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Russia restores international flights with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has restored international flights with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and South Korea, with citizens and permanent residents of the four countries allowed to enter Russia following the easing of the coronavirus-related measures, the Russ
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Ten police officers killed in clashes with Taliban in Central Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Ten police officers and 15 Taliban members were killed in clashes that are underway between the security forces and the terrorist group for the fourth day in a row in Afghanistan's central Uruzgan province, local sources told Sputnik on Sunday
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Iranian FM refutes US claims that sanctions against Tehran were restored
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States' claim that the UN sanctions on Iran were restored is false as no such developments took place at the UN Security Council, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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EU's Borrell confirms US cannot unilaterally trigger restoration of UN san
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in a statement on Sunday rejected the United States' right to unilaterally restore international sanctions on Iran on a basis of an agreement it withdrew from.
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Russia registers over 6,000 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Health authorities in Russia have registered 6,148 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, up from 6,065 the day before, bringing the country's cumulative toll to surpass 1.1 million, the Russian coronavirus response centre said on Sunday.
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Trump claims stopped 'mass killings' between Serbia, Kosovo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump said during a campaign rally in North Carolina that he could qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize, for which he, in fact, was nominated this year, for brokering a termination of decades-long "mass killings" between Serbia an
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TikTok confirms agreement with Oracle, Walmart; says Oracle will host all
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has confirmed an agreement with Oracle and Walmart, earlier announced by US President Donald Trump.
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US ready to punish countries that are against renewed UN sanctions against
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): UN sanctions are being reimposed on Iran and the US is planning additional measures, including to punish the countries that do not agree with the sanctions, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said.
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G20 Trade and Investment Working Group virtual meeting begins today
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The third meeting of the G20 Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) is set to begin on Sunday, with the two-day event being held via video conference amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Moscow's COVID-19 toll rises by 13 over past day to 5,057
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow's COVID-19 death toll has risen by 13 over the past day to 5,057, the Russian capital's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Saturday.
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District official in Afghanistan's Paktika province killed by gunmen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Unknown gunmen in Afghanistan's Paktika province have shot dead Dad Mohammad Etemadi, the executive director of the Yusuf Khel district, Shah Mohammad Aryan, a spokesman for the Paktika police chief, told Sputnik on Saturday.
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US puts off TikTok store ban until September 27
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Commerce Department said it is postponing the planned block of new TikTok downloads until September 27, in light of President Donald Trump's new announcement.
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