Europe

Liz Truss outpaces Rishi Sunak, leads race for UK PM: Survey

London [UK], August 1 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is leading the race to replace Boris Johnson as UK's next Prime Minister by 90 per cent, according to a latest survey by betting exchange firm Smarkets.

2022-08-01T07:51:23.298146+00:00 IST

Indian, French navies conduct exercise in Atlantic

New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Indian Navy's guided-missile frigate INS Tarkash, while on her long-range overseas deployment, conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French naval ships in the North Atlantic Ocean on July 29 and 30.

2022-08-01T07:27:46.948501+00:00 IST

Russian company transfers money to complete Akkuyu nuclear power

Nicosia [Cyprus], August 1 (ANI): In an effort to show the world that Moscow can do business as usual and execute projects agreed upon with other countries, despite US and EU sanctions, the Russian nuclear company Rosatom decided to transfer USD15 billion to Turkey for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Bloomberg has reported that officials said that an initial USD 5 billion had already been received last week.

2022-08-01T02:51:40.677008+00:00 IST

US, EU Dialogue on combating terrorism with Russia frozen: Russia

Moscow [Russia], August 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the European Union have frozen dialogue on the fight against terrorism with Moscow under far-fetched pretexts, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for New Challenges and Threats chief, Vladimir Tarabrin, said in an interview with Sputnik.

2022-08-01T01:14:41.002846+00:00 IST

Kosovo postpones entry restrictions that caused tensions

Belgrade [Serbia], August 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The authorities of self-proclaimed Kosovo announced after US Ambassador Jeffrey Hovenier's appeal that they were postponing the entry restrictions for Serbs caused alarming tensions in the region.

2022-08-01T00:48:07.642045+00:00 IST

UN special representative urges all to avoid escalation

Belgrade [Serbia], August 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) Caroline Ziadeh is concerned about the situation in northern Kosovo and is calling for the restoration of freedom of movement, a UNMIK representative told Sputnik.

2022-07-31T23:36:59.034308+00:00 IST

Red Cross to deploy specialists to Olenivka

Geneva [Switzerland], August 1 (ANI): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said that it is ready to deploy specialists to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) town of Olenivka in the Donbas region where 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed after the Ukrainian military attacked a pre-trial detention centre with HIMARS rocket systems on Friday.

2022-07-31T21:32:55.842750+00:00 IST

Over 70 DPR miners trapped underground

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainian shelling caused blackouts in two coal mines in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Sunday, leaving at least 70 miners trapped underground, the DPR coal ministry said.

2022-07-31T17:29:22.581696+00:00 IST

Prince Charles charity accepted 1 mn pounds from Laden's family

London [UK], July 31 (ANI): UK's Prince Charles, the longest-serving heir apparent to the throne in British history, accepted a donation of 1 million pounds (USD 1.21 million) from the family of Osama bin Laden IN 2013.

2022-07-31T13:13:52.888404+00:00 IST

Drone strike at Russian Black Sea Fleet Headquarters injures five

Moscow [Russia], July 31 (ANI): In a recent strike, a Ukrainian drone attacked the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, injuring five people, Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev said.

2022-07-31T11:19:38.648827+00:00 IST

Zelenskyy orders evacuation in Donetsk

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 31 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region after a fight between Russia and Ukraine escalated in the DPR region on Saturday.

2022-07-31T10:17:31.884869+00:00 IST

Russia invites UN, Red Cross to probe shelling of Olenivka

Moscow [Russia], July 31 (ANI): Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to participate in the investigation into the Ukrainian military attack on a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems which killed 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

2022-07-30T23:36:54.142621+00:00 IST

'Russia deciding response to hate speech of Norwegian diplomat'

Moscow [Russia], July 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian foreign ministry is working out an appropriate response to behavior of Norwegian consular office Elisabeth Ellingsen whose outburst of xenophobic opinions about Russian people was caught on camera on public, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

2022-07-30T18:26:02.454508+00:00 IST

Russia logs over 12,000 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Moscow [Russia], July 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 cases in Russia increased by 12,248 in the last 24 hours against 11,422 the day before, local media reported citing the federal centre for combatting coronavirus on Saturday.

2022-07-30T17:23:31.972533+00:00 IST

Confucius institutes: Communist China's propaganda arms

Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): A host of western countries led by the United States are waking up to the danger posed by Confucius institutes, considered to be vehicles of China's communist propaganda in foreign lands, and closing them down.

2022-07-30T11:48:51.093622+00:00 IST

Lavrov urges Blinken to 'silent diplomacy'

Moscow [Russia], July 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, called for return to "silent diplomacy" on the issue of prisoner exchange, without speculation and stuffing, the Russian Foreign Ministry said following the conversation.

2022-07-29T18:29:04.166558+00:00 IST

Hungary to purchase Russian gas in summer: Orban

Budapest [Hungary], July 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Hungary plans to purchase an additional 700 million cubic meters of gas from Russia during the summer, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

2022-07-29T10:36:26.044576+00:00 IST

'Ukrainian Strike kills 40 Ukrainian Prisoners of War in DPR'

Moscow [Ukraine], July 29 (ANI): The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the Ukrainian military attacked a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems and killed 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

2022-07-29T10:18:32.450398+00:00 IST

UK rivals for PM grilled by Tory members in first clash

London [UK], July 29 (ANI): In a bid to succeed Boris Johnson as UK's next Prime Minister, British Foreign Secretary Liz Trus said that she would prefer not to impose further windfall taxes on oil and gas companies while former Chancellor Sunak backtracked by putting forward the idea of scrapping VAT on energy bills to revive the country's economy and control the inflation if he is elected as the next PM.

2022-07-29T05:44:16.361616+00:00 IST

Trans man uses prosthetic penis to trick women into sex, jailed

London [UK], July 29 (ANI): A transgender man who lured two women and a teenager into a sexual relationship by using a fake penis has been jailed for 10 years, according to several media reports.

2022-07-29T05:24:19.898001+00:00 IST

Rishi Sunak more popular with swing voters than Liz Truss: Poll

London [UK], July 28 (ANI): Former British chancellor Rishi Sunak is the preferred candidate to replace UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson among swing voters, according to a new poll.

2022-07-28T14:45:35.888407+00:00 IST