Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

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A demonstration in Tehran on Monday against Saudi Arabia, after the kingdom cut ties with Iran.

Iran, Emerging From Sanctions, Faces More Isolation After Embassy Attack

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Some Iranians are wondering whether Saudi Arabia has again gained the upper hand in a new diplomatic crisis.

$King Salman of Saudi Arabia last month in Riyadh. The American perception that the Saudis are critical to stability in the region continues to hold together an increasingly fractious marriage between the two countries.$

U.S. Struggles to Explain Alliance With Saudis

By DAVID E. SANGER

The Obama administration could not bring itself to condemn the execution of a dissident cleric who challenged the royal family, for fear of undermining the Saudi leadership it desperately needs in fighting ISIS.

President Obama and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday.

Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ERIC LICHTBLAU

President Obama's executive actions on guns will stop short of the kind of large-scale changes that he unsuccessfully sought from Congress three years ago.