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Zarif criticizes Europe for delaying INSTEX launch
Apr 14, 2019 11:59Iran has once again complained about a delay by European partners in the 2015 nuclear deal to make operational a non-dollar direct payment channel with Tehran, saying they now have "no excuse" for further postponement of the project.
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Putin warns of retaliation if US deployed missiles in Europe
Feb 20, 2019 18:47Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States against deploying intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, saying his country will target the US itself and not just the countries where those missiles are stationed.
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Russia, Europe, Asia interested in Iran cryptomining
Jan 30, 2019 13:36A blockchain and cryptocurrency research lab has been set up in Iran, says the head of the company contracted by the Central Bank of Iran to design and develop a national digital currency.
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Amid global crackdown on refugees
Jan 04, 2019 18:57The world is pulsing with hundreds of millions of people desperate to flee their homes under the weight of the crisis of world capitalism. According to a recent Gallup study, a sixth of the world’s adult population—some 750 million people, not including children—want to flee their home countries to escape war, poverty, conflict and disease.
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Annual migrant deaths in Mediterranean fall by over a quarter: UNHCR
Jan 04, 2019 06:18The UN refugee agency says the number of migrants who died or went missing attempting to cross the Mediterranean fell by more than a quarter in 2018 over the previous year, to 2,262.
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End of gloomy 2018, start of unpredictable 2019
Jan 01, 2019 16:47A New Year has started in the West and is considered official by the United Nations and its sister agencies, as well as most of the world dominated by the North America-West Europe nexus.
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Rising China is changing Europe’s geopolitical landscape
Dec 28, 2018 10:18Over the past decade, China has become central to the world economy. Building on its economic successes, it is becoming increasingly central in world politics. China is also now aiming to establish itself as not just a regional but a global power.
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Germany ‘strongly opposes deployment of US nukes in Europe’
Dec 27, 2018 14:17Germany is strongly opposed to the stationing of American medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe if the United States scraps a key Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia, the German top diplomat says.
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Russia warns West, Europe over Azov Sea issue
Nov 24, 2018 13:18Russia has warned the West against escalating tensions in the Sea of Azov that borders Russia and Ukraine through imposing new sanctions on Moscow.
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We have never posed any threat to Europe: China
Nov 14, 2018 15:58China says it has never threatened Europe; the statement comes against the backdrop of a suggestion by French President Emmanuel Macron for building a military force to defend Europe against the United States, China and Russia.