A compromise allowing the US Congress to vote on a nuclear deal with Tehran may prompt Iranian negotiators to drive a harder bargain, but does not drastically weaken President Barack Obama's ability to deliver on a final agreement.

(VOV) - US and Cuba are moving toward a full resumption of diplomatic ties, which have been suspended since 1961. 

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton promised on April 15 to help small businesses, saying US tax rules were skewed in favor of big corporations and made it time consuming and costly for small employers to navigate the tax code.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 14 expressed Israel's "dismay" to Russian President Vladimir Putin at Russia's decision to lift a self-imposed ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran.

The first Interpol World, an international event on security initiatives and technology, was launched in Singapore on April 14 by Interpol in coordination of the Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs. 

President Barack Obama told Congress on April 15 he intends to remove Cuba from a US list of state sponsors of terrorism, clearing the main obstacle to restoring diplomatic relations and reopening embassies shut for more than half a century.

(VOV) -Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency will hold a joint technical session in Tehran on April 15.

US President Barack Obama stops short of fully endorsing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton-just one day after she announced her White House bid.

On April 13, Ukraine's military accused pro-Russian rebels of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories.

ASEAN and China have affirmed their commitment to forge closer cooperation during the 16th Meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC), a key mechanism to review ASEAN-China cooperation and discuss its future direction, held recently in Jakarta.