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Biden won’t lift economic sanctions against Iran

US President Joe Biden has said he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal. Biden was speaking in a CBS

February 8, 2021

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US sanctions will not be lifted before Iran returns to nuke deal: Biden

Former US President Donald Trump, however, withdrew the US from the deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, leading Iran to roll back on a number of its commitments….reports Asia Lite News US

February 7, 2021

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Blinken, Saudi FM discuss ‘ending Yemen war’

In a statement issued on Saturday, the Department of State’s spokesman Ned Price said: “Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Minister discussed regional security, counterterrorism, and cooperation to deter and defend against attacks

February 7, 2021

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US logs almost 100,000 Covid-19 deaths in 2021

Accounting for the largest number of Covid-19 fatalities in the world, the country’s death toll as of Sunday morning stood at 461,910, while the caseload increased to 26,908,962…reports Asian Lite News More

February 7, 2021

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‘Unacceptable’: Russia rejects US demand for Navalny’s release

Russia views US President Joe Biden’s call for the immediate release of opposition figure Alexei Navalny as aggressive and counterproductive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “This is a very aggressive and unconstructive

February 6, 2021

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Microsoft halts donations to politicians who tried to overturn election

Microsoft has announced to suspend all donations for the upcoming 2022 election cycle to all members of Congress, state officials and organisations who voted to object to the certification of electors in

February 6, 2021

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USFK: S.Korea, US hold talks over cost allocation

The eighth round of negotiations for the 11th Special Measures Agreement (SMA), a South Korea-US pact to share the cost for about 28,500 American troops stationed in the Asian country, was held

February 5, 2021

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Pentagon makes masks mandatory

According to Austin’s memo, locations where masks must be worn include any common areas or shared workspaces…reports Asian Lite News The Pentagon has made wearing of masks mandatory for all its personnel

February 5, 2021

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Blinken meets Khalilzad on Afghan peace

Thursday’s development came as no meeting has been held between the Afghan Republic and the Taliban negotiators in Doha over the last 19 days after talks resumed between the two sides on

February 5, 2021

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Biden halts Trump’s troop withdrawals from Germany

US President Joe Biden said that he was freezing troop withdrawal from Germany and ending the country’s support for offensive operations in the Yemen conflict. In his first major foreign policy speech

February 5, 2021

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