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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that he “deeply regrets” that Israel adopted a bill late Monday that would retroactively legalize Jewish settlements on privately owned Palestinian land. He stressed that “the bill is in contravention of international law and will have far reaching legal consequences for Israel, […]
Read MoreLONDON, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Politicians at Westminster were told for the first time Tuesday that they would have a final vote on Britain’s Brexit deal before it is sent to Brussels for EU approval. But the government’s Brexit minister David Jones told the House of Commons that if London and Brussels cannot come to […]
Read MoreDhaka, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Standard Chartered Bank has recently launched co-branded credit cards with Grameenphone Ltd. This co-branded credit card is the first of its kind between the largest foreign bank and the largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh. Two variants of the credit card have been launched – Signature Star and Platinum Star […]
Read MoreASTANA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — A technical meeting on Syrian ceasefire monitoring opended here on Monday with representatives of Iran, Russia, Jordan, Turkey and the United Nations participating. The participants agreed that mechanism for effective monitoring the full compliance with the ceasefire was already functioning, Head of Russian delegation and Deputy Head of Main Operations […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the need for continued efforts to ensure fair burden-sharing among the ll NATO allies over phone, NATO said in a statement Monday. The two leaders discussed by telephone on Sunday evening, during which they “reconfirmed the importance of the […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Moscow regrets the imposition of new sanctions by the United States on Iran after the latter’s missile test, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Monday. Iran’s recent missile test did not violate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the UN Security Council resolution urging the Islamic Republic to […]
Read MoreEL CENTRO, the United States, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — “Trump’s border wall? … Well, I think it’s just kidding,” Brenda Gonzalez joked around with his customers. Originally from Mexico, Gonzalez is now a front desk manager at a Holiday Inn Express hotel in El Centro, California, 350 kilometers southeast to Los Angeles, reports Xinhua. “Tell […]
Read MoreKABUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — At least 12 people were killed and injured as a suicide bombing happened next to the Supreme Court building on Tuesday, local media reported.
Read MoreTEHRAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday shrugged off the U.S. “threats” against the Islamic republic, saying that the threats would not frighten Iran. The Iranians are not afraid of the threats of the new U.S. President Donald Trump, Khamenei said according to his official website. The United States […]
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