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Afghan security forces arrest 10 people in connection with attack on Vice
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan security forces arrested 10 people allegedly linked to the September 9 attack in Kabul that targeted the country's Vice President Amrullah Saleh, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Saturday.
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Self-proclaimed Artsakh says fighting continues in Karabakh's Hadrut despi
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Yerevan [Armenia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region said on Saturday that the Azerbaijani forces carried on with military operations in the town of Hadrut in Karabakh despite the humanitarian ceasefire ag
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North Korea's military buildup deterrent in Nature: Kim Jong-un
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korea is building up its war capacity purely as a deterrent and will only strike in retaliation, leader Kim Jong Un said at a massive military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party.
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Over 8,000 people ordered to evacuate in Japan as storm Chan-hom looms
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Tropical storm Chan-hom is expected to skirt Japan's main islands but will likely cause heavy damage to the Izu islands south of Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said Saturday, adding that local governments throughout the southern regions have issued eva
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Kyrgyz deputy speaker calls for new nomination of prime minister fearing m
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik) - Aida Kasymalieva, the Deputy Speaker of the Kyrgyz parliament, said on Saturday that it was necessary to nominate a new candidate for the post of Prime Minister as the current pick, Sadyr Japarov, would be unable to unite the country and end t
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Russia registers fresh single-day record of 12,846 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of new coronavirus cases in Russia has been exceeding the record registered in May for the second day in a row, with 12,846 cases recorded over the past 24 hours, the response center said on Saturday, adding that the total number of confi
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Emergency declared in Russia's Krasnoyarsk territory over fuel leak - Emer
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik) Emergency has been declared in the Kezhemsky District in the eastern part of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory after some 500 liters (over 132 gallons) of fuel leaked from a barge to the Angara River, the regional department of the Russian Emergencies M
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Afghan government's chief negotiator reaffirms commitment to achieving las
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Kabul [Afghanistan], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, the chief negotiator of the Afghanistan government delegation to the reconciliation talks in Doha, has reaffirmed Kabul's commitment to achieving the lasting peace via the negotiations with the Taliban Islamist movemen
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Trump says he may be free of COVID-19, awaiting new test results
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump said that he has been retested and could be free of the novel coronavirus disease, although he has not received the results yet.
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Explosion at fuel depot in Beirut kills 4 people - Lebanese Red Cross
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon]/Cairo [Egypt], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A blast at a fuel depot in the Lebanese capital killed four people and injured many others on Friday, the Lebanese Red Cross said.
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Nagorno-Karabakh crisis: Armenians holds rally in Paris aims to attract p
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Several dozens of Armenians have gathered in the center of Paris to hold a rally aimed at attracting public attention to the situation in conflict-torn Nagorno-Karabakh, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Swiss hostage killed by terrorists in Mali - Foreign Ministry
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Zurich [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A Swiss female citizen, who had been a hostage of terrorists in Mali for four years, has been killed, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said.
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