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Trump says patience with North Korea 'over', calls for further s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 30 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that his government's patience with North Korea "is over" and called upon regional powers to join Washington into implementing further sanctions on Pyongyang.
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Trump reverses U.S. policy on China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 30 (ANI) President Donald Trump's honeymoon period with Chinese President Xi Jinping has ended abruptly as U.S. has entered into a $1.4 billion arms sale deal to Taiwan, labeled China one of the world's worst human traffickers and imposed sanctions on a Chines
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EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia by six months
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 28 (ANI) :The European Union has extended economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy by six months for destabilizing Ukraine.
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Attempts to exert pressure on Moscow through sanctions 'pointless
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 23 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has termed the attempts to exert pressure on Moscow through sanctions as 'pointless'.
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WBO sanctions Vijender Singh-Zulpikar Maimaitiali bout for August
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has sanctioned Asia's biggest showdown between WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight champion and India's knockout king Vijender Singh and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight champion Zulpikar Maimaitiali for the first wee
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Russia cancels talks with US over new sanctions
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 22 (ANI): Russia has cancelled its planned talks with the United States after Washington imposed a new series of sanctions over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine.
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Iran objects to Tillerson's call for regime change, delivers protest
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 21 (ANI): Iran has objected to the calls made by the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of supporting efforts of a regime change in Tehran and also threatening to pursue sanctions on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.], June 21 (ANI): The U.S. has imposed additional sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, blacklisting 38 individuals and entities.
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Moscow criticises EU Court for maintaining sanctions against Russian journ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 20 (ANI): Moscow has criticized the European Union's General Court's decision to uphold extension of restrictive measures imposed on Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselev in relation to 2013-2014 crisis in Ukraine.
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U.S. Senate passes Russia sanctions bill
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 16 (ANI): The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill slapping Russia with new sanctions that also gives Congress the power to review any White House attempts to roll them back.
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As penalty for 'election-meddling', US Senate approves new Russi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], June. 15 (ANI): After Moscow was found to have meddled in the 2016 presidential election, the United States Senate as punishment, has approved new sanctions against Russia.
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U.S. sanctions ISIS leaders involved in chemical weapons development
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 13 (ANI): The United States has announced sanctions on two Islamic State (IS) chemical weapons experts, in the first such effort to specifically target the terrorist group's chemical weapons leadership.
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