EU poised to suspend some sanctions on Iran

BRUSSELS: Sometime between breakfast and lunchtime Monday, a message will arrive in Belgium's capital that should set in motion an international diplomatic machine, affect billions of dollars blocked in banks and have repercussions from US college campuses to oil tankers on the seas.

Years of US fines over Iran loom for foreign banks like Deutsche Bank, Intesa San Paolo

LONDON/FRANKFURT: For years, the United States struggled to get foreign bankers to comply with its effort to throttle Iran's economy - but a couple of billion dollars in fines, not to mention lurid headlines and talk of jail time, has suddenly got their attention.

Clinton wants India to further cut Iranian oil imports

NEW DELHI: Even as the US was pressing India to further reduce its oil imports from Iran, a 56-member delegation from Tehran was in the capital to push trade ties.

US urges India to press Iran over nuclear issue

NEW DELHI: Downplaying divergences on the Iranian issue after imposing fresh sanctions, the US on Monday sought India's cooperation in pressing Tehran to come clean on its nuclear programme and clarified that it was not seeking to undermine New Delhi's energy security.