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Guarantee issue important for Iran in nuke talks: FM
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a recent interview with the US National Public Radio (NPR), the text of which was released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on its website on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. "The current situation was created by former US President Donald Trump, and incumbent US President Joe Biden has, like Trump, imposed on average one or two sanctions against Iran on a monthly basis, during its indirect participation in the nuclear negotiations over the past months," Amir-Abdollahian told NPR.
Ian could be the 'deadliest hurricane' in Florida's history: Joe Biden
"It is still moving across the state today," Biden said during a visit to Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington D.C., referring to Ian, now a tropical storm, Xinhua news agency reported.
"The numbers are still unclear, but we're hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life," he noted.
'Silver-haired, balding reservists in Russia are heading to front lines'
President Putin ordered the mobilisation of 300,000 extra troops last week in a bid to reverse the fortunes of his botched invasion, in a move which spooked thousands who fled the country, Daily Mail reported. But other hardy civilians decided to join the war effort despite their age, health and limited training, to bolster troop numbers after Kyiv's stunning counter-offensive, Daily Mail reported.
Global opinion of China nosedived under Xi Jinping's rule
Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress in October, the Pew Research Center published a report drawing on 20 years of surveys from more than 60 countries, RFA reported. China's perceived mishandling of the pandemic affected global opinion, but negative feelings toward China were already on the rise prior to 2020, the report said.
Western leaders fear President Putin planning huge escalation of Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine
British and American spies believe there is 'credible intelligence' to suggest that the Russian President is preparing an attack that will turn the war effort in his favour, after coming to the realisation that the war was 'a colossal mistake', Daily Mail reported.
Russia to formally annex four more areas of Ukraine
Russian-backed officials had earlier claimed the five-day exercise secured almost total popular support, BBC reported. So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south. The Russian president will make a major speech at the Kremlin.
General Bajwa advised Imran Khan that PM House unsafe for important conversations
Talking to a private news channel, Chaudhry claimed the army chief had repeatedly suggested to Khan to debug the Prime Minister's House by using latest technology, as according to General Bajwa, "it was not safe to talk", Geo News reported.
Ukraine unveils mechanism for post-war reconstruction
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president's office, announced that under the mechanism, Ukraine is planning to attract money from international donors to restore the infrastructure facilities which were destroyed or heavily damaged in the ongoing war waged by Russia, reports Xinhua news agency.
Japanese Parliament to convene extraordinary session next week
The government said around 20 bills are scheduled to be submitted to the Diet during the upcoming session, including a second supplementary budget bill for the fiscal year through March 2023 to address rising food and energy prices and a revision of the infectious disease law to prepare for future pandemics, reports Xinhua news agency.
Indian-American Uber Eats delivery person attacked in New York by 'super perp'
Bharatbhai Patel was attacked early Tuesday morning when he was on an electric bike to make a delivery, according to The New York Post. The alleged attacker, Sean Cooper, was arrested later Tuesday by police, who called him a "super perp" because he had been arrested 103 times for various alleged crimes, the Post said.
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