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US must ensure Israel maintains military edge in Middle East: Ex-Israeli S
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States must maintain Israel's qualitative military superiority in the Middle East especially if Washington sells an F-35 stealth jet fighter to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yaakov Amidror, former chairman of Israel's National Securit
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UNSC adopts draft resolution to appoint Libya Special Envoy without delay
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday (local time) adopted a resolution requesting to urgently appoint a new Special Envoy for Libya and establish a coordinator who would be supervising the UN Support Mission in Libya's (UNSMIL) day-to-d
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Blacks, Hispanics account for most deaths of COVID-19 victims under 21 in
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Hispanics, Blacks and native Americans suffered nearly 80 per cent of the COVID-19-related deaths among victims who were under 21-years-old, which totalled 121 from February 12-July 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in
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Record number of heads of State to address UNGA next week: UN
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The General Debate week of the UN General Assembly will see the largest number of leaders delivering their national messages this year, the President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, said after assuming the leadership o
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Ex-Los Alamos Lab employee sentenced to probation for hiding China ties: U
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): A former employee for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US state of New Mexico was put on five years probation for lying about a scheme to steal intellectual property for China, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Foreign Minister to meet with NATO chief on Wednesday
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet on Wednesday in Brussels, the military bloc said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Over 300 volunteers get Russian COVID-19 vaccine, 14 pc have minor complai
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 300 volunteers have been inoculated during the post-registration trials of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, around 14 percent of them have reported fatigue, muscle pain or high body temperature, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Mur
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UN Secy-General urges global community to assist WHO's fight against COVID
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the global community to support the UN system, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in particular, in its effort against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Fire erupts in central Beirut
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A fire broke out early on Tuesday at a cultural facility in the centre of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, according to the Lebanon 24 broadcaster.
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US Federal Court rules Pennsylvania COVID-19 restrictive measures 'unconst
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A federal court in the US state of Pennsylvania has ruled Governor Tom Wolf's orders to limit gatherings