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10 killed, 8 injured in blast near Russian Embassy in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): At least ten people were killed and eight were injured in a blast outside the country's embassy in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, according to Sputnik News Agency.
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Japan, US hold joint drills with Anti-ship missiles, HIMARS: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ground Self-defense Force and the US army held joint military exercises to defend Japan's remote southwestern island of Amami Oshima, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 31 (ANI): Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, according to the Russian news agency.
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Drought in Spain may halve olive harvest, lead to large losses: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow, August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The ongoing drought may reduce the olive harvest in Spanish Cordoba region by 50 per cent this year and lead to massive financial losses, the Europa Press news agency reported, citing Spanish Young Farmers' Association (Asaja).
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IS terrorist detained in Russia confesses to planning attack on political
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 22 (ANI): An Islamic State (IS) terrorist detained by Russian security agency for planning an attack in India has confessed that he was preparing an act of terror targetting "one of the representatives of the ruling circles of India," the Russian news agency report
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Russia detains IS suicide bomber plotting terrorist attack in India
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 22 (ANI): The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday said that its officers had detained a suicide bomber, a member of the Islamic State terrorist group, who was plotting a terrorist attack against one of India's leadership elite, Russia news agency Sputn
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Japan's suicide rate spikes due to COVID pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 18 (ANI): A new study has found that the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in over 8,000 excess suicide deaths in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022, news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday.
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Italian newswire ANSA annulled agreement with Xinhua News Agency
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], August 14 (ANI): Italy's main newswire ANSA ended its cooperation agreement with the Chinese state-controlled news agency Xinhua, another step in staying away from Beijing's propaganda.
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Pelosi to arrive in Taiwan tomorrow, agenda may include meetings with top
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to arrive in Taiwan on August 2 and meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, according to Sputnik News Agency citing a Chinese media outlet.
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First ship with Ukrainian grain likely to depart on Monday: Official
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 31 (ANI): There is a high probability that the first ship with grain cargo will depart from Ukraine on Monday (August 1), Sputnik News Agency reported qouting Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Sunday.
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Protesters break into Iraqi Parliament building in Baghdad: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters broke into the parliament building in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, as per the Shafaq news agency.
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6 killed in car-trailer collision in central Iran
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 27 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people died as two cars collided on a road in central Iran on Tuesday, official IRNA news agency reported.
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