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As Americans depart, Canada to take in 20,000 Afghans!
Ottawa: Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday that Canada will accept some 20,000 Afghans at risk of reprisals from the Taliban, including women's leaders, human rights workers and news reporters. This move adds to an earlier initiative...
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COVID: US health expert says it will take two weeks to have definitive information on Omicron strain
Washington: A top US health expert on Sunday (local time) informed that it will take approximately two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity, and other characteristics of the Omicron COVID -19 variant. The remarks...
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Donald Trump to Mike Leigh, Lindsey Graham: Should be embarrassing!
New York: Former President Donald Trump has said that Senators Mike Lee and Lindsey Graham should be “ashamed” that they did not fight hard to prove the false allegations of fraudulent elections. In a statement late Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he had little...
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New Communication System for Russian Su-57 Fighter to be Shown at MAKS 2021
Moscow: Ruselectronics Holding will demonstrate at MAKS-2021 the S-111 communications system from the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet. The equipment provides secure radio communication and aircraft data exchange with other aircraft as well as with...
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UNRWA Chief Philippe Lazzarini : Number of child lives lost in Gaza is staggering
MOSCOW: In a special interview with TASS, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) provided insight into his visit to Russia, highlighted what support Moscow has provided...
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Taliban chief dead, Baradar hostage? Spectator Mag Cited Rumours Akhundzada Could Be Dead; Baradar Surfaces In A Video
Kabul: Two key Taliban leaders, deputy prime minister Mullah Baradar and the group's spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, have been badly affected due to the power struggle within the Taliban, according to a report in UK-based magazine The Spectator....
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Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Fled With Cars, Chopper Full Of Cash: Russia
Kabul: Russia's embassy in Kabul said that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the RIA news agency reported. Heavily armed Taliban...
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China breaching Taiwan's air defence, events entering 'dangerous time': Former US NSA!
Washington: A former US National Security Adviser (NSA) has warned that conditions surrounding Taiwan are entering a "very dangerous time" given China 's increasing military incursion into Taiwan 's air defence identification zone (ADIZ). The former Army...
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Netanyahu Authorises Israeli Negotiating Delegation To Travel To Qatar And Egypt For Hostage Talks
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorised an Israeli negotiating delegation to travel to Qatar and Egypt in the coming days to hold talks on the release of hostages still held in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a...
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Maria Zakharova said that the Russian side would not participate in the Ukraine conference in Switzerland, and that Zelensky's "formula is nothing but alchemy."
MOSCOW: Zakharova said that Russia will not take part in the conference on Ukraine The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the Russian side will not participate in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland....
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Taliban's Afghanistan takeover 'terrible', says German Chancellor Merkel!
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday described the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover as "bitter, dramatic and terrible", a media report said. During a televised news conference on Monday, Angela Merkel said, "This is a particularly bitter development....
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Russian ambassador sees no reasons to expect Russian-US ties to improve under Biden
MOSCOW: The current US administration is focused on how to stay in the Oval Office of the White House, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said :It makes no sense to expect that relations between Moscow and Washington will improve...
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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (27 March 2024)
MOSCOW: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower of the ( Army forces of Ukraine) AFU 32nd and 60th motorised infantry...
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US backed itself into corner by blaming IS for Crocus City Hall terror attack — diplomat Maria Zakharova
MOSCOW:"It took them only a few hours to get to a microphone, turn on the lights, summon the press and draw a conclusion about who is to blame for this horribly bloody terrorist attack," Maria Zakharova pointed out: The US has backed itself into a corner...
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Humanity’s future depends on China-US relations — Xi Jinping
BEIJING: The Chinese leader emphasized that "as long as both sides consider each other as partners, respect each other's interests, peacefully coexist, and cooperate for mutually beneficial results, bilateral relations will improve": The nature of the...
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Borrell admits Ukrainian conflict all about West backing US desire to remain hegemon — Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
MOSCOW: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has acknowledged for the first time ever that the West cannot allow Russia to win in the Ukrainian conflict because that would foil the US’ ambitions to remain the global...
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US Defense secretary meets with Israeli counterpart as tensions grow — The Hill
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday as tensions soared this week between the U.S. and Israel over the war in Gaza, where more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed. During...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange allowed to appeal extradition to US
LONDON: The High Court of London will allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to once again appeal the decision on his extradition to the US. It also gave the US government three weeks to provide guarantees that the journalist’s rights will not be trampled...
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Bridge in US city of Baltimore collapses after ship hits it, sending vehicles into water
WASHINGTON: A major bridge in the US city of Baltimore has collapsed after a large ship collided with it, sending multiple vehicles into the water. In the early hours of Tuesday morning local time a large vessel crashed into Francis Scott Key Bridge,...
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Afghan Embassy In India Berates President Ghani For Ceding Power To Taliban, Official Says Account Hacked!
NEW DELHI: Afghan Embassy In India Berates President Ghani For Ceding Power To Taliban, Official Says Account Hacked! The Twitter handle of Afghanistan Embassy in India was hacked, the embassy's Press Secretary Abdul Haq Azad said on Monday. Haq said...
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Pakistan closes border point taken by Taliban!
Islamabad: Pakistan has closed the Torkham border point with Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the Afghan border facility, the interior minister said Sunday. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the decision to close the Torkhan border was taken due to...
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US bails Ukraine out after Moscow attack, covering Zelensky with ISIS — diplomat Zakharova
MOSCOW: After the Crocus City Hall attack, the US tries to bail Ukraine out by mentioning the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, outlawed in Russia) terror group, outlawed in Russia, and to cover itself and the Zelensky regime it created, Russian Foreign Ministry...
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French Foreign Minister, Antony Blinken discuss 'dramatic situation' in Kabul over phone!
PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had a telephonic conversation with his US counterpart Antony Blinken on the "dramatic situation" in Kabul. "Today in the evening, I phoned my counterpart, Secretary of State Blinken to discuss the dramatic...
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As Taliban Fighters Sweep Across War-Torn Afghanistan, Pope Francis Calls For Peace!
Pope Francis said Sunday that he shares 'the unanimous concern for the situation in Afghanistan" as Taliban fighters sweep across the war-torn country. He spoke as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul, the Afghan capital, and said they were awaiting...
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Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed: Ghani as Taliban seizes control of presidential palace!
Dushanbe: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said he left the country in order to avoid "bloodshed" as Kabul fell to the Taliban and terrorists entered the Afghanistan presidential palace. In his first comments after he left Afghanistan, Ghani, in...