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"Sovereign Nations Have Right...": Russia Backs India Amid US Tariff Threat
Russia has accused the United States of exerting illegal trade pressure on India over its oil imports from them after US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs citing purchase of Russian oil.
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US Weaponising Economy To "Dictate Its Will" To Iran, India: Tehran
Iran on Thursday accused the United States of weaponising the economy and using sanctions as tools to "dictate its will on independent nations" such as Iran and India and impede their growth and development.
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Opinion | 'TACO' Routine, And Other Explanations For Trump's Great India Meltdown
Trump had already pushed the initial deadline for the tariffs from July to August, and another extension would further entrench the belief in the 'TACO' - 'Trump Always Chickens Out' - theory.
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Opinion | Trump Tariffs: The West Botched Up Russia ... And Now Wants India To Foot The Bill
The West has grudgingly recognised its inability to persuade India not to buy Russian oil. However, anti-Russian lobbies continue to apply pressure on New Delhi, seeing that their goal of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia has proved illusory.
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Russia Faces Tariffs In 10 Days If No Progress On Ending Ukraine War, Warns Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia "10 days from today" if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine.
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US Lifts Sanctions On Myanmar Junta Allies After Letter Of Praise To Trump
The United States has lifted sanctions on several allies of Myanmar's ruling general and their military-linked firms, a US Treasury notice shows, after the junta chief sent a glowing letter of praise to President Donald Trump.
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Columbia Punishes 80 Students Over Anti-Israel Protests
Columbia University said Tuesday it has issued various punishments, including expulsions and degree revocations, against various students involved in anti-Israel protests on campus.
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Iran To Host Fresh Negotiations With European Powers Over Nuclear Programme
Iran confirmed fresh talks with European powers to be held on Friday in Istanbul, the country's state media reported, the first since the United States attacked Iranian nuclear facilities a month ago.
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US Sanctions UN Rights Expert Over Israel Criticism
The United States said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, who has been very critical of U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza.
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US Imposes New Sanctions Targeting Iran oil Trade, Hezbollah, Treasury Dept Says
The United States imposed sanctions against a business network that smuggles Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil, as well as sanctions targeting a Hezbollah-controlled financial institution, the Treasury Department said.
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Trump Signs Order Lifting Sanctions On Syria
Donald Trump signed an executive order terminating a US sanctions program on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war.
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US Will Not Add New Sanction On Russia For Peace Deal: Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Politico that the United States will not impose further sanctions on Russia yet, and still wants room to negotiate a peace deal.
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The Long Complicated History Of How Iran And US Became Enemies
Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades - at least since the US helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The US then supported the reign of Shah, a repressive ruler.
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Iran's Nuclear Programme: The Key Sites
Iran has significantly ramped up its nuclear programme in recent years, after a landmark deal with world powers curbing its nuclear activities in exchange for sanction relief began to unravel in 2018 when the United States unilaterally withdrew.
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UK, Allies Sanctions Israeli Ministers For 'Inciting Violence' Against Palestinians
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel's national security minister Ben-Gvir and finance minister Smotrich.
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"Sovereign Nations Have Right...": Russia Backs India Amid US Tariff Threat
Russia has accused the United States of exerting illegal trade pressure on India over its oil imports from them after US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs citing purchase of Russian oil.
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US Weaponising Economy To "Dictate Its Will" To Iran, India: Tehran
Iran on Thursday accused the United States of weaponising the economy and using sanctions as tools to "dictate its will on independent nations" such as Iran and India and impede their growth and development.
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Opinion | 'TACO' Routine, And Other Explanations For Trump's Great India Meltdown
Trump had already pushed the initial deadline for the tariffs from July to August, and another extension would further entrench the belief in the 'TACO' - 'Trump Always Chickens Out' - theory.
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Opinion | Trump Tariffs: The West Botched Up Russia ... And Now Wants India To Foot The Bill
The West has grudgingly recognised its inability to persuade India not to buy Russian oil. However, anti-Russian lobbies continue to apply pressure on New Delhi, seeing that their goal of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia has proved illusory.
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Russia Faces Tariffs In 10 Days If No Progress On Ending Ukraine War, Warns Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia "10 days from today" if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine.
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US Lifts Sanctions On Myanmar Junta Allies After Letter Of Praise To Trump
The United States has lifted sanctions on several allies of Myanmar's ruling general and their military-linked firms, a US Treasury notice shows, after the junta chief sent a glowing letter of praise to President Donald Trump.
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Columbia Punishes 80 Students Over Anti-Israel Protests
Columbia University said Tuesday it has issued various punishments, including expulsions and degree revocations, against various students involved in anti-Israel protests on campus.
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Iran To Host Fresh Negotiations With European Powers Over Nuclear Programme
Iran confirmed fresh talks with European powers to be held on Friday in Istanbul, the country's state media reported, the first since the United States attacked Iranian nuclear facilities a month ago.
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US Sanctions UN Rights Expert Over Israel Criticism
The United States said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, who has been very critical of U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza.
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US Imposes New Sanctions Targeting Iran oil Trade, Hezbollah, Treasury Dept Says
The United States imposed sanctions against a business network that smuggles Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil, as well as sanctions targeting a Hezbollah-controlled financial institution, the Treasury Department said.
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Trump Signs Order Lifting Sanctions On Syria
Donald Trump signed an executive order terminating a US sanctions program on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war.
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US Will Not Add New Sanction On Russia For Peace Deal: Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Politico that the United States will not impose further sanctions on Russia yet, and still wants room to negotiate a peace deal.
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The Long Complicated History Of How Iran And US Became Enemies
Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades - at least since the US helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The US then supported the reign of Shah, a repressive ruler.
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Iran's Nuclear Programme: The Key Sites
Iran has significantly ramped up its nuclear programme in recent years, after a landmark deal with world powers curbing its nuclear activities in exchange for sanction relief began to unravel in 2018 when the United States unilaterally withdrew.
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UK, Allies Sanctions Israeli Ministers For 'Inciting Violence' Against Palestinians
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel's national security minister Ben-Gvir and finance minister Smotrich.
