Oil-rich Brunei’s absolute ruler marked 50 years in power on Thursday, October 5, with opulent celebrations including a glittering procession through the capital on a gilded chariot. Sultan of bling: Brunei's all-powerful and fabulously wealthy monarch marks 50 years on the throne https://t.co/Irjjx9QqOB pic.twitter.com/6vqHDj4XWe — AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 5, 2017 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah,…
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Kurdistan international flights banned
International flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan region were set to end from 6:00 p.m. (11.00 a.m. ET) on Friday, September 29, after the central government imposed a ban in retaliation for the region’s vote in a referendum for independence. Iraq blocks international flights to Kurdistan in retaliation for independence vote https://t.co/GmKD9W1uTI — Reuters (@Reuters)…
Rouhani: accord can't be renegotiated
Iran’s president Rouhani said its nuclear accord with world powers cannot be renegotiated, after President Trump administration warned it was weighing whether the deal signed by its predecessor served U.S. security interests. Iran nuclear deal cannot be renegotiated: Rouhani https://t.co/qdn6vBFUa6 pic.twitter.com/HfoUJZxSee — Reuters (@Reuters) September 21, 2017 Under the 2015 deal, Iran agreed to limit…
Trump orders new sanctions against North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Thursday, September 21, that open the door wider to blacklisting people and entities doing business with North Korea, including its shipping and trade networks, further tightening the screws on Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program. Today, I announced a new Executive Order with re: to North Korea. We…
Russia committed to nuclear deal with Iran
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Russia’s commitment to maintaining the sustainability of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program, widely knows as ‘Iranian nuclear agreement’. The meeting of the Six (Russia, the UK, China, the US, France and Germany) and Iran was held on Wednesday, September, 20, on the…
Lavrov considers Trump’s UN speech “interesting”
Russia is “extremely concerned” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments questioning the Iran nuclear deal and suspects that Washington itself may have violated a landmark arms control treaty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leading Russian delegation at UN General Assembly said. #Lavrov and High Rep of the #EU #Mogherini discussed the main issues of the 🇷🇺🇪🇺relations,…
Gen.Mattis reserved on North Korea military options
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis showed reserve about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare Seoul from a brutal counterattack but declined to say what kind of options he was talking about or whether they involved the use of lethal force. Asked whether there were any military options the United States…
Trump criticises UN bureaucracy
In his inaugural address the US President Donald Trump criticised the United Nations on for not living up to its potential because of extended bureaucracy and urged member nations to reject “business as usual” and take “bold stands.” In UN debut, Trump urges world body to reduce bureaucracy, cut costs. https://t.co/3yDQOuplo1 — The Associated Press…
Abbas welcomes Hamas reconciliation move
Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration running Gaza, it said, a major step towards handing control of the enclave to a Palestinian unity government after a decade of bitter rivalry with President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas accepts all of the conditions demanded by its rival, President Abbas, to clear way for reconciliation deal. https://t.co/SHodMAN6Yl —…
MEPs condemn ‘Azerbaijan’s Laundromat’
The recent ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’ revelations should be investigated and the ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions list adopted by the EU, urged MEPs during September Plenary in Strasbourg. The Azerbaijani #Laundromat explained. Full story here: https://t.co/hWCYXjQaoB pic.twitter.com/F5VCXxsYd9 — Transparency International (@anticorruption) September 6, 2017 “With Lux Leaks, Panama Leaks, Russia and Azerbaijan Laundromats, we realise that corruption stretches far…
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