran for its suspected nuclear weapons program.
Searches delay Iran exiles’ exit from Iraq camp
AFP: Searches of Iranian opposition members have delayed their departure from a camp in Iraq for a UN-approved site near Baghdad, an Iraqi army officer and a legal adviser to the exiles said on Friday.
