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Nobel winner K.Satyarthi extends support for common Earth Anthem
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has extended support to efforts of poet-diplomat Abhay K to get a common anthem for our planet.
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Turkish FM in Qatar to resolve Gulf diplomatic rift
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 15 (ANI): Taking initiative to resolve the Gulf crisis Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has landed in Doha in a first leg to his Gulf tour to mend Qatar's ties with Arab states and said the crisis should be resolved "through peace and dialogue".
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Pentagon agrees to USD 12 billion jet deal with Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 15 (ANI): The Gulf region may be in throes of a major diplomatic crisis, with several countries cutting off ties with Qatar owing to its reported support for terror-related intiatives, but this has not stopped Doha from arriving at an agreement with the
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Pentagon strikes USD 12 billion jet deal with Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], June 15 (ANI): As Qatar faces regional isolation due to the ongoing diplomatic rift with its Middle-Eastern neighbours, the United States confirmed the sale of F-15 fighters worth USD 12 billion to Qatar, according to CNN.
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Are you with us or with Qatar: Saudi King asks Pakistan PM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told Saudi Arabia that Pakistan will not take sides in the ongoing the Middle East diplomatic row, leading King Salman to ask Islamabad "are you with us or with Qatar".
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U.S. court grants bail to arrested Bangladesh diplomat in New York
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 14 (ANI): A U.S. court has granted bail to Bangladeshi diplomat Mohammed Shahedul Islam, who was indicted on charges of labour trafficking and assault, for forcing his servant to work without pay.
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Amid Gulf crisis, certain regional states to increase arms purchase: Irani
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], June 14 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the current diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region may bring about an increase in the purchase of arms by certain regional states.
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Amid diplomatic crisis, U.S. Ambassador to Qatar to step down
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.], June 14 (ANI): United States ambassador to Qatar, Dana Shell Smith yesterday announced that she will step down later this month, after being in the post for last three years.
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Taiwan to rethink cross-strait relations as Panama ties diplomatic knot wi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 13 (ANI): Infuriated over the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Panama, Taiwan said on Tuesday it would rethink its relations with the mainland in the wake of this decision and also accused it of stoking confrontation.
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Sharif, army chief meet Saudi King to discuss Gulf crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to meet King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz as part of efforts to help resolve the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East.
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Iran sends five planes of food to Qatar amid Gulf crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 11 (ANI): Iran's national carrier Iran Air confirmed on Sunday that the country has sent five planes of food to Qatar after Gulf countries cut off air and other transport links to the emirate, amid a diplomatic row engulfing the region, local media reports said.
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Erdogan assures support to Qatar amid diplomatic row
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 10 (ANI) : President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to continue supporting Qatar amid a diplomatic row engulfing that Gulf state.
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