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Jihadi, mafia and ghost vessels
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Aug 6 (ANI): More and more 'ghost vessels' are arriving in the South of Italy, all with the same modalities: coming from Turkey, all Pakistani, all men. On sailing ships driven by citizens of a former Soviet Union country. And the authorities are more and more alarmed.
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Pompeo calls for 'new alliance of democracies' to counter China's aggressi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], July 24 (ANI): Sharpening his attack on China, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday (local time) said that it is time "for a new alliance of democracies" to counter Beijing's aggressive policies.
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The legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakh history
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], July 6 (ANI): The twentieth century saw many countries such as China, Mexico and Brazil overcoming the challenges and imbalances of historical development as well as radically renovate their state by occupying higher positions in the world hierarchy.
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Rajnath Singh attends Victory Day Parade in Moscow
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 24 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday attended the Victory Day Parade in Moscow marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
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Rajnath Singh leaves for Russia, to discuss defence and strategic partners
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday left for a three-day visit to Russia. Singh is likely to discuss the India-Russia defence and strategic partnership during the visit and also attend a military parade in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the S
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India did not grow fast enough till 1990s due to Nehru's policy: Subramani
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that the Indian economy did not grow fast enough after Independence due to Jawaharlal Nehru's insistence on adopting the Soviet economic model.
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Alexei Leonov, first man to ever walk in space, dies at 85
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 11 (ANI): Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first person to perform a spacewalk back in 1965, has died in Moscow at the age of 85, Russian space agency Roscosmos Space Corporation announced on Friday.
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Will try to persuade Taliban to hold talks with Afghan govt: Imran Khan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 25 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his country will try to persuade the Taliban to hold direct talks with the Afghan government and broker a peace deal to end the 18 year-long civil war in Afghanistan.
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After decades of Afghan conflict, Imran Khan regrets Pak's participating i
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep 13 (ANI): Pakistan should have taken a neutral stance instead of backing America's 'War on Terror' bid against the Soviet rule in Afghanistan, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday.
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Hong Kong protesters form human chain across city 30 years after "Baltic W
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 24 (ANI): Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrators on Friday night (local time) formed human chains across large parts of the city in a call for direct elections in a display that recalled a major anti-Soviet demonstration from 30 years ago.
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Russia not striving for Soviet-like superpower status: Putin
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jun 21 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the country does not want to be a superpower like the erstwhile Soviet Union as it does not seek to impose influence on other states.
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Russia: Man stabs four journalists for not publishing article on Stalin
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 28 (ANI): Four Russian journalists were stabbed by a 70-year-old man for allegedly not publishing an article on former Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin, police said on Monday.
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