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EU calls for Afghan truce, warns against Taliban regaining administrative power
Nov 24, 2020 13:49The European Union (EU)’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for an immediate truce in Afghanistan and vowed that any attempt by the Taliban militants to regain administrative power in the country would affect the bloc’s support.
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Euro and Australian dollar gain as US transition goes ahead
Nov 24, 2020 11:27Currencies including the Australian dollar and the euro rose on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump accepted the start of a transition to a Biden regime on Treasury secretary.
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Turkey summons EU, Germany, Italy envoys to protest search of Libya-bound vessel
Nov 24, 2020 10:10The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassadors of Germany, Italy and the European Union (EU) to protest the interception of a Turkish-flagged commercial ship bound for Libya in the Eastern Mediterranean by an EU-led mission.
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Leader: Sanctions crime of US, European partners against Iran
Nov 24, 2020 08:44Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the illegal sanctions the United States has imposed on Iran with the support of its European partners as a “bitter reality” and a “crime” against the nation.
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EU plans easier access to generics in potential blow to big drugmakers
Nov 24, 2020 02:51The European Commission wants to make it easier for patients to access cheaper, generic medicines, a draft EU document seen by Reuters shows, in a move that could cut the revenues of big pharmaceutical firms.
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WHO envoy fears third COVID wave, calls Europe response 'incomplete'
Nov 22, 2020 07:30A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy has predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections.
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Iran to E3: Stop blame game, return to your JCPOA commitments
Nov 20, 2020 10:01Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday called on France, Germany, Britain to, instead of playing a blame game against Tehran, fully implement their commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.
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EU hopes a Biden presidency can save JCPOA
Nov 20, 2020 04:30EU foreign affairs ministers express the desire to re-calibrate relations with the United States so that both sides can agree on key policy areas, including the preservation of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Russia: West inciting Azeri, Armenian nationalists to disrupt Karabakh truce
Nov 19, 2020 12:09A senior Russian official says a number of Western countries are trying to reignite armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabakh, following a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended weeks of fighting between the two countries over the disputed region.
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EU’s top diplomat says Iran needs to see JCPOA economic benefits in return for limiting nuclear work
Nov 19, 2020 03:03The European Union foreign policy chief, Joseph Borrell, says Iran should reap the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear work.