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Press TV December 04, 2018 President Hassan Rouhani has reaffirmed that the United States will not be able to stop Iran’s oil sales, warning that no crude will find its way out of the Persian Gulf should Washington attempt to target Iranian crude exports. “The US should know [this] that we are selling and will continue to sell our oil and it will not be able to block Iran’s oil exports. And it should also know that if it attempts to stop Iran’s oil [sales] someday, no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf,” he said during a speech on Tuesday in the city of Shahroud, Semnan Province. Rouhani further noted that Washington had failed in its declared aims of stopping Iran's crude exports, choking its trade with the world, and isolating the country regionally and internationally. “Our great nation proved to be the ultimate victor of this battle on all stages,” the president said. Washington has re-imposed its unilateral anti-Iran sanctions, including an oil embargo, a

The Indian Express December 06, 2018 The United States believes that the decision on picking the next Dalai Lama should be as per Tibet’s religious traditions and that it is not a role of the state, a top Trump Administration official  has told lawmakers, hinting that it will oppose any move by China to impose its own Dalai Lama. “The United States has a very clear position that religious decisions should be made within religious organisations and that this isn’t the role of the state,” Laura Stone, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Paci fi c Affairs, told the Senate Advertising 06/12/2018 US would oppose Chinese effort to impose its own Dalai Lama, says official   Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific  and International Cybersecurity Policy during a Congressional hearing. Stone was responding to a question from Senator Cory Gardner. “China has said that they will pick the next Dalai Lama. The Tibetan Policy, actually in 20

The Economics Times December 05, 2018 VIENNA: A key monitoring committee of Opec and its allies, including Russia, agreed on Wednesday on the need to cut oil output in 2019, two sources familiar with the decision said, adding that debates about volumes and the baseline for cuts were ongoing. The committee, known as the Joint Ministerial Monitoring    C ommittee that includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, met in Vienna on Wednesday, a day before the meeting of members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting  Countries. Saudi Arabia has been seeking to persuade Russia to cut oil production substantially with Opec next year in a bid to halt a decline in the price of crude and prevent another global glut. Reference :-  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/commodities/news/opec-russia-moving-closer-to-agreeing-oil-cuts-for-2019/articleshow/66964202.cms

NDTV Decmber 05, 2018 Sneha Mary Koshy ,   Jayanth Jacob THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  A five-member team of French investigators arrived in Kerala to interrogate an alleged ISIS terror operative Subahani Haja Moideen in connection with the 2015 Paris terror attack, sources said. Facilitated by the National Investigative Agency, the officials of the French anti-terrorism agency will question Subahani Haja Moideen currently lodged in Viyyur Central jail in Kerala, news agency PTI reported. The team that arrived in the country after an NIA court in Kochi granted them permission to interrogate Subahani Haja Moideen will be in the state till Friday. He is from Thodupuzha in Kerala. The NIA probe had indicated that that Moideen could have known the terrorists who carried out the Paris terror strike in 2015. The attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers hit a theatre, a major stadium, restaurants and bars and almost simultaneously had left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. "The Fr

The Hindu December 06,2018 The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said her human rights were violated and demanded she be freed. Canadian authorities said on Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States.  China demanded her immediate release, and a former Canadian envoy to China warned the case might lead to retaliation by the Chinese against American and Canadian executives. Justice Department spokesman Ian McLeod said Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday. Ms. Meng is a prominent member of Chinese society as deputy chairman of the board and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei.  McLeod said a publication ban had been imposed in the case and he could not provide further details. The ban was sought by Meng, who has a bail hearing Friday, he said.  The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chine