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China: US to suffer consequences of protectionist trade policies Chinas Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that the United States will itself suffer from the protectionist policies that it has adopted in trade relations with China.
"Protectionism equals shutting the door into China, and they will suffer the consequences of their actions," Wang said at a regional... |
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Erdogan, Putin Hold Talks on Upcoming Iran-Russia-Turkey Summit in Ankara Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on preparations for the upcoming summit meeting of the Russian, Turkish and Iranian presidents in Ankara
According to the Kremlin press service during the phone conversation between the two president on Tuesday,... |
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Spanish police break up blockade of Catalan roads by separatist protesters Spanish riot police has broken up Catalan separatists’ blockade on key highways in the northeastern Catalonia region as protests continue following the arrest and detention of former regional president Carles Puigdemont.
On Tuesday, TV footage showed riot police surrounding protesters who... |
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Diplomat expulsions result of US colossal pressure, blackmail: Russia FM Russia says the United States "colossal pressure and colossal blackmail" led to a decision by more than 20 countries to expel Russian diplomatic personnel over allegations that Moscow has been behind the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain.
"They are asking... |
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NATO expels seven Russian diplomats over spy poisoning row NATO has announced its decision to expel seven Russian diplomats and slash the Russian mission to the alliance by a third in retaliation for the alleged nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain.
"I have today withdrawn the accreditation of seven staff of the Russian... |
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Nasrallah: Saudis offered Syria money to sever Iran ties The head of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the Saudi regime had told Syria that it is ready to stop supporting the militants wreaking havoc in the country and give Damascus hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction if it accepted to cut ties with Iran.
Sayyed Hassan... |
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Countries sponsoring terrorism pay US for support: Iran diplomat A senior Iranian diplomat says some countries, which are sponsoring terrorism and destabilizing the Middle East region, are paying billions of dollars to the US administration to support their destructive policies.
Kamal Kharrazi, a former Iranian foreign minister and the current president of the... |
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64 Dead in Russia Shopping Mall Fire At least 64 people have been confirmed dead following a deadly blaze at a shopping mall in Russias Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo.
At least 10 people were still missing after flames broke out at the four-story Winter Cherry mall in the city of Kemerovo in Siberia, according to Russian Emergencies... |
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Turkey still aims for full membership of EU: Erdogan Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday insisted that Turkey still aims to become a full member of the European Union, hours ahead of a crunch summit with the blocs chiefs aimed at restoring damaged ties.
"EU membership continues to be our strategic target," Erdogan said at Istanbul airport... |
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Huge crowd rallies in Sanaa to mark anniversary of Saudi aggression Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital Sana’a to mark the third anniversary of the Saudi aggression against the impoverished country that has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians.
Large crowds of Yemenis from across the country flocked to al-Sabin square in Sana’a... |
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Australia PM under pressure as government loses yet another opinion poll Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s coalition government lost its 29th straight Newspoll on Monday, putting the Australian leader in an increasingly precarious position as his party attempts to push planned corporate tax cuts through parliament.
The result of the widely watched poll leaves Turnbull... |
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Spain: Catalans clash with police in Barcelona at pro-Puigdemont demo Thousands of Catalans staged a mass protest in Barcelona on Sunday, hours after their former leader, Carles Puigdemont, was detained in Germany.
Protesters scuffle with riot police blocking the road leading to the central government offices at a demonstration in Barcelona on March 25, 2018.... |
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Yemen army targets King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and allied army units have carried out more retaliatory missile attacks against Saudi Arabia, targeting several positions in the kingdom.
Yemen’s military targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and as well as Abha, Najran and Jizan Regional Airports... |
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Egyptians head to polls; Sisi, facing little contest, urges big turnout Egyptians begin voting in a highly-contentious presidential election, with incumbent Abel Fattah el-Sisi almost certain to glide to victory after his military-backed administration either jailed or scared off all serious contenders.
Polling stations opened at 0700 GMT on Monday for a three-day... |
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China air force holds drill in preparation for future wars Chinas air force says it has held another round of drills in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific in preparation for possible future wars.
