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UNHCR calls on European states to end refugee pushbacks at borders
Jan 28, 2021 05:56The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed alarm over the increasingly frequent repulsion and expulsion of refugees at Europe’s borders, urging European countries to halt these practices and protect the right to seek asylum.
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Efforts begin to save JCPOA under Biden administration
Jan 26, 2021 04:57They are clearly very different issues, but EU foreign affairs ministers have agreed the two main policy areas on which they want to make progress with the United States: climate change and the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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EU states no longer consider Guaido Venezuela's interim president, describe him as 'privileged interlocutor'
Jan 26, 2021 03:06The European Union has announced that it no longer considers Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido interim president of the Latin American country, describing him as a "privileged interlocutor."
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Tehran says no changes seen regarding JCPOA, warns to implement new nuclear law ‘word by word’
Jan 25, 2021 09:12Tehran says nothing new has happened with regard to the 2015 nuclear agreement it reached with six world powers, which was later ditched by former US President Donald Trump.
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EU MPs demand halt of Nord Stream 2 to pressure Russia
Jan 22, 2021 10:10EU legislators have reacted to Russia’s arrest of blogger Alexei Navalny by passing a resolution demanding a halt to the completion of the Moscow-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that carries Russian natural gas to Europe.
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Brexiters are waking up to the damage they've done
Jan 21, 2021 17:43Expect a lot more shocked Brexiters to discover what they have done, the Brexit cabinet itself is on a steep learning curve. Here’s one Telegraph columnist: “We Brexiters are being blamed for the problems we warned about. In reality, the fault lies squarely with the UK government and poor planning.”
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What is the way to combat US sanctions?
Jan 21, 2021 03:42In his televised speech that was delivered on January 8, 2021, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei discussed the issue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying, “We do not at all insist on the return of the US to the JCPOA, and we are in no rush for that country to do so… Our reasonable, logical demand is that sanctions be lifted. This is a right that has been taken away from the Iranian nation.”
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Shipwreck off Libya leaves over 40 refugees dead: UN
Jan 21, 2021 02:12At least 43 migrants from West Africa perished in the first major shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year, the United Nations said Wednesday, adding that 10 people were rescued.
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EU's Borrell calls for close cooperation with US on Iran deal as Biden is to be sworn in
Jan 20, 2021 13:05The EU foreign policy chief has called for closer cooperation between the bloc and the new US administration on three key areas, including the Iran nuclear deal, after the end of what he called ‘governing by tweeting’ of Donald Trump.
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EU urges Israel to halt settlement expansion in West Bank
Jan 18, 2021 06:02The European Union has urged Israel to halt its settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.