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No UN support for reimposing Iran sanctions, says Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (AP): Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the United Nations will not support reimposing sanctions on Iran as the United States is demanding until he gets a green light from the Security Council.The U.N. chief said in a letter to the council president obtained Sunday by The Associated...

US to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran N arms

NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters): The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran's nuclear, missile and conventional arms programmes, a senior US official said, putting teeth behind UN sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies...

Tehran urges US to respect int'l laws

TEHRAN, Sept 21 (Xinhua): The spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh on Sunday urged the United States to "return to the global community" and perform its duties."The world has reached nothing but insecurity, war and instability with U.S. actions," Khatibzadeh said in his weekly press briefing, as quoted by...

Navalny can walk now

BERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters): Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was seen walking down the stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed on Saturday, five days after a Berlin hospital said he had been taken off a ventilator and could breathe independently.Navalny, the leading opponent of Russian President Vladimir...

Sharif vows to oust Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (AP): Pakistan's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif broke a nearly yearlong silence from exile in London to vow to oust Imran Khan from office, accusing him of only reaching power through a vote rigged by the country's powerful military. The 70-year-old former premier offered an emotional,...

Trump's plan to replace Ginsburg abuse of power: Biden

NEW YORK, Sept 21 (BBC): Donald Trump's move to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the presidential election is an "abuse of power", his Democratic rival Joe Biden says.Mr Trump has said he will nominate a woman to replace the longstanding liberal justice.Mr Biden has urged...

Plaque symbolising Thai democracy removed

BANGKOK, Sept 21 (AP): A plaque honoring struggles for democracy in Thailand was removed from a royal field less than 24 hours after being installed by anti-government protesters and was submitted as evidence in connection with a complaint by officials that its installation was illegal, police said Monday.The plaque had...

India, China discuss border standoff

SRINAGAR, Sept 21 (AP): Senior Indian and Chinese military commanders are holding talks Monday to find ways to resolve a monthslong tense standoff between the rival soldiers along their disputed mountain border in mountainous Ladakh region.Details of the talks, which are happening on the Chinese side in Moldo area facing...

10 perish in residential bldg collapse in India

NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (AP): A residential building that was due for repairs collapsed in central India early Monday, killing at least 10 people and trapping many others, officials said.Between 20 to 25 people are feared trapped under the rubble of the four-story building in Maharashtra state that collapsed at...