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RIGA: The Latvian State Security Service jointly with the Defense Intelligence and Security Service (MIDD) has taken two individuals into custody on suspicion of spying for Russian military intelligence for a lengthy period of time, the LETA Latvian news...
NUR-SULTAN: President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that he will present a package of political reforms in September. "In my next address [to the people] in September, I will present a new package of political reforms that will be prepared...
NEW YORK: The United States and Russia emerged from seven hours of urgent negotiations Monday staking out seemingly irreconcilable positions on the future of the NATO alliance and the deployment of troops and weapons in Eastern Europe, keeping tensions...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: China's aviation regulator has ordered the cancellation of more than 60 scheduled flights from the United States in recent weeks, after numerous passengers tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in China. The Civil Aviation Administration...
WASHINGTON: House Republicans are set to introduce legislation that would boost US defense aid to Ukraine and reimpose sanctions on Russia if passed, Politico reported, citing a draft copy of the bill. The bill's Senate counterpart of the proposed legislation,...
ALMATY: Units of the Russian peacekeeping contingent of the CSTO collective peacekeeping forces, sent to the Republic of Kazakhstan, carry out tasks to protect important state and socially significant facilities. The personnel of the Airborne Forces unit...
GENEVA: The United States and Russia locked horns over Ukraine and other security issues Monday with no sign of progress from either side at highly anticipated strategic talks. Low expectations from both Washington and Moscow about the high-stakes session...
NEW YORK: Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all. The move is a reaction to the severe hospital...
GENEVA: American and Russian officials held high-stakes talks Monday about the build-up of troops near Ukraine's border, as fears mount over a possible Russian invasion. Tensions have worsened in recent weeks, with an estimated 100,000 troops gathering...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday discussed with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi if Beijing could help his country to overcome the forex crisis by rescheduling its external debt. He raised the issue when Wang, who arrived here...
BARINAS: Voters in the home state of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chávez on Sunday picked an opposition candidate for governor in a closely watched special election called after the contender representing that faction in November's regular contest...
WASHINGTON: Republican Congressman Jim Jordan has rejected a request from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot to voluntarily cooperate with the probe. "This request is far outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry,...