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Netanyahu meets US NSA, praises Trump's efforts to forge peace in Middle E
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a meeting with US National Security Adviser (NSA) Robert O'Brien, has praised US President Donald Trump's achievements in the Middle East over the past four years.
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COVID-19 vaccination programme may begin earlier than expected in Israel
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Yuli Edelstein, the Israeli Minister of Health, said on Sunday that the country's mass COVID-19 vaccination program may begin earlier than the proposed December 27 start date.
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Afghan security forces kill over 60 Taliban terrorists in Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday that 63 Taliban terrorists, including seven suicide attackers, had been killed and 29 others injured in the southern province of Kandahar over the past 72 hours.
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Nigerian authorities fear 400 children kidnapped after school attack in Ka
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 400 children could have been kidnapped in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina as their school got attacked by a group of unknown armed men, Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper reported, citing authorities.
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Russia reports over 28,000 new coronavirus cases, 488 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus tally has increased by 28,080 cases recorded over the past 24 hours, the government's coronavirus response centre said in an update on Sunday.
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Two people arrested in Rhodes on espionage charges
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Greek police have detained two people on Rhodes Island on suspicion of espionage, Hellenic Police said in a statement.
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More than 16 million coronavirus cases now confirmed in US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has surpassed 16 million, while the death toll stands at over 297,000, according to the latest data from the Coronavirus Resource Center of the Johns Hopkins University.
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UN Secretary General urges leaders to declare 'state of climate emergency'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday addressed the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit, calling on leaders to declare "a State of Climate Emergency" until they achieve carbon neutrality necessary to save the Earth for future generations.
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Police use water cannon against protesters in Paris, over 100 people detai
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Police in Paris have used a water cannon to disperse protesters on Saturday as rioters started to throw bottles and firecrackers at officers, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
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Russian Peacekeepers demand observation of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire amid
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh has issued a demand calling on all parties to observe the ceasefire that came into effect in the disputed region on November 10, following reports of automatic weapon fire in the Hadrut region
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Moderna says US ordered 100 mln additional doses of coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has secured 100 million more doses of the mRNA coronavirus vaccine by US pharmaceutical company Moderna, the developer said in a press release.
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Iraqi military college near Baghdad airport rocked by explosion
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): An unidentified object blew up near the Iraqi military college at the Baghdad International Airport, a security source told Sputnik on Saturday.
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