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Trump pushes sanctions on N Korea for a year
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 23 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday extended the sanctions on North Korea for a year, saying Pyongyang posed an "unusual and extraordinary" threat by its nuclear arsenal.
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China expected to relax sanctions on N. Korea
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): Following North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent visit to China, Beijing plans to ease sanctions on Pyongyang in order to boost bilateral economic cooperation.
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US to lift sanctions on N Korea after denuclearization
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore City [Singapore], Jun 12 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday assured North Korea that the United States (US) will lift the sanctions slapped on the reclusive nation, after it's certain that nuclear missiles are "no longer a factor".
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No sanctions relief for N Korea until denuclearisation: Mattis
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore City [Singapore], June 3 (ANI): United States Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday, taking a hard line on North Korea, said the reclusive country will get relief from international sanctions only when it has demonstrated "verifiable and irreversible" steps to denuclearisatio
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Trump strikes deal with Xi over sanctions imposed on ZTE
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 26 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that he has struck a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to ease the United States sanctions imposed on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE.
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US will crush Iran: Mike Pompeo
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [United States], May 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the US will "crush" Iran with military pressure and by imposing sanctions till the time it changes its behaviour in the Middle East.
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Pompeo threatens 'strongest sanctions' on Iran
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): US ecretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday tore into the Iranian regime, saying he threatened to impose the "strongest sanctions in the history" of Iran.
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US may impose sanctions on European firms working with Iran:Bolton
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): Following United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, White House national security adviser John Bolton on Sunday said there is a possibility of secondary sanctions being imposed on the European companies doing business with Iran.
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Iran's FM leaves for Beijing for talks on nuke deal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 13 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left for Beijing from Tehran on Sunday for talks on the 2015 nuclear deal following United States President Donald Trump's decision to abandon the agreement.
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Exemptions lifted: American cargo to undergo scanning at Pakistani airport
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): As Pakistan imposed new travel restrictions on the United States diplomats, the American cargo would now have to undergo scanning at Pakistani airports.
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Too early to come to conclusions: MEA on implications of US withdrawal fro
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday ascertained that deriving conclusions on the implications of the United States (US) withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the Iran nuclear deal at the moment would be "too early."
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Work at Chabahar Port will be affected due to US sanctions on Iran: Expert
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): With the United States pulling out from the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the subsequent sanctions that would be imposed by Washington D.C on Tehran would affect the work at Chabahar Port undertaken by India and Iran, says a defence expert.
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