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US designates two heads of Akrestsina detention centre in Belarus: Blinken
Washington: The United States designated the two heads of the Akrestsina Detention Center in Belarus over alleged human rights abuses against protesters who opposed the results of the country's presidential election last year, Secretary of State Antony...
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The USA refused Russia. NATO is arming Ukraine. American troops in Europe. Games in Beijing.
MOSCOW: Washington and the North Atlantic Alliance gave Moscow their written reaction to its demands to revise the European security system. They will not publish these answers - at their press conferences, Anthony Blinken and Jens Stoltenberg said everything...
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'Somebody else can do the rest of it', Queen quips as she cuts cake to mark Platinum Jubilee
LONDON: 'Somebody else can do the rest of it', Queen quips as she cuts cake to mark Platinum Jubilee A former cookery student who helped create the original recipe for coronation chicken was hosted by the Queen at Sandringham House on the eve of the 70th...
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Russian ambassador Anatoly Antonov concerned by US plans to send more HIMARS to Ukraine: It only confirms that the Americans have no intention of seeing a peaceful solution
WASHINGTON: US Under Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl’s remarks about the possibility of increasing supplies of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Ukraine are extremely concerning and reveal Washington’s course towards escalation, Russian...
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Diplomat Maria Zakharova tells UK premier to stop parroting ‘fake news’ about ‘Russian threat’
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called on the UK prime minister to stop disseminating fabricated ideas about the alleged threat of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a video on...
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Ukraine crisis: Finland to send more military equipment amid NATO ambitions
HELSINKI: Ambitions to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Finland announce on Friday that it would be sending more military equipment to Ukraine as the military bloc considered the country's application to join the alliance. "Finland will...
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US, Russia agree to keep talking amid Ukraine crisis but Putin claims concerns ‘ignored’
BERLIN: The U.S. and Russia are moving ahead with their diplomatic engagements over Russia menacing Ukraine, according to senior State Department officials, after the two countries’ top diplomats spoke Tuesday. But as talks continue, there have been no...
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Trump slams Biden over 'most embarrassing' Afghanistan withdrawal
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden's administration for its withdrawal from Afghanistan and termed it the "most embarrassing and horrible thing", reported TOLOnews. "What they did with the so-called withdrawal, which...
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COVID Omicron News: Some call for restrictions to lift as cases decrease across US
NEW YORK: Authorities across the country are under growing pressure to lift COVID-related restrictions. Only five states are reporting a significant increase in COVID cases, with overall cases around the country down 30%. Infections in children have also...
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Russia sends written response to US proposal to de-escalate Ukraine crisis
United Nations: The Russian government has sent a written response to a US proposal aimed at de-escalating the Ukraine crisis, according to three Biden administration officials. The officials all spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Russian response...
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Japan F15 fighter goes missing during training, search underway
TOKYO: Japan 's military said Monday it was searching for a fighter jet that disappeared from radar shortly after taking off. "The track of an F15 jet disappeared from the data of the Komatsu control tower after take-off," a spokesman for the Japan Air...
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After US Withdrawal, Can Afghan Air Force Keep Planes Flying?
Washington: As the United States rapidly approaches its final withdrawal from Afghanistan, the nation's struggling air force is being asked to stave off a surging Taliban. But the U.S. government's inspector general supervising the country's reconstruction...
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Russia Fines Google For Breaching Data Storage Law
Moscow: Russia has fined Google over $40,000 for failing to store the data of Russian users on local servers, a court spokeswoman said Thursday, the first time the U.S.-based tech giant has been fined for the offense. The Russian government has been seeking...
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Tensions rise as North Korea tests medium-range ballistic missile
SEOUL: Tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programmes have risen yet again after North Korea test fired a medium-range ballistic missile with a potential range of thousands of kilometres on Sunday. Despite Pyongyang's six previous...
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EU split over scale of military aid to Kiev, Russia sanctions: Poland Prime Minister
WARSAW: The European Union is not unanimous about the scope of military assistance to Kiev or potential sanctions against Russia in the event of escalation around Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. "All...
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US says Russia to face pressure at UN Security Council over Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW: The US ambassador to the United Nations vowed that the UN Security Council will press Russia hard in a Monday session to discuss Moscow's massing of troops near Ukraine and rising fears it is planning an invasion. "Our voices are unified in calling...
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Russian President Putin repeats security demands from West during French President Macron phone call
MOSCOW/PARIS: NATO and US statements on security in Eastern Europe this week - ones that rebuffed Russian demands for an end to the bloc's eastward expansion - are insufficient, the Kremlin told Paris on Friday as it renewed demands for security guarantees....
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Thousands protest France's vaccine pass, call it discriminatory
PARIS: About two thousand people took to streets of Paris to express anger against the vaccine pass. The protesters lashed out at the vaccine passes which they said were discriminatory and excessive. Demonstrators rallied behind far-right figure, Florian...
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Five dead, 30 hurt in missile strike on Yemen's Marib
SANAA: At least five people were killed and 34 injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib city on Wednesday night, state news agency SABA said on Friday. A resident and a medical source said a missile on Wednesday...
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U.S.-led troops end Iraq combat mission, as planned - military officials: Iraq says U.S.-led troops formally end combat role!
BAGHDAD: U.S.-led forces have ended their combat mission in Iraq, a move that transfers all remaining troops into a training and advising role, Iraqi military commanders and officials from the coalition led by the United States said on Thursday. Western...
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Faced with starvation, Afghanistan sell kidneys
KABUL: Faced with starvation amid the prolonged humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the subsequent economic collapse, some people in Herat province are being forced to sell their kidneys in order to feed their families, a media report said. According...
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Biden speaks with Zelensky, reaffirms US readiness to 'respond decisively' if Russia further invades Ukraine
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reaffirmed the readiness of the United States along with its allies and partners to "respond decisively" if Russia further invades Ukraine...
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US, China confer on Ukraine, urge de-escalation and calm: China has told the United States
BEIJING: China has told the United States it wants to see all sides involved in Ukraine remain calm and avoid increasing tension while the US stressed de-escalation and warned of the security and economic risks from Russian aggression. China’s Foreign...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock cautions against a split between Western powers over Ukraine
BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned against allowing a dispute over arms deliveries to Ukraine to split the West as tensions with Russia over Ukraine continue to rise. "Our strongest weapon is and remains our unity. We must let...
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China Army Hands Over 'Missing' 17-yr-old Boy from Indian Arunachal Pradesh to Army
NEW DELHI: The “missing” 17-year-old boy from Arunachal Pradesh, who was allegedly abducted by the PLA on January 19, has been handed over to the Indian Army, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted on Thursday, a day after China suggested a place for release...