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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a letter quoted by the Associated Press that “there would appear to be uncertainty” regarding US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Saturday announcement of restoration of “virtually all” UN sanctions against Iran. Washington claims that it triggered the “snap-back” mechanism in the Security Council resolution concerning the 2015 …

Pompeo announced the unilateral return of virtually all UN sanctions against Iran late on Saturday, hailing the development as “great news for peace in the region”.  He went on, threatening any nation that refuses to comply with Washington on the matter with “consequences”, according to the official statement. Pompeo promised to …

The deployments, accompanied by increased air patrols over eastern Syria, were announced by US Central Command on Friday. “The United States has deployed Sentinel radar, increased the frequency of US fighter patrols over US forces, and deployed Bradley Fighting Vehicles to augment US forces in the Eastern Syria Security Area …

The embassy said it treated the statement with “grave concern” in a social media post on Thursday, asking Washington to provide further details as to whether American weapons were being passed to Ukrainian fighters carrying out clandestine operations in Crimea. “Unnamed US officials speak about their country’s support of terrorist …

The embassy said it treated the report with “grave concern” in a social media post on Thursday, asking Washington to provide further details as to whether American weapons were being passed to Ukrainian fighters carrying out clandestine operations in Crimea. “Unnamed US officials speak about their country’s support of terrorist …

Exiled former presidential candidate Tikhanovskaya met with Stephen Biegun in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Monday to discuss “strengthening democracy and human rights in the country.” Tikhanovskaya’s status as an “opposition leader,” now cozy with the US as perhaps a hand-picked leader, has led some to bill her as Belarus’ …

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is ending some of its legal cooperation with Washington, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.  “We urge the US side to correct its erroneous decision and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs,” ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, as cited by state media. The …

Venezuela in the United States can declare a country-sponsor of terrorism. This will allow Washington to expand sanctions against the regime of President Maduro, CNN television reported, citing informed sources. According to media reports, also prosecutors of the Ministry of justice to present the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several …

The US is interested in increasing trade with Russia and show interest in Russian natural gas. In an interview with “Izvestia” said the Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov on the eve of the Eastern economic forum. “Among the potential sectors for joint projects — extraction of natural gas (deposits …

The final decision on the supply to Ukraine of American gas is still pending, says the head of Naftogaz. “This time we approached this issue (of gas supplies from the US) is very close. This is not a final decision, but there is interest on both sides. I hope that …