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LONDON – Germany, Britain and France, also known as E3, urged Iran on Tuesday to abandon its decision to suspend implementation of the additional protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for which it grants special audit authorizations to inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “We urge Iran …

SEOUL, South Korea – Iranian assets locked in South Korea will be released after consultations with the United States, the Korean Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “Our government is in talks with Iran on how to use the frozen assets, and the Iranian side has expressed its consent to the …

SICILY, Italy – NATO’s annual advanced anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare exercise began on Monday. The Dynamic Manta 2021 will run until March 5 off the island of Sicily in Italy, the alliance’s maritime command said in a statement. “Submarines from Greece, Italy, Turkey and the United States under the command …

WASHINGTON – Pakistan urged the United States to play its part in persuading India to engage with Pakistan to bring peace and stability to the South Asian region. “Pakistan is committed to a peaceful neighborhood, it is now up to India to create the right conditions,” the Pakistani envoy to …

BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, has urged the United States to remove tariffs on Chinese imports and remove restrictions on the technology sector, setting the conditions to restore damaged Sino-US relations. Wang said at a forum in Beijing on Monday that relations are at a critical point and …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said that there is a path “with a logical sequence” that can solve the problems related to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “There is a way forward, with a logical sequence: #CommitActMeet,” he tweeted on Sunday …

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration said Thursday that it would agree to meet with Iran and other world powers involved in negotiating the 2015 nuclear deal, the first public step towards renewed diplomacy with Tehran, USA TODAY reported. Ned Price, a State Department spokesman, said the United States would “accept …

BEIJING – Talking about driving the global economic recovery at the next G7 summit without China, or even emphasizing the “challenge from China” at the meeting, would be “sailing the sea without a compass”, which will give the declining EU contribution to the global economy and China’s growing role as …

BEIJING – The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, has accused developed countries of stockpiling large amounts of Covid-19 vaccines, leading to insufficient supplies for poor countries, and has responded to attempts to politicize the pandemic. “China is not seeking any geopolitical aims or economic gains in its Covid-19 vaccine international …

WASHINGTON – Senior diplomats from the United States, Germany, France and Britain will meet on Thursday to discuss the future of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, from which Washington withdrew in 2018. Tehran’s deal with the four Western powers, as well as China and Russia, called for restrictions …