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A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Washington denies Iran state media report saying prisoner swap agreed

Iranian state television said on Sunday that Tehran would free four Americans accused of spying in exchange for four Iranians held in the United States and the release of the frozen Iranian funds

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Washington DC police server hacked, Russian-speaking group claims responsibility - reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony launching the Talas Gold Mining Plant at Kyrgyzstan's Jerooy gold deposit via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 17, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Politics

Russia, retaliating against Washington, asks 10 US diplomats to leave

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 2, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Russia, retaliating against Washington, says it will ask 10 US diplomats to leave

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
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US, allies respond to Iranian 'provocations' with studied calm

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, US foreign ministers agree to boost bilateral ties

US President Joe Biden speaks about the fight to contain the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, at the White House in Washington, US January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Biden pledge to reopen PLO mission in Washington faces legal hurdles

A supporter of US President Donald Trump holds a Confederate flag outside the Senate Chamber after breaching the US Capitol on Jan. 6. SAUL LOEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Politics

Washington must treat white supremacist terrorism as a transnational threat

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Mount Rainier hiker makes miraculous recovery after heart stops for 45 minutes

Women with protective face masks walk on the University of Michigan campus, where state health officials in Michigan issued a stay-in-place order for undergraduate students, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Michigan, Washington state impose severe Covid-19 restrictions as US infections soar

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting with high-ranking officials in Minsk, Belarus October 21, 2020. Nikolai Petrov/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS
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Belarus president Lukashenko speaks by phone to Pompeo: media

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Photo: Reuters
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Moscow doesn't see prospects for extending New START nuclear pact with Washington

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile on Aug 21, 2015. MARK WALLHEISER/GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
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