"Air Force exercises are rehearsals for future wars and are the most direct preparation for combat," it said in a statement ... |
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Trump will imposes up to $60 billion on Chinese imports US President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports to reduce the massive US trade deficit with China and retaliate against the alleged theft of American intellectual property.
Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday that would impose restrictions... |
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Paris police fire tear gas at protesters as strikes challenge Macron French police have scuffled with protesters in Paris and used tear gas and water cannon in the western city of Nantes as strikes broke out across France in a challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reforms.
Train conductors, teachers and air traffic controllers walked out on Thursday... |
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China pledges retaliation as Trump prepares to announce new tariffs In a new warning to Washington, Beijing pledges tit-for-tat measures should the US choose to slap trade sanctions against China over what it calls “the theft” of American intellectual property.
Beijing “will not sit idly by and let its legitimate rights and interests be harmed,”... |
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EU sides with Greece in Cyprus dispute with Turkey European leaders were on Thursday set to strongly condemn Turkeys "illegal actions" toward Greece and Cyprus in a blistering denunciation that could upend an EU-Turkish summit in Bulgaria next week.
The statement by the 28 European Union member states meeting in Brussels comes after Turkeys arrest... |
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Combating Corruption Priority of Hezbollah in Elections: Nasrallah Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah sounded alarm on Wednesday over Lebanons financial and social situation, stressing that Hezbollah considers combating corruption a priority in the upcoming period which follows the parliamentary elections.
In a televised address via Al-Manar, Sayyed... |
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Iran sanctions already tough enough, says EUs Mogherini Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, spoke about Iran, Syria and the Skripal case at a press conference in Brussels on Monday.
On Iran, Mogherini confirmed the EUs support for the nuclear deal and dismissed talks of further sanctions... |
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Frances Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said.
A lawyer for Sarkozy could not be reached immediately for comment.
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Putin wins fourth term as Russias president with 73.9% of vote Russian President Vladimir Putin has won a landslide re-election victory for the fourth time with 73.9 percent of votes, according to an exit poll by state-owned pollster, VTsIOM.
According to the exit poll from 1,200 polling stations around Russia, Communist candidate Pavel Grudinin is runner-up... |
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Vietnam marks anniversary of 1968 US massacre Vietnam has marked the 50th anniversary of a US massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians during the 1968 Vietnam War.
Hundreds of men and women made it to the My Lai Massacre memorial in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province on Friday, a day before the event.
The commemoration comes one week after... |
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Iraqi Kurds mark Halabja chemical attack anniversary Iraqi Kurds have staged events marking 30 years since a chemical attack by the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, on the town of Halabja.
Halabja, a located near Iran’s western border, was bombed on March 16, 1988 during the final days of Iraq’s war against Iran. Around 5,000 people,... |
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Trump Jr., wife announce marriage breaku The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, according to court records.
Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr. said in a joint statement on Thursday that “After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our... |
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Trump Plans to Dismiss H.R. McMaster; White House Denies Reports in US media about President Donald Trump’s plans to fire National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster have prompted the White House to issue a denial.
President Trump is not ready to oust his National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, the White House said, even though Trump has been telling... |
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Spanish police raid Catalan govt. premises, arrest regional official Spanish police searched the seat of the Catalan regional government in Barcelona on Thursday as part of an investigation into how last years banned independence referendum was funded.
A Civil Guard spokesperson said the operation targeted the "citizens assistance office" and the offices of the grassroots... |
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Russia considering retaliatory measures against Britain Russia says it is currently considering “retaliatory measures” against Britain, which has threatened to take punitive measures against Moscow over accusations that the Russian state was behind an alleged nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in southern England.
“After the... |
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UN accuses Mexico of torture, cover-up in missing students case The United Nations human rights office has accused Mexico of ignoring fair principles of carrying out an investigation, saying authorities in the Latin American country have committed extensive rights abuses against suspects in a case related to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students.
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