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First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 8 mins ago - 74 reports

Obama renews nuclear cuts pledge

US President Barack Obama has called for more efforts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Mr Obama said he was confident that America's strategic nuclear weapons could be reduced by up to one-third, whilst ... [Published BBC - 12 mins ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Warhead, Cold War

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 15 mins ago - 15 reports

Obama urges Russia to cut nuclear arms by up to a third

InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Russia to agree strategic nuclear weapons cuts of up to a third and to also rein in strategic atomic arms.In a keynote speech in Berlin, Obama also said ... [Published Interaksyon - 15 mins ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Nuclear, Russia, Nuclear Weapon

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 16 mins ago - 32 reports

International Monetary Fund

IMF warns Spain on unemployment

l Monetary Fund is warning that Spain risks high joblessness and sluggish growth for years unless its takes ?urgent action?. In its annual assessment of the Spanish economy, the IMFIt wants further labour law reforms to make it easier for companies to ... [Published EuroNews - 16 mins ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Spain, Unemployment

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 14 reports

Group of Eight

Pitch to G-8 colleagues leaves Abe in a bind

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, by pitching his economic policies to his fellow leaders at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, has put himself in a bind with the need to show ... [Published Japan Times - 19 mins ago]

Entities: Group of Eight, Shinzo Abe, Japan, Belfast (United Kingdom), Italy

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 33 reports

Angela Merkel

Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin

* Obama makes first trip to Berlin as U.S. president* Defends spying programme, says it has saved lives* Leaders touch on Afghanistan, Syria, economy* 50th anniversary of JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech (Recasts with quotes, background)By Jeff Mason ... [Published TrustLaw - 19 mins ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Berlin, United States, Angela Merkel

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 121 reports

Taliban

Taliban peace talks fall apart

Earlier this week, we were told that peace talks with the Taliban would resume in earnest on Thursday, after three years of fits, starts, and fiery clouds of shrapnel. Supposedly Mullah Omar authorized these talks, even though he’s been keeping a very ... [Published Human Events Online - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Taliban, Peace Talks, Hamid Karzai, Mullah Mohammad Omar

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 38 mins ago - 17 reports

Barack Obama

Obama renews push for a nuclear disarmament legacy

President Obama delivers his closing speech as he chairs a U.N. Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Sept. 24, 2009 in New York City. ... [Published Big News Network - 46 mins ago]

Entities: Disarmament, Barack Obama, Nuclear

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 20 reports

China North Korea Willing to Resume 6-Party Nuclear Talks

China says a North Korean official has expressed a willingness to return to long-stalled six-party talks on dismantling his nation's nuclear weapons program. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said top North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan made the comment ... [Published Big News Network - 43 mins ago]

Entities: North Korea, Nuclear, Chinese Foreign Ministry, China

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 93 reports

Afghan MPs oppose Qatar Taliban office

Afghan lawmakers have voiced their strong opposition to the opening of a Taliban political office in the Qatari capital, Doha.On Wednesday, the legislators also criticized Washington’s decision to hold talks with the militant group in Doha.The MPs demanded ... [Published Press tv - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Taliban, Qatar, Doha (Qatar), Afghanistan

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 56 reports

G8's tough talk on tax avoidance must not ring hollow | Kevin Watkins

G8 tax deal is welcome but why haven't the IMF and World Bank been brought in? And what's the timescale for reform? Getting agreement on global action to prevent tax evasion was never going to be easy. In the event, the G8 summit communique has delivered ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Group of Eight, Taxes, Tax Evasion, Illicit

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 51 reports

The Taliban Peace Movement

Certainly, there are many potential obstacles that could impede any progress to end the nearly 13-year-old war since the US invaded Afghanistan in late 2001. For one thing, it is unclear if hard-line Taliban commanders truly favor the talks. Similarly, ... [Published Yahoo! News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, Doha (Qatar), Peace Movement

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 64 reports

Syria splits G8 into “seven plus one”

As it was expected Syria became the main cause of differences between Russia and the other participants in the G8 summit that ended on Tuesday in Lough Erne. The West was unwilling to give up unilateral support for the Syrian opposition, as Moscow calls ... [Published Big News Network - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Group of Eight, Syria, G8 Summit, Moscow

Quotes

A statement by the Foreign Ministry issued today said : " Bangakidze expressed During the meeting her country's satisfaction for the advanced level of diplomatic cooperation wishing to the Iraqi Ambassador success in his work. / End"

Iraq's ambassador discuss with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia memorandum of understan ... [Published National Iraq News Agency - 6 mins ago]

In a statement by his office, Zebari received ambassador Demerel, where minister Zebari expressed Iraqi "keenness to solve all obstacles facing the relations between the two counties on the basis of mutual respect, non-interference and common interests"

Zebari confirms respecting diplomatic procedures [Published Aswat al Iraq - 10 mins ago]

"Cyber criminals are organised and relentless in their efforts to access highly sensitive and valuable information from governments around the world. Providing global public access to data on the entire nation via the use of APIs and cloud based interfaces, doesn’t just open up data, it also opens up new threat vectors to be exploited by those with malicious intent."

Open Data Charter signed by G8 leaders [Published PublicTechnology.net - 11 mins ago]

...for freedom and security and human dignity, that struggle goes on," Obama said at the city's historic Brandenburg Gate under a bright, hot sun. "And I come here to this city of hope because the test of our time demands the same fighting spirit that defined Berlin a half-century ago."

Obama warns EU over youth unemployment [Published New Europe - 11 mins ago]

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