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Refugees headed to Europe facing systematic abuse, police brutality: MSF
Apr 01, 2017 12:28Thousands of refugees trapped in Serbia have been facing systematic abuse, police brutality and violence as they desperately struggle to seek shelter in Europe.
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UK secretary asks NATO states to increase military spending
Mar 31, 2017 16:41British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has called on all NATO members to commit to increase military spending every year.
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Iran could be EU’s most reliable regional partner: FM spokesman
Mar 29, 2017 13:27A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic could be the European Union's most reliable partner in the Middle East region.
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About 146 feared dead after boat capsizes in Mediterranean: UN
Mar 29, 2017 13:26A rubber boat packed with refugees has sank in the Mediterranean, with the presumed sole survivor saying that he believes all other passengers drowned, the International Migration Organization (IOM) says.
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Hundreds feared dead as refugee boat sinks off Libya
Mar 24, 2017 03:56Around 250 African migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a charity's rescue boat found five corpses and two partially submerged rubber dinghies off Libya, a spokeswoman has said.
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Renegotiating JCPOA not possible: EU foreign policy chief
Mar 21, 2017 04:55European Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini has strongly defended Iran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries, pointing out that the International Atomic Energy Agency has five times confirmed Iran’s compliance with its commitments under the July 2015 agreement.
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Turkey threatens to cancel refugee deal in row with EU
Mar 16, 2017 16:35Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan has threatened to end a contentious agreement with the EU, aimed at halting the refugee influx into the continent as tensions between the two sides continue to escalate.
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Turkey to reevaluate refugee deal with European Union: Minister
Mar 15, 2017 07:53Turkish European Union Affairs Minister Omer Celik says time has come for the Ankara government to reassess its controversial refugee deal with the 28-nation bloc, which would grant Turkish citizens visa-free travel through most of Europe.
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EU states mull ‘unified stance’ against Israeli settlement construction
Mar 04, 2017 04:47The European Union (EU) member states seek to discuss whether to go ahead with routine talks with the Israeli regime before the bloc has adopted a “unified and clear” stance against Tel Aviv’s defiant settlement construction on Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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EU slaps additional sanctions on North Korea over nuclear, missile tests
Feb 27, 2017 13:47The European Union (EU) has imposed additional sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile tests.