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Football legend Pele undergoes colon surgery after several days in hospita
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], September 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Three-time Brazilian world football champion Pele said on Monday that he had undergone surgery to remove a colon lesion after several days in the hospital.
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Red Cross Chief holds meeting with Taliban, plans to expand aid to Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president met with the Taliban leadership on Monday to discuss the charity's plans to expand aid to the Afghan people.
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Czech Communist Party leader to step down after 16 years at the helm: Depu
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The leader of the Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), Vojtech Filip, will leave the post he has occupied for 16 years after the parliamentary elections of October 8-9, his deputy said on Monday.
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No terror attacks on NATO states organised from Afghanistan during invasio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) successfully managed to contain the terrorist groups active in the country by invading Afghanistan, and none of its member states were attacked by terrorists from this nation, Jens Stoltenberg, the s
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UK Foreign Secretary decries prison sentences for Belarusian Opposition fi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the lengthy prison sentences handed to Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak by a Minsk court, and urged President Alexander Lukashenko's government to release all politica
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EU foreign policy chief condemns seizure of power in Guinea, calls for Pre
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has condemned the coup in Guinea calling on the rebels to release President Alpha Conde.
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Nationwide curfew declared by rebels in Guinea
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Conakry [Guinea], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The rebels in Guinea have declared a nationwide curfew in the country after announcing that they had captured President Alpha Conde, French media report.
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Thousands of people protest COVID-19 restrictions in Amsterdam
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Thousands of people took to the streets of Amsterdam on Sunday to protest COVID-19 restrictions in the Netherlands, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Panjshir resistance leader Ahmad Massoud ready for talks if Taliban leave
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the resistance forces in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Panjshir, on Sundays said resistance forces are ready to cease fighting and start negotiations if the Taliban leave the province, Sputnik reported on Sunday.
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Death toll from IS attack in Northern Iraq rises to 12: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of police officers killed in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist attack in Iraq's northern Kirkuk Governorate rose to 12, Shafaq News reported, citing security sources.
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6 people shot in Washington, at least 3 dead
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI/Sputnik): At least three people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting in Washington D.C., local police said.
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Biden to survey damage done by Hurricane Ida in New York, New Jersey
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 5 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden will visit the states of New York and New Jersey next Tuesday to see the damage done by Hurricane Ida, the White House has said.
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