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Belarusian police use water cannons, stun grenades to disperse protesters in Minsk

Minsk [Belarus], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian police used water cannons and stun grenades against participants of an unauthorized rally in Minsk, Natalia Hanusevich, a spokeswoman for the police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee, told Sputnik on Sunday.

2020-10-11T15:32:30.756841+00:00 IST

Gunmen kill 12 villagers in north Nigeria

Kaduna [Nigeria], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of unidentified gunmen have attacked two villages in the Giwa area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 12 people and injuring scores others, a police source told Xinhua on Sunday.

2020-10-11T15:28:14.053895+00:00 IST

Georgia reports 523 new COVID-19 cases

Tbilisi [Georgia], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia reported 523 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing its total tally to 11,794.

2020-10-11T14:33:46.829041+00:00 IST

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire, shelling Ganja city which caused civilian casualties

Baku [Azerbaijan], October 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Azerbaijan Sunday accused Armenia of violating a ceasefire by attacking its second-largest city of Ganja which resulted in heavy civilian casualties.

2020-10-11T12:34:18.364807+00:00 IST

Canada's Prime Minister discusses coronavirus situation with Trump

Toronto [Canada], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has held talks with US President Donald Trump wishing him a recovery from the coronavirus infection, the prime minister's office said in a statement.

2020-10-11T03:19:20.018466+00:00 IST

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll crosses 150,000-mark

Brasilia [Brazil], October 11 (ANI): Brazil has reported over 150,000 deaths due to coronavirus infection till now, Voice of America reported citing Health Ministry website.

2020-10-11T03:01:26.191421+00:00 IST

Kyrgyzstan approves Sadyr Japarov as new prime minister

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], October 11 (ANI): The members of Kyrgyzstan parliament on Saturday unanimously approved the appointment of Sadyr Japarov as the new Prime Minister of the country.

2020-10-11T01:50:28.092979+00:00 IST

Colombian court releases former president Alvaro Uribe from house arrest

Bogota [Colombia], October 11 (ANI): A Colombian court on Saturday ordered former president Alvaro Uribe to be released from house arrest.

2020-10-11T00:45:29.996308+00:00 IST

Nagorno-Karabakh authorities report shelling of Martuni, Shushi amid ceasefire

Yerevan [Armenia], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Spokesperson of the president of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), Vahram Poghosyan, says the city of Shushi and the town of Martuni have been shelled by Azerbaijan despite the active ceasefire.

2020-10-10T21:59:22.237330+00:00 IST

Self-proclaimed Artsakh says fighting continues in Karabakh's Hadrut despite ceasefire

Yerevan [Armenia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region said on Saturday that the Azerbaijani forces carried on with military operations in the town of Hadrut in Karabakh despite the humanitarian ceasefire agreement, but other areas along the contract line are "relatively calm."

2020-10-10T15:42:08.078617+00:00 IST

Emergency declared in Russia's Krasnoyarsk territory over fuel leak - Emergencies Ministry

Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik) Emergency has been declared in the Kezhemsky District in the eastern part of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory after some 500 liters (over 132 gallons) of fuel leaked from a barge to the Angara River, the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

2020-10-10T07:57:33.020685+00:00 IST

Swiss hostage killed by terrorists in Mali - Foreign Ministry

Zurich [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A Swiss female citizen, who had been a hostage of terrorists in Mali for four years, has been killed, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said.

2020-10-09T23:05:51.252699+00:00 IST

Kyrgyz President Jeenbekov says ready to step down after law, order restored in country

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has expressed readiness to leave his post after the appointment of new heads of executive bodies and the country's return to the legal order.

2020-10-09T01:51:29.366809+00:00 IST

6.6 magnitude Earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], October 8 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale hit Papua New Guinea on Thursday.

2020-10-08T08:40:47.321321+00:00 IST

Brazil's COVID-19 cases top 5 million

Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Wednesday said 31,553 COVID-19 cases were reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 5,000,694.

2020-10-08T01:56:37.667462+00:00 IST

Human smugglers forcefully eject migrants from Djibouti, 8 drown

Djibouti [Djibouti], October 5 (ANI): Eight migrants who were forcefully ejected off a boat near Djibouti by smugglers drowned, while 12 are missing, according to reports.

2020-10-05T11:08:23.899029+00:00 IST

Four explosions heard outside Stepanakert, residents hiding in basements

Yerevan [Armenia], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Four small blasts were heard on Monday morning outside the capital of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh), a Sputnik correspondent reported.

2020-10-05T04:42:38.920828+00:00 IST

UN chief strongly condemns suicide attack at office building in Afghanistan

New York [US], October 5 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) strongly condemned the previous day's car bombing at a district administrative building in Afghanistan's province of Nangarhar.

2020-10-05T01:18:16.734391+00:00 IST

India, Bahrain discuss strengthening of bilateral cooperation in financial, business sector

Manama [Bahrain], October 5 (ANI): India's new Ambassador to Bahrain, Piyush Srivastava met Bahrain's Minister of Finance and National Economy Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa on Sunday and discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

2020-10-04T20:13:22.893868+00:00 IST

WHO says 1.5 million COVID-19 cases now registered across Africa

Geneva [Switzerland], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of registered COVID-19 infection across Africa's 54 nations has now surpassed the 1.5 million mark, according to the continent's World Health Organization chapter.

2020-10-04T19:05:12.861572+00:00 IST

Armenia's National Security Service says foreign citizens detained on espionage claims

Yerevan [Armenia], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The National Security Service of Armenia has said on Sunday evening that several foreign citizens have been detained on suspicion of espionage.

2020-10-04T18:43:43.792653+00:00 IST