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NEW YORK – The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called on US President Joe Biden’s administration to lift all sanctions against Iran, as agreed as part of a 2015 deal to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. In a report to the UN Security Council, Guterres also urged the …

BERLIN – Germany and the United Nations on Wednesday bring together representatives of Libya with powers that have interests in the country, in a conference, which aims to progress towards securing elections in the North African country and withdrawing foreign fighters. The meeting at the Foreign Office in Berlin, with …

ANKARA – The Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, said Thursday that he had a “constructive” meeting with his German counterpart in Ankara. “As we did during our visit to Berlin in February, we concluded our meeting here in a very constructive and positive manner with a unity of mutual understanding …

BEIJING – Chinese state media Global Times published a document revealing People’s Liberation Army pilots claim to be using simulators with artificial intelligence. According to Liu Xuanzun, the training process with artificial intelligence is two-way: the pilot learns to improve his skills, while the artificial intelligence learns from the actions …

LONDON – Leaders of the Group of Major Industrialized Nations (G7) meet on Friday for a summit overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. On day one, leaders are to discuss recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on issues such as Covid-19 vaccine donations and financial assistance to build vaccine production sites …

LONDON – As part of the ongoing Group of Seven (G7) summit in the UK, a cross-Party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) called on G7 leaders to reform global supply chains. Parliamentarians from Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States call for …

TEHRAN – Ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria between Iran and six major powers “are going well”, but “important issues” remain to be resolved, a spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Despite the hopes of diplomats at the Vienna talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal, the German …

GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has agreed to open an international investigation into alleged crimes committed during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas. The independent inquiry will have a broad mandate to examine all alleged violations, not only in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, …

LONDON – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich industrialized countries meet in London on Tuesday – their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years – to address threats to health, prosperity and democracy. Britain, the host country, has warned that the increasingly aggressive activities of Russia, …

KABUL – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that all the stakeholders in Afghanistan must engage constructively for a comprehensive political solution to the Afghan peace process. The foreign minister stated this during a meeting with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, at the Foreign Office in Islamabad on …