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Over 210 missing Armenian soldiers requests filed over past week, says Rus
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 210 requests into the whereabouts of missing Armenian soldiers have been received by a hotline run by the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh over the past week, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
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Russia registers new single-day record of 29,039 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a new single-day record for COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day as 29,039 new positive tests were confirmed by the federal response center on Sunday, bringing the country's case total to 2,460,770.
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Germany confirms over 17,700 new COVID-19 cases over past day
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has registered 17,767 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total count to 1,171,322, the Robert Koch Institute said on Sunday.
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Trump tells Georgia supporters vaccines against COVID-19 to become availab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Georgia [US], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Coronavirus vaccines will be made available in the US next week, US President Donald Trump said at the Saturday rally in Valdosta, Georgia.
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Over 60 people detained during anti-security law protests in France
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): French police have detained 64 people during the protests against the new security legislation across the country on Saturday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that eight law enforcement officers were among the injured.
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At least 20 protesters detained in Jerusalem, 1 person hit by car in Kirya
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): More than a dozen people were detained during Saturday anti-government demonstrations in Israel, one protester died at a hospital after he was hit by a car, police said.
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UK Prime Minister, European Commission chief agree to continue post-Brexit
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed during a phone conversation on Saturday to continue post-Brexit talks and hold another call on Monday evening.
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22 detained during anti-security law protests in Paris
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik) French police have detained 22 people during the protests against the new security legislation in Paris on Saturday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
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Afghan Army security operation in Laghman leaves 44 Taliban terrorists kil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Laghman [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): An Afghan army-led joint force of corps, commandos and other fighters have conducted an operation against the Taliban in the eastern province of Laghman, leaving 61 terrorists killed or seriously injured, Brig. Gen. Zalmai Nabard, the commande
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Car bomb attack in southern Afghanistan kills 3 police officers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): A car bomb explosion targeting a police checkpoint in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar killed three law enforcement officers and injured seven more on Saturday, Jamal Nasir Barakzai, a spokesperson for the provincial police, told reporte
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Afghan, foreign military operation in Nangarhar province kills 24 Taliban
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], November 05 (ANI/Sputnik): A joint military operation comprising Afghan and foreign forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar has left 24 Taliban terrorists dead and seven others wounded, the governor's office in the province said in a statement on Saturday.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan reach agreement on full-scale prisoner swap
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to exchange all war prisoners who were captured during the Karabakh conflict, and stressed the importance of preserving peace between the countries.
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