Financial sanctions delay North Korea's nuclear arms work
Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
China says EU solar duties to "seriously harm" trade ties
China warned the European Union on Thursday that imposing duties on Chinese solar panels would "seriously harm" bilateral trade ties, upping the tone of its criticism a week after the EU said it would move ahead with hefty penalties in June.
IAEA, Iran nuclear talks fail again
Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed yet again Wednesday, as a top US diplomat said she expected the IAEA to report Tehran to the UN Security Council soon.
Protocol on further Ukraine, CU cooperation signed
Yesterday, May 15, the second meeting of the Dialogue on Trade Issues, established in accordance with the "Memorandum on cooperation in trade between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine" was held in Kyiv.
Israel becomes a naval base of Russia
According to the Russian media, the subject of talks will be the situation in Syria, which recently has been discussed in Russia by British Prime Minister James Cameron as well
First PKK Fighters From Turkey Arrive In Iraq
The first contingent of Kurdish rebels leaving Turkey as part of a peace deal with Ankara has arrived in the Harur area of Iraqi Kurdistan.
A Second Nuclear Plant in Turkey Is Approved
Azerbaijan has started military exercises near its mainly Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Austria determined to keep EU's Syria arms embargo
Austria will resist British-led efforts to lift or dilute a European Union arms embargo on Syrian rebels, Chancellor Werner Faymann said on Tuesday, arguing that more weapons would only fan the fighting and may snuff out chances for peace talks.
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