Landmark U.S.-Russia arms treaty expires despite its past success
Experts said the demise of the INF Treaty will make the job of advocating for nuclear arms control far more difficult.
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Experts said the demise of the INF Treaty will make the job of advocating for nuclear arms control far more difficult.
The treaty, which took effect in 2014, builds on efforts to protect women and girls from violence since the 1990s. Some nations say they oppose it based on sovereignty concerns.
Iran's biggest European trading partners are Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, and Greece.
He had been in poor health since 2018 and already let it be known he planned to resign next March, midway through his third term, which would have run through 2021.
The U.N. marked the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing remembering the astronauts' pitch for world peace.
Iran is only allowed to enrich a certain amount of uranium up to 3.67%, enough to fuel a commercial nuclear power plant.
As host to the talks, Japan played peacemaker between the U.S. and nations antagonized by Trump's protectionism.
The 15-nation council unanimously condemned recent attacks on oil tankers and called them a threat to international peace.
Chinese state media said the confession from Meng, who served as China's vice minister of public security, came at a trial in northern China. His wife called it a "fake case."
A spokesperson for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said the stockpile would exceed the limit before the end of June.
It had been 28 years since the Swiss last held such a protest, and the 1991 strike had been the biggest protest since 1918.
The centenary featured prominently at the opening of ILO's labor conference with delegates from 187 nations.
Finance leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies projected moderate global growth and recovery later this year and into 2020, but warned of risks from a prolonged trade war.
The French ceremonies spotlighted the unfathomable sacrifices and international cooperation that made possible the post-World War II era of prosperity and multilateralism.
A meeting of top Swiss and U.S. diplomats focused on Iran but extended to America's rising tensions with other nations.
Many of the questions asked in Versailles 100 years ago appear to be resurfacing today in a U.S. hostile to multilateralism.