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Vienna talks participants recognize progress toward rebuilding JCPOA: Russ
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Participants in the Vienna talks acknowledge that progress has been made toward restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and lifting the US sanctions on Iran, though more efforts are needed, the permanent representative of Russia to i
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Cuba condemns new US sanctions against its officials
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Cuba has condemned the new US sanctions against eight officials of the island nation, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said.
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Odisha CM sanctions Rs 78.76 lakh to support Missionaries of Chairty insti
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 5 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned Rs 78.76 lakh from the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) to support 13 institutions run by Missionaries of Charity in the state, according to an official release.
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As Lithuanian shipments remain stranded at Chinese ports over custom issue
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Taipei [Taiwan], January 3 (ANI): Taiwan has decided to purchase a shipment of Lithuanian rum to prevent it from being potentially blocked by Chinese customs amid Beijing's growing economic sanctions on the Baltic state, reported local media.
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US sanctions trigger protest in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 2 (ANI): After the US has frozen nearly ten billion dollars of Afghanistan's assets and has imposed sanctions on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, dozens of people took to the streets of Kabul on Sunday demanding the lifting of sanctions.
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Former US officials call on Biden to publish anti-Russia sanctions list
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of former US diplomats and US national security officials called on President Joe Biden to publish a list of sanctions that Washington would immediately impose on Russia if tensions over Ukraine escalated.
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OSCE confirms receiving letter from sanctioned Ukrainian media
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Teresa Ribeiro, received the letter in which sanctioned Ukrainian outlets ask for assistance in the resolution of the freedom of the p
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International community urged to impose sanctions on Myanmar junta after j
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Paris [France], December 31 (ANI): Paris-based NGO--Reporters Without Borders-- called on the international community to toughen its sanctions on Myanmar's military junta after a journalist who was covering the plight of refugees in the southeastern state of Kayin was killed during an army a
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EU backs arms embargo on Myanmar military govt over recent violence
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Brussels [Belgium], December 31 (ANI): The European Union policy chief has said that in view of the escalating violence in Myanmar, increased international preventive action is required, including an arms embargo and the bloc stands ready to impose further sanctions against the military regi
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Putin warns Biden of severing relations if West imposes sanctions on Russi
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Moscow [Russia], December 31 (ANI): Stressing that the call between Russian and the US President was substantive and specific, a Kremlin aide has said that President Vladimir Putin has warned his American counterpart, Joe Biden, of severing relations if West decides to impose sanctions on Mo
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Chinese company intensifies fight against Sri Lanka over disputed fertiliz
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [ Sri Lanka ], December 30 ( ANI): Chinese company Qingdao Seawin Biotech has intensified its fight against Sri Lanka over disputed fertilizer stocks and has even proposed tough sanctions to be imposed at a time when the island country is experiencing an economic crisis.
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China sanctions 5 US individuals for meddling in Hong Kong affairs
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 30 (ANI): China on Thursday imposed countermeasures on five US individuals including former US commerce minister Wilbur Ross and USCC president Carolyn Bartholomew in accordance with China's Anti-Sanction Law in response to US sanctions on Chinese officials over Hon
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