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5:55am, 3rd August, 2019

South Korea warns Japan of security pact risk, calls for 'cooling-off' in trade row

South Korea is exploring all options in a bitter trade row with Japan, including scrapping an intelligence sharing pact, but wants a cooling off period with Tokyo, a senior South Korean official said on Saturday.

U.S. formally withdraws from 1987 nuclear pact with Russia

5:09am, 2nd August, 2019

World

U.S. formally withdraws from 1987 nuclear pact with Russia

The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty and had no plans to come into compliance with it.

Iran rolls back pledges under nuclear pact abandoned by Washington

6:34am, 8th May, 2019

World

Iran rolls back pledges under nuclear pact abandoned by Washington

Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program under a 2015 deal with world powers, and threatened to do more -- including enriching uranium to a higher level -- if countries did not shield it from U.S. sanctions.

Iran rolls back nuclear commitments under pact abandoned by Washington

5:32am, 8th May, 2019

World

Iran rolls back nuclear commitments under pact abandoned by Washington

Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program under a 2015 deal with world powers, and threatened to do more -- including enriching uranium to a higher level -- if countries did not shield it from U.S. sanctions.

Trump says he, Putin discussed new nuclear pact possibly including China

3:21pm, 3rd May, 2019

Politics

Trump says he, Putin discussed new nuclear pact possibly including China

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Friday the possibility of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could eventually include China in what would be a major deal between the globe's top three at...

Australia rejects U.N. migration pact, sticks with hardline asylum-seeker policy

12:46am, 21st November, 2018

World

Australia rejects U.N. migration pact, sticks with hardline asylum-seeker policy

Australia will not sign up to a United Nations migration agreement because it would compromise its hardline immigration policy and endanger national security, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday.

Austria to shun global migration pact on sovereignty worries

7:43am, 31st October, 2018

World

Austria to shun global migration pact on sovereignty worries

Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations migration pact over concerns it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration, the right-wing government said on Wednesday.

Countering global protectionism, Pacific trade pact to start at end-2018

11:41pm, 30th October, 2018

Business

Countering global protectionism, Pacific trade pact to start at end-2018

A landmark 11-member deal that will slash tariffs across much of the Asia-Pacific will come into force at the end of December, New Zealand said on Wednesday, a rare bright spot for global commerce as the U.S.-China trade war intensifies.

Trump pulling out of pact that discounted foreign postal deliveries

3:36pm, 17th October, 2018

US

Trump pulling out of pact that discounted foreign postal deliveries

The Trump administration will begin withdrawing from a United Nations pact that offered low rates for foreign postal deliveries of small packages in the United States, the latest move to challenge practices it sees as unfairly advantageous to China.

U.S. Senate will not vote on new North America trade pact in 2018: McConnell

10:51am, 16th October, 2018

Politics

U.S. Senate will not vote on new North America trade pact in 2018: McConnell

The U.S. Senate's top Republican said on Tuesday that senators will not vote to approve a revised North American trade pact in 2018, leaving the issue to the next Congress.

Taiwan invites Pope Francis to visit, following landmark China-Vatican pact

1:51am, 15th October, 2018

World

Taiwan invites Pope Francis to visit, following landmark China-Vatican pact

Taiwan has invited Pope Francis to visit, its President Tsai Ing-wen said, just weeks after the Vatican reached a milestone deal on the appointment of bishops with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its own.

Trump: Canada, Mexico trade pact 'great deal' for all sides

8:16am, 1st October, 2018

Politics

Trump: Canada, Mexico trade pact 'great deal' for all sides

President Donald Trump hailed Canada on Monday after the two countries forged a last-minute deal to salvage their trilateral NAFTA accord with Mexico, marking a key victory in the U.S. leader's effort to shake up global trade.

Trump welcomes Canada's entry into trade pact with U.S., Mexico

6:10am, 1st October, 2018

Politics

Trump welcomes Canada's entry into trade pact with U.S., Mexico

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday praised Canada's entry into a reworked trade deal with the United States and Mexico after the two countries forged a last-gasp agreement on Sunday to salvage the NAFTA.

Pacific leaders seek U.S. return to Paris climate pact

8:15pm, 6th September, 2018

World

Pacific leaders seek U.S. return to Paris climate pact

Pacific island nations declared climate change to be their "single greatest threat", urging Washington to return to the Paris Agreement on climate, just as Western powers seek to check China's rising influence in the region.

U.S. to move ahead with Mexico trade pact, keep talking to Canada

8:38pm, 31st August, 2018

Business

U.S. to move ahead with Mexico trade pact, keep talking to Canada

Contentious U.S.-Canada trade talks ended on Friday with no deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement after the mood soured, and President Donald Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral trade pact with Mexico.

Riding with Native Americans to mark pact anniversary

8:07am, 3rd August, 2018

US

Riding with Native Americans to mark pact anniversary

Six weeks covering Native Americans at Standing Rock, North Dakota, protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline presented a unique opportunity to get to know many of the people who took a stand there.

Lula's party strikes pact to keep Socialists neutral in Brazil vote

9:26pm, 1st August, 2018

World

Lula's party strikes pact to keep Socialists neutral in Brazil vote

Jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers Party has reached a neutrality pact with the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) that will end their rivalries in several states in Brazil's general election in October.

Myanmar violated U.N. child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find

10:53am, 21st July, 2018

World

Myanmar violated U.N. child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find

Myanmar violated its obligations to the United Nations child rights convention in its crackdown on the Rohingya that led to an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people from the minority community, legal experts have found.

UK seeks 'closest possible' security pact with EU after Brexit - minister

11:04am, 15th June, 2018

UK

UK seeks 'closest possible' security pact with EU after Brexit - minister

BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain wants to cement its foreign policy and security ties with the European Union via the "closest possible cooperation agreement" for when it leaves the bloc, a British minister said.