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Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Iran breached uranium enrichment cap: nuclear agency confirms

11:50 pm July 8, 2019

Vienna: The UN’s nuclear watchdog confirmed Monday that Iran has enriched uranium at a level higher than the limit set in a 2015 international pact. Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency “on 8 July verified that Iran is enriching uranium above 3.67 per ent U-235,” the IAEA said in a statement hours after Tehran […]

British Museum announces return of looted Iraqi and Afghan artefacts

11:40 pm July 8, 2019

London: Looted ancient artefacts from Iraq and Afghanistan seized in Britain will be returned to their country of origin after appraisal by the British Museum, the institution said on Monday. The London-based museum revealed it has been working with law enforcement agencies including the UK Border Force and the capital’s Metropolitan Police to return the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Press groups say Turkey report blacklists foreign news media

9:15 pm July 7, 2019

Istanbul: Journalism organisations in Turkey have criticised a report by a pro-government think tank that they say catalogues journalists working for international news media in a way that amounts to “blacklisting.” The Journalists’ Union of Turkey said Sunday it plans to file a criminal complaint against the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, a think tank […]

UK says Iran must ‘stop and reverse’ plan to breach nuclear deal

9:07 pm July 7, 2019

London: Britain on Sunday urged Iran to “immediately stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its obligations”, hours after Tehran threatened to abandon a landmark international nuclear agreement in 60 days. “While the UK remains fully committed to the deal, Iran must immediately stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its obligations,” the British Foreign […]

Iran says it begins 20% uranium enrichment amid US tensions

Germany ‘strongly urges’ Iran to halt uranium enrichment

9:03 pm July 7, 2019

Frankfurt Am Main: Berlin reacted with alarm Sunday to Iran’s announcement that it would enrich uranium beyond levels allowed in its 2015 nuclear deal, just over a year after the US pulled out of the pact. “We strongly urge Iran to stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its commitments,” a German foreign office spokesman […]