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Biden calls Russia 'biggest threat' to America
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump's Democratic challenger Joe Biden says he thinks the biggest security threat to America is Russia.
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NYPD officer suspended for 30 days without pay for saying 'Trump 2020'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): A New York police officer has been suspended for a month without pay for expressing support for US President Donald Trump while on duty, a police spokesperson told Sputnik.
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Moscow's COVID-19 deaths rise by 62 to 6,442
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Another 62 coronavirus patients have died in Moscow in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,442, the Russian capital's COVID-19 response center said on Sunday.
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Protesters attack police station in Minsk's Central district
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters attacked a police station in the Central district of the Belarusian capital on Sunday and hurled stones at security service vehicles, Minsk police chief Ivan Kubrakov said.
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Bulgarian Prime Minister tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, who has self-isolated after coming into contact with an infected government official, said on Sunday that he had also tested positive for COVID-19.
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Paris recalls ambassador from Ankara after insults against Macron over Isl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Paris condemned on Sunday Ankara's strong-worded reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron's statement against radical Islam and recalled its ambassador from Turkey, according to a press release by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
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Afghan forces arrest IS, Taliban 'officials' in Nangarhar Province
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan forces have arrested Taliban and Islamic State (IS, terror group, banned in Russia) "officials" in eastern Nangarhar province, the governor's spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said on Sunday.
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Turkey extends geological exploration mission in Eastern Mediterranean unt
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Turkish research vessel Oruc Reis will conduct geological exploration of hydrocarbon deposits in disputed areas of Eastern Mediterranean until November 4, the Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography of the Turkish Naval Forces said on
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Hungary records 3,149 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hour
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Hungary has registered a daily record increase of 3,149 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, according to the government's official update.
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Syrian foreign minister, UN envoy discuss resumption of Constitution talks
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem held a meeting on Sunday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen to discuss the resumption of the Syrian Constitutional Committee's small group talks in Geneva, a diplomatic source told Sputnik.
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Azerbaijan ready to coordinate ceasefire regime in Nagorno-Karabakh
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said that Baku was ready to coordinate a ceasefire regime in Nagorno Karabakh adding that the situation now depends on the Armenian side.
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Russia records 16,710 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 16,710 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from yesterday's 16,521, taking the cumulative total to 1,513,877 the country's coronavirus response center said on Sunday.
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