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Europe court rules employers can ban hijab in workplace
Jul 16, 2021 03:58Employers can in principle ban staff from wearing hijabs in the workplace, a European Union (EU) court ruled Thursday in two cases brought by Muslim women working in Germany.
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EU lawmaker gets backing for tougher EU tech rules
Jul 15, 2021 10:04A key EU lawmaker at the European Parliament steering the debate on tough new rules aimed at Facebook (FB.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and other large online platforms, secured backing to beef up Europeans' fundamental rights in the draft rules.
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Official investigation finds EU border agency failed to protect human rights of refugees
Jul 15, 2021 06:56The European Parliament (EP) has found that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency — known as Frontex — has failed to protect the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers who tried to reach Europe.
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Western sanctions leave ‘catastrophic’ impact on Syrian people's lives: FM
Jul 14, 2021 02:10Syria’s foreign minister has blasted the “catastrophic” impact of Western sanctions on the Arab country, saying the restrictive measures have hampered the government’s ability to meet the basic needs of the Syrian people.
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Meetings of outcast MKO terror outfit expose hypocritical US politicians: Iran
Jul 14, 2021 00:58The Iranian administration says a recent meeting of the anti-Iran Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group revealed once again the hypocritical face of the American politicians, who call themselves supporters of human rights but attend events organized by notorious terrorists.
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EU to impose sanctions on Lebanese politicians
Jul 13, 2021 09:43The European Union (EU) says it will create a sanctions regime targeting officials in Lebanon, which has been grappling with an economic crisis amid a failure to form a new government.
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EU distances itself from Slovenia PM’s remarks at anti-Iran terror group’s event
Jul 13, 2021 08:40The EU foreign policy chief says the speech delivered by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a summit organized by the anti-Iran Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group does not represent the official position of the 27-nation bloc.
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Iran's Parliament (Majlis) receives quarterly report on JCPOA
Jul 12, 2021 03:51The Iranian Foreign Ministry submitted the 22nd three-month report to the Parliament on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 nuclear agreement from which the US withdrew in 2018.
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Iran summons Slovenian envoy over PM’s participation in anti-Iran terrorist group's meeting
Jul 11, 2021 09:53Iran has summoned Slovenian envoy to Tehran to protest an “unacceptable and undiplomatic” move by Prime Minister Janez Jansa, who participated in a hybrid physical and virtual meeting organized by the anti-Iran Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group.
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Johnson to announce controversial plans for greater NHS control
Jul 08, 2021 16:24Conservative MPs are becoming increasingly anxious that the bill, which involves the biggest shake-up of the NHS in England in a decade, could become a damaging political drama, make people question Tory handling of the NHS and prove a gift to Labour, which last week called for the bill to be scrapped.