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Russia confirms 21,073 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 21,073 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,479,344 the federal response center said on Thursday.
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Moscow confirms Russia-NATO council meeting to take place on January 12
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday said that Moscow confirms the upcoming January 12 meeting of the Russia-NATO Council and January 13 consultations between Russia and the OSCE.
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EU actions increase tensions in Europe: Russian Foreign Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union has done a lot to increase tensions in Europe, including by creating the Eastern Partnership initiative, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
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Georgia: Saakashvili relocated from Gori hospital to prison in Rustavi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been relocated from a hospital in the city of Gori to a prison in the city of Rustavi, Ukrainian lawmaker Yelyzaveta Yasko, who is in a romantic relationship with him, said.
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US troops seized 17 crates with millions of dollars during Saddam Hussein'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bagdad [Iraq], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The American military unit responsible for arresting former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein removed from the house he was hiding in at least 17 boxes containing millions of dollars, an Iraqi interpreter who worked with the American military at the tim
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Reports of Saddam Hussein hiding in hole 'fabricated': Iraqi Interpreter f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Reports that US troops captured former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein while he was hiding in an underground hole were fabricated, an Iraqi interpreter who worked with the US military at the time told Sputnik.
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Mexico's sanitary regulator approves use of Cuba's Abdala vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican sanitary regulator Coferpis said it has approved the use of Cuba's Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.
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Saudi King hopes that Iran will abandon 'negative behavior' in region
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has expressed hope that Iran will abandon what he described as a destabilizing regional policy.
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US Presidential medical adviser Fauci says Omicron cases likely to peak by
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US] December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Cases involving the coronavirus Omicron variant will likely peak by the end of January, presidential medical adviser Anthony Fauci said.
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Italy cancels quarantine for those vaccinated with 3 doses after contacts
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Italy has revised anti-coronavirus measures in light of the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19, among others cancelling the quarantine for people inoculated with three doses of vaccines after contacts with COVID-19 patients.
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Blinken, French, German, UK counterparts reaffirm support for Ukraine: US
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed over the telephone with his French, German and UK counterparts coordination on Russia regarding the tensions with Ukraine as well as US concerns over Iran's nuclear program, State Department spokesp
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Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty on 5 charges of
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US] December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell faces decades in prison after a New York jury found her guilty on five of six charges related to sex trafficking of underage girls, the New York Times reported.
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