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Ex-spy poisoning row: Russian Embassy requests to meet UK's Foreign Secret
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 08 (ANI): The Russian Embassy has requested a meeting with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in regard to the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, claiming that the dealings with Russia over the issue are 'utterly unsatisfactor
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UK Foreign Secy apologises for sexist reference to Emily Thornberry
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 28 (ANI): The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), Boris Johnson has apologised for calling the shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry as "Lady Nugee", a reference deemed sexist by the Speaker of UK's House of Commons John Bercow.
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14 European nations join US to expel Russian diplomats
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Mar. 26 (ANI): Following US President Donald Trump's directive to expel 60 Russian diplomats, owing to the poisoning of the former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, 14 European nations have followed suit, ousting dozens of Russian officials from their respe
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Boris Johnson to visit Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 1 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will be in Dhaka on a two-day official visit commencing from February 9.
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US to send team to Europe to discuss Iran deal
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 23 (ANI): The United States would be sending a diplomatic team to Europe to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced on Monday.
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UK Foreign Secretary to hold talks in Russia
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], December 21 (ANI): The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), Boris Johnson, will hold talks in Moscow on Friday, in the first visit to Russia by a British foreign minister in five years.
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European Commission triggers Article 7 against Poland over serious 'breach
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 20 (ANI): The European Commission has triggered Article 7 for the first time, against Poland over a judicial reform dispute, saying that there is a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland, the Guardian reported.
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Japan imposes additional sanctions against N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 15 (ANI): Japan has announced imposing fresh sanctions against North Korea to take pressure on the country a notch higher to halt its nuclear weapons and missile development.
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UK, Japan to discuss security issues, N Korea nuclear threat
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.], Dec 14 (ANI): British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson are likely to meet their Japanese counterparts in London on Thursday for talks, which is expected to be dominated by concern over North K
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Maori greeting could be misinterpreted as 'headbutt': UK Foreign
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July. 25 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has a history being gaffe-prone, joked that the traditional Maori greeting 'hongi', in which people press their foreheads and noses together, could be mistaken for a headbutt.
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Britain could join U.S. against Assad's regime in Syria: Boris Johnso
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], April 19 (ANI): British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson has said Britain could join U.S. air strikes against the Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria despite a previous vote in the parliament against it.
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Western counterparts inventing absurd reasons: Russia on Boris Johnson
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 8 (ANI): Russia on Saturday said it considers 'absurd' the reason for cancellation of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's visit to Russia, which was due on April 10, in the aftermath of the U.S. airstrike in Syria which the Kremlin has denounced.
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