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China Imposes Sanctions on 28 US Individuals as Trump Leaves White House
Hours after former president Donald Trump left the White House, China imposed sanctions on 28 US individuals as their 'crazy actions [-] have gravely interfered in China's internal affairs'. China's foreign ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, said: 'These individuals and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Macao. They and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with ...
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Qatar FM Calls on Gulf States to Hold Talks with Iran
Qatar has called for Gulf Arab countries to hold talks with Iran, the foreign minister said in an interview aired Tuesday, after Doha reconciled with its neighbors following a rift. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who has previously called for dialogue with Iran, told Bloomberg TV he was 'hopeful that this would happen and we still believe this should happen.' 'This is also a desire that's shared by other Gulf ...
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Two Female Supreme Court Judges Assassinated in Kabul
Two female judges working in Afghanistan's Supreme Court have been gunned down in Kabul as a wave of assassinations grips the conflict-ridden country. The judges were attacked and shot dead while commuting to work in a government vehicle, Ahmad Fahim Qaweem, a spokesman for the court told AFP. “Unfortunately, we have lost two women judges in today's attack. Their driver is wounded,' Qaweem said on Sunday, noting that more than 200 female ...
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China Sends New Naval Fleet to Gulf of Aden
The 37th fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Saturday left the port city of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to escort civilian ships. The fleet is composed of the guided-missile destroyer Changsha, the missile frigate Yulin, and supply ship Honghu. On board the warships are 700 officers and soldiers, including dozens of special operation troops. It is the ...
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Saudi FM Says to Reopen Embassy in Qatar in Coming Days
Saudi Arabia expects to re-open its embassy in Qatar in the coming days, Saudi's foreign minister said on Saturday, following a breakthrough in a three-year-old dispute between Arab states. It is just a matter of logistics, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told journalists in Riyadh when asked about embassy reopening. Full diplomatic relations will resume, he added, as quoted by Reuters news agency. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain ...
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Imran Khan: World Doesn’t Believe Pompeo Claims on Iran
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the world does not believe US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s his false allegations on Iran. In an interview with Pakistani Bol News on Friday, Khan said that Pompeo’s purpose of the claims is to appease the Zionists. He stressed that Pompeo's accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its affiliation with al-Qaeda are never credible and the world does not accept such statements. Khan ...
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