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10 Soldiers die in mine explosion in Southern Somalia: Reports

Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 10 soldiers died as a result of a mine explosion in the Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia on Saturday, local news reported.

2022-04-30T17:28:47.963325+00:00 IST

Ceremony held in remembering sacrifice of Indian Army in WWI

Brussels [Belgium], April 30 (ANI): As part of India's 75 years of Independence or 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Celebrations', Indian Embassy in Brussels and local Belgium Government officials organized special wreath-laying ceremonies to remember the gallant Indian Army troops who sacrificed their lives during World War 1 and World War 2.

2022-04-30T11:58:45.335073+00:00 IST

Ukraine continues to block foreign ships in its waters: Lavrov

Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukraine continues to block foreign ships, creating a threat of shelling in its internal waters and territorial sea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

2022-04-30T01:35:26.907655+00:00 IST

Explosions heard in Russia's Belgorod

Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Explosions are heard in downtown Belgorod, which is located not far from the border with Ukraine, a Sputnik correspondent.

2022-04-29T22:44:09.934967+00:00 IST

IAEA Director-General to head group in visit to Zaporizhzhya NPP

Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi offered to head a group of experts to go to Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) as soon as possible, the IAEA said on Friday.

2022-04-29T22:32:54.724053+00:00 IST

Mass graves found at different places in Kyiv Oblast

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 30 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the mass grave with 900 bodies had been found in different places in Kyiv Oblast.

2022-04-29T21:33:42.167101+00:00 IST

OSCE to close Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has announced that it would take immediate steps to close the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday.

2022-04-29T17:23:44.967299+00:00 IST

China prefers 'low profile strategy' while supporting Russia

Moscow [Russia], April 29 (ANI): Although Beijing has extended firm diplomatic support to Russia during the Ukraine conflict, it appears unwilling to back Moscow in a whole-hearted manner to avert Western sanctions due to the fear of secondary sanctions.

2022-04-29T17:17:42.100265+00:00 IST

Digitalization of German SMEs slowed by data protection

Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Although the COVID-19 crisis triggered a digitization surge in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a quarter of the country's 3.8 million SMEs were not pursuing any digitization activities, the German state-owned development bank KfW said on Friday.

2022-04-29T17:09:46.766522+00:00 IST

Czech provides USD 130 million military aid to Ukraine

Prague [Czech], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Republic has so far provided Ukraine with military aid totaling nearly 3 billion crowns (about USD 130 million), Ceska Televize broadcaster reported on Friday, citing Czech Defense Ministry spokeswoman Jana Zechmeisterova.

2022-04-29T16:43:47.579189+00:00 IST

AfD leader says Germany should bargain launch of Nord Stream 2

Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany could agree to launching the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in exchange for Russia agreeing to sell gas in euros, Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said in an interview with Sputnik.

2022-04-29T09:53:10.726177+00:00 IST

Serbia receives secret anti-aircraft consignment from China

Belgrade [Serbia], April 29 (ANI): Amidst an armed build-up in the Balkans in midst of the Russia-Ukraine war, China has reportedly supplied a secret consignment of anti-aircraft weapons to the Serbian military.

2022-04-29T09:47:52.142043+00:00 IST

Antonio Guterres calls war 'absurdity' amid Russia-Ukraine war

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 29 (ANI): During his visit to Ukraine's Borodyanka, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the ongoing war "an absurdity" and stated that he imagines his family in one of the rooms which has now been destroyed.

2022-04-29T09:11:18.620159+00:00 IST

EU calls on all actors to avoid destabilization in Transnistria

Brussels [Belgium], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union has called on all actors concerned to avoid the destabilization of the situation in the unrecognized republic of Transnistria, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday.

2022-04-29T09:11:04.916550+00:00 IST

NATO should protect Taiwan too: UK's Liz Truss should protect Tai

London [UK], April 29 (ANI): Underlining the importance of the Indo-Pacific region, British foreign secretary Liz Truss has said that the UK and its partner countries need to pre-empt threats in the region to ensure that democracies like Taiwan are able to defend themselves.

2022-04-29T07:02:54.041961+00:00 IST

'Balochs are sacrificing their lives due to Pakistani oppression'

Toronto [Canada], April 29 (ANI): Distressed by a recent incident of a 30-year-old Baloch woman teacher blowing herself and killing four people, including three Chinese at Karachi University, a Baloch woman activist calls it a consequence of Pakistan's oppressive policies and genocide in Balochistan province.

2022-04-29T01:31:34.513868+00:00 IST

EU unveils regional energy taskforce in Bulgaria

Brussels [Belgium], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission announced on Thursday the creation of a regional taskforce in Sofia that will shop around for energy supplies ahead of winter after Russia stopped pumping gas to Bulgaria and Poland.

2022-04-29T00:52:21.734424+00:00 IST

India shows its experience in providing food to needy people

Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): S. Jagannathan, Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, highlighted India's outstanding experience in successfully ensuring dignified & foolproof access to adequate food grains to the most vulnerable people in the country at WTO high-level seminar on Food Security.

2022-04-28T18:05:05.762159+00:00 IST

EU delegation meets Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Delhi

New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): A delegation of the European Union led by Eamon Gilmore EU Special Representative for Human Rights and the Ambassador of the EU Ugo Astuto met with Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday in the national capital.

2022-04-28T17:43:30.846469+00:00 IST

Radiation levels at Ukraine's Chornobyl plant within safe range

Chornobyl [Ukraine], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Radiation levels at the exclusion zone of Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which Russian forces had controlled for weeks before withdrawing in late March, have remained within the safe range, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday.

2022-04-28T17:40:49.583453+00:00 IST

US conducting training for Ukrainians on M113

Washington [US], April 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is conducting training of Ukrainian personnel on M113 armored personnel carrier outside the war-ravaged country amid Russia's special military operation, a senior US defence official said on Thursday.

2022-04-28T17:27:46.129716+00:00 IST