New York [US], May 13 (ANI): As the Russia-Ukraine crisis continues to prolong, India on Friday said that it attaches high importance to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) as a key global and non-discriminatory disarmament Convention.
London [UK], May 13 (ANI): "The western alliance's won the cold war. The Soviet Union collapsed. They got what they wanted. They were able to institute this world order and now it does not work," said Professor William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development and Deputy Director at
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): European Union ambassador to India, Ugo Astuto, said the bloc is discussing imposing the sixth package of sanctions against Russia and want the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine.
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 13 (ANI): The Indian Embassy in Ukraine, which was temporarily operating out of Poland, would resume its operation in Kyiv from May 17.
London [UK], May 13 (ANI): In a fresh round of sanctions against Russia, the United Kingdom has targeted Alina Kabaeva, a former gymnast and Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress, and Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, Putin's ex-wife, whom he divorced in 2014.
Helsinki [Finland], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Finland does not see any direct military threats posed against it by Russia at the moment, Finnish Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen told CNN.
Tokyo [Japan], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has decided to ban the exports of high-tech goods - such as quantum computers, 3D printers and electron microscopes - to Russia, the country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Friday.
Moscow [Russia], May 13 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Western countries were worse hit by the most severe sanctions imposed on Moscow in history for its action in Ukraine.
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US President Donald Trump in a statement slammed the United States for working to provide more than USD 40 billion in assistance to Ukraine amid Russia's special military operation and urged Europe to do more to deal with its regional concerns.
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 13 (ANI): A youth was arrested in Karnataka's Gadag district on charges of raping the minor daughter of a Russian tourist in Goa's Arambol, informed a police official on Thursday.
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday (Local time) voted to increase scrutiny on the "deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression".
Moscow [Russia], May 12 (ANI): The shipments of Russian metallurgical coal to China increased to nearly 49 per cent in April from a month earlier, Sputnik reported, citing the commodity analytics firm Kpler.