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Iraqi PM confirms US may close embassy if shelling continues
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi officially announced the intention of a number of countries, primarily the United States, to close their embassies in Baghdad in case shelling of diplomatic missions continued.
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Over 10 people detained at protest rally in northwestern Minsk
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 10 people were detained on Tuesday for participating in an unauthorized protest in the northwest of Belarusian capital Minsk, spokeswoman for the Minsk main police department Natalya Ganusevich told Sputnik.
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Trump offers condolences over demise of Kuwait's Emir Sabah
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump offered condolences over the death of 91-year-old Kuwait Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
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Pompeo announces USD 20 mn for information to arrest three ex-Venezuela of
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is offering rewards of up to USD 20 million in total for information that will lead to an arrest of three former Venezuelan public officials, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a statement on Tuesday.
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TikTok launches guide on US elections to protect users from misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Chinese video-sharing application TikTok said in a statement on Tuesday that it was launching a guide to the 2020 US elections to provide its users with authoritative information and protect them against misinformation.
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Bomb blast in Central Afghanistan kills 15 people
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow/Cairo [Russia/Egypt], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 15 people were killed in a bomb explosion in the central Afghan province of Daykundi, a spokesman for the interior ministry, Tariq Arian, said on Tuesday.
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Colombia extends selective COVID-19 lockdown until late October - Presiden
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik) - The Colombian government has decided to extend partial lockdown until late October to prevent mass gatherings amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, President Ivan Duque said.
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Trump, Biden set to square off in first Presidential debate
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden will come face to face on Tuesday for the first round of televised debates to showcase their strengths and expose opponent weaknesses with just over a month left until the
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Russia to complete tests of world's heaviest Mi-26T2V helicopter in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia will complete the acceptance tests of a prototype of the modernised Mi-26T2V helicopter, the heaviest mass-produced helicopter in the world, in 2021, Russian Helicopters Director General Andrey Boginsky told Sputnik in an interview.
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Final UK-EU post-Brexit round of talks to begin on Tuesday in Brussels
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) will formally begin on Tuesday in Brussels the ninth and final round of talks on a post-Brexit free trade treaty that looks even more elusive as both sides keep crossing swords over the UK government'
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UN Chief calls 1 million COVID-19 global death toll 'agonizing milestone'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the 1 million global death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) "an agonizing milestone."
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Russia-South Korea trade nears $25 billion: Foreign Minister Lavrov
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The volume of bilateral trade between Russia and South Korea has approached $25 billion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
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