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Egypt, Sudan begin first joint military drills
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Sinai [Egypt], November 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Egypt and Sudan on Saturday kicked off their first joint military drills which are set to last till late November, Egyptian Military Spokesman Tamer al-Rifai said.
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5 Taliban members killed in south Afghanistan in attempted attack on Polic
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Kabul [Afghanistan], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The police in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Friday repelled an attack of the Taliban terrorists on two stations and killed five terrorists in the clash, Jamal Nasir Barakzai, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, sai
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Blast kills deputy commander of border brigade battalion in northern Afgha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan],November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Maj. Mohammad Naeem Pekar, the deputy commander of the third battalion of the Afghan military's Border Brigade, was killed in a roadside bomb blast in the northern Balkh province on Friday night, Hanif Rezai, a spokesman for the 209th corps of t
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Russia's Mi-24 shot down over Armenia outside combat zone
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Moscow [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian helicopter Mi-24 was shot down in the Armenian airspace outside the combat zone, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Monday.
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Fighting on in Nagorno-Karabakh's Shusha city: Armenian Defence Ministry
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Yerevan [Ajerbaijan], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Fighting in the strategic city of Shusha in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region is still ongoing, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on Sunday.
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Afghan police discover 31 kg drugs, arrest 5 in Badakhshan province
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Faizabad [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Police in the northern Badakhshan province have discovered 31 kg of illicit drugs including 24 kg heroin and seven kg hashish in a crackdown against drug traffickers over the past three days and arrested five smugglers, provincial government s
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Armenia says Azerbaijan resorted to subversion in disputed Karabakh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Azerbaijan is increasingly engaging in unconventional war tactics in the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
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European Commission still awaits UK's response to EU's letter regarding Br
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission still did not receive the United Kingdom's response to a letter regarding London's violations of the Brexit agreement, Daniel Ferrie, the commission's spokesman, said on Tuesday.
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Armenian Defense Ministry says Azerbaijan suffered serious losses in Easte
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Yerevan [Armenia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on Tuesday that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have suffered serious casualties in the eastern direction of the Karabakh front.
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German Defence Minister goes into quarantine after COVID-19 cases confirme
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has gone into quarantine after a person from her circle was confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, though the minister herself is healthy and her test for coronavirus came negative, a spokesman for
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Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif to embark tour of Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba
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Tehran [Iran], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran's top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, is set for a tour of three South American nations that will kick off with his attendance at the inauguration of Bolivia's new president, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzade said Monday.
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Any COVID-19 vaccine earmarked for use in EU must comply with Bloc's stand
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Any vaccine against COVID-19 earmarked for use in the European Union must comply with the Bloc's quality standards and approval procedures, including those that are produced by non-EU countries, European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said on
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