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Afghan migrants cross over to EU not only from Belarus, but also from Ukraine: Lukashenko

Minsk [Belarus], November 10 (ANI): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Afghan migrants cross over to the European Union not only through Belarus but also through other countries, including Ukraine, the Russian state-owned news agency reported.

2021-11-09T20:21:47.648893+00:00 IST

Malala Yousafzai ties knot in Birmingham

Birmingham [UK], November 10 (ANI): Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has confirmed that she had tied the knot in a small nikkah ceremony at Birmingham home.

2021-11-09T18:44:27.572781+00:00 IST

US House Speaker urges COP26 to advance gender equality in climate action

London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to quickly address gender inequality in climate action as she noted that 80 per cent of people displaced worldwide by global warming are women.

2021-11-09T17:08:52.553366+00:00 IST

US special envoy expresses concern over surge in IS attacks in Afghanistan

Brussels [Belgium], November 9 (ANI): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West on Monday (local time) said that Washington is worried about the spike in attacks by Islamic State in Afghanistan and remains concerned about al Qaeda's presence in the country.

2021-11-09T13:20:20.305999+00:00 IST

EU to impose more sanctions against Minsk soon: Commission

Brussels [Belgium], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will impose more sanctions against Belarus over the situation at the Belarusian-Polish border, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Tuesday.

2021-11-09T13:05:59.240791+00:00 IST

Billion people could face deadly levels of heat stress with global warming at 2C: Report

London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): One billion people across the world could be affected by extreme heat stress - a potentially fatal combination of heat and humidity - if global temperature reaches the 2 degrees Celsius threshold, a new scientific report released on Tuesday by the UK Meteorological Office warned.

2021-11-09T12:51:51.822268+00:00 IST

Polish Ministry says 12,000 troops, 4,000 border guards stationed at border with Belarus

Warsaw [Poland], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 12,000 Polish servicemen, 4,000 border guards and 1,500 police officers, including 250 members of a counterterror unit, are currently stationed at the border with Belarus amid the migration crisis, Polish Deputy Minister of the Interior Maciej Wasik said on Tuesday.

2021-11-09T10:05:11.168850+00:00 IST

Russia resumes regular air traffic with Iran, Netherlands, Thailand, 6 other countries

Moscow [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia on Tuesday resumed regular air traffic, interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Bahamas, Iran, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Slovenia, Tunisia, Sweden and Thailand.

2021-11-09T07:43:00.648916+00:00 IST

UK records another 32,322 new coronavirus cases

London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The UK registered 32,322 new COVID-19 infections and 57 coronavirus related deaths on Monday, bringing the total loss of lives to 141,862, the UK Health Security Agency has said.

2021-11-09T02:18:53.572937+00:00 IST

Iran's COVID-19 tally reaches nearly 6 million

Tehran [Iran], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian health ministry reported on Monday 8,341 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 5,996,155.

2021-11-08T23:50:39.646302+00:00 IST

School fire in southern Niger may have killed dozens of children: Reports

Niamey [Niger], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Dozens of children may have died in a fire at a school in Niger's city of Maradi, media reported on Monday.

2021-11-08T19:47:43.841823+00:00 IST

Syrian air defenses respond to Israeli attack in several areas

Damascus [Syria], November 9 (ANI): Syria's air defenses have responded to an Israeli attack targeting areas on the Syrian coast and the central province of Homs, state news agency SANA reported.

2021-11-08T19:25:20.352712+00:00 IST

Germany's COVID-19 incidence rate highest since start of pandemic

Berlin [Germany], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany on Monday recorded the highest seven-day COVID-19 incidence rate since the start of the pandemic, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said.

2021-11-08T17:41:51.040161+00:00 IST

Austria concerned about refugee crisis on Polish-Belarusian border

Vienna [Austria], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Minsk's use of illegal migration in its own interests is completely unacceptable, Vienna stands for a common EU position against such an approach, the Austrian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

2021-11-08T17:24:36.355728+00:00 IST

UK's Johnson's rating down to lowest since taking Office

London [UK], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The rating of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reached its lowest point since 2019 when the politician came to power, the UK Evening Standard newspaper reported on Monday, citing the poll by the Ipsos MORI market research company.

2021-11-08T15:35:01.756762+00:00 IST

Former UN leader Ban Ki-Moon accuses COP26 of 'failing the world'

London [UK], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow to take the necessary steps to cut carbon emissions and adapt to the changing climate, saying the conference has been "failing the world."

2021-11-08T14:11:15.394777+00:00 IST

EU top diplomats to discuss situation in Belarus next Monday

Brussels [Belgium], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Foreign ministers of the European Union member states will discuss the situation in Belarus amid the influx of migrants to Poland during a meeting next Monday, Peter Stano, the lead spokesman for foreign affairs and security policy, said on Monday.

2021-11-08T14:02:46.288469+00:00 IST

COP26 participants use flawed greenhouse gas emissions data as States underreport

Glasgow [UK], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The participants of the ongoing 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow are using flawed data on greenhouse gas emissions, as many countries underreport their emissions to the United Nations, The Washington Post reported.

2021-11-08T10:45:38.296180+00:00 IST

Police officer injured in knife attack in France's Cannes

Paris [France], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A police officer was injured after being attacked with a bladed weapon in France's southern resort city of Cannes, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.

2021-11-08T08:48:17.151872+00:00 IST

New shipment of WHO life-saving medical supplies arrives in Kabul

Geneva [Switzerland], November 8 (ANI): An aircraft carrying around 7 metric tonnes of lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the operations and logistic teams of Qatar Airways and the Qatar government.

2021-11-08T07:19:02.615228+00:00 IST

New tough measures against COVID-19 enforced in Slovenia

Lasko [Slovenia], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): More restrictive measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic came into force in Slovenia on Monday.

2021-11-08T06:49:51.320876+00:00 IST