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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes, says sp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Scores of Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Nigerian military in the country's restive northeastern state of Borno, an official said on Friday.
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Aden airport attack resulted from Yemen's foreign occupation, says Iranian
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The deadly terrorist attack on the airport of the southern Yemeni city of Aden is a result of the foreign occupation of the country, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
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Iraq condemns Aden Airport attack, offers condolences to Yemen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its strong condemnation over the Wednesday deadly attack on the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden and conveyed condolences to the Yemeni people, the ministry's spokesman, Ahmed al-Sahaf,
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Mexico to get about 200 mln doses of Covid vaccines next year, says Presid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico expects to get deliveries of about 200 million doses of different coronavirus vaccines in 2021, Presidential spokesman Jesus Ramirez Cuevas said.
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EU, UK to continue work on trade agreement at night: European Commission
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union and the United Kingdom will continue the work on the post-Brexit trade agreement throughout the night, chief spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer said on Thursday.
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Iran calls for EU's commitment to JCPOA after Paris accused Tehran of deal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Tehran calls on the EU nations to implement their commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement, Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday in response to France's accusations of violating the nuclear deal.
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Greece concerned over emergence of rapidly-spreading COVID-19 strain, draw
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, which was recently discovered in parts of the United Kingdom and some other countries, has raised serious concerns in Europe, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday, adding that Greec
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Kremlin sees US sanctions on Nord Stream 2 as manifestation of hybrid war
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Kremlin sees US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, expected to pump gas from Russia to Europe, as a sign of a hybrid war, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
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Taliban attacks leave more than 480 Afghan civilians dead over past 3 mont
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban's continued suicide attacks and bomb blasts over the past three months have resulted in the deaths of more than 480 civilians, Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry, said on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: 15 killed, 20 wounded in Ghazni blast
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Ghazni [Afghanistan], December 18 (ANI): Atleast 15 civilians were killed in a blast inside of a house in Gilan district in Ghazni province.
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EU expects Hungary to address asylum law breaches after court decision
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission will reach out to Hungary to ascertain how it is going to address its violations of EU law on asylum in the wake of the Court of Justice's ruling on the matter, spokesman for home affairs Adalbert Jahnz said on Thursday.
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Bomb blast kills provincial council deputy chief in central Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A bomb went off in the capital of Afghanistan's central Ghor province on Tuesday, leaving a senior member of the provincial council dead and another one injured, governor spokesman Arif Aber said, hours after a similar attack killed the deputy
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