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January 28, 2017 5:01 PM

Theresa May set to discuss post-Brexit trade deal with Turkey

British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal with Turkey during weekend talks in the country with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. She arrived in Ankara from the US, where she met President Trump. A new trading relationship with Turkey following the UK's exit fro...

January 28, 2017 2:12 PM

US President expresses desire to have good relations with Russia

US President Donald Trump has said, he wants a great relationship with Russia, but would not say if he would lift US sanctions against the country.<br/><br/>He said in Washington that it is very early to talk about the sanctions imposed on Russia by his predecessor. Mr Trump said, if a s...

January 28, 2017 11:42 AM

No guarantee on Russia relations: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said, he wants a great relationship with Russia, but would not say if he would lift US sanctions against the country.<br/><br/>He said in Washington that it is very early to talk about the sanctions imposed on Russia by his predecessor. Mr Trump said, if a s...

January 28, 2017 11:20 AM

UN must strengthen work to improve human rights: Antonio Guterres

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, UN must strengthen its work to improve human rights. Speaking at a Holocaust commemoration event at General Assembly in New York, Mr Guterres expressed concern at the discrimination faced by immigrants, refugees and minorities across the wo...

January 28, 2017 8:36 AM

Trump will speak with Japan's Abe: White House

US President Donald Trump will speak by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today, the White House said. Abe is scheduled to visit the White House next month.<br/><br/>A Trump administration official said on Thursday the new US President will seek quick progress toward a bilate...

January 28, 2017 7:46 AM

Trump signs order to keep out radical Islamic terrorists

US President Donald Trump has signed new order to strengthen vetting of immigrants and refugees to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States. <br/><br/>Mr Trump signed the decree entitled "Protection of the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States&qu...

January 28, 2017 7:25 AM

Trump signs order to keep out radical Islamic terrorists

US President Donald Trump signed an order last night to strengthen the vetting of would-be immigrants or refugees and to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States. At a ceremony at the Pentagon to swear-in James Mattis as his secretary of defence, Mr Trump signed a decree entitled &qu...

January 28, 2017 6:15 AM

UNSC extends arms embargo on Central African Republic

The UN Security Council has extended an arms embargo on the Central African Republic and a travel ban and asset freeze on blacklisted individuals for another year. The resolution adopted unanimously by the UNSC last night added a new provision making sexual violence a criterion for sanctions. It als...

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