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EU launches mechanism to defy US sanctions on Iran
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium] Jan 31 (ANI): The European Union has announced the setting of a mechanism to safeguard trade with Iran and defy sanctions imposed by the US after Washington pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Trump lashes out at Pelosi for planning trips amid shutdown
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jan 18(ANI): President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for planning an official trip to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan amid the ongoing historic partial government shutdown in the country.
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Senior Republican Senator blasts Trump-Pelosi 'sophomoric' exchange
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham slammed US President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "sophomoric" back and forth, which recently saw Trump postponing Pelosi's official travel to Brussels, Afghanistan, and Egypt.
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Brexit deal looks 'impossible': Donald Tusk
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jan 16 (ANI): Hours after British parliamentarians overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Tuesday indirectly called on the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union.
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UKPNP perturbed with profiling of nationalists political workers, leaders
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jan 4 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has expressed grave concern on profiling of nationalist political workers and leaders in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by the local authorities.
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Belgium's PM Charles Michel resigns
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 19 (ANI): Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel announced his resignation from the post on Tuesday (local time).
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Brussels: Police use tear gas to disperse anti-migration protestors
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 17 (ANI): Police in Brussels on Sunday used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-migration protestors demonstrating against the United Nations' (UN) Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) agreed on by 164 countries in Marrakech on December
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Brexit: EUCO calls backstop a 'temporary arrangement'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 14 (ANI): The European Council (EUCO) announced that the backstop in the endorsed Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was a "temporary insurance policy" to prevent a hard border in the Irish island while reiterating that the agreement was "not open for renegotiation" after th
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EU prolongs economic sanctions against Russia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 14 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has prolonged economic sanctions against Russia, owing to "zero progress" in the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
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May not expecting a 'breakthrough' on Brexit at EU summit
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 13 (ANI/Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that she was not expecting a "breakthrough" on the Brexit agreement at this week's EU summit in Brussels, adding that she would focus on the assurances over the "backstop" plan to avoid a manned Ir
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Brexit deal can't be renegotiated: EU leaders
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin/Brussels [Germany/Belgium], Dec 12 (ANI): The leaders of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday clearly said that the United Kingdom's withdrawal agreement on leaving the bloc would not be renegotiated, in what was a setback for embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Canadian diplomat detained in China
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 12 (ANI): A Canadian national employed in the International Crisis Group has been reportedly detained in China, the non-profit organisation said on Tuesday.
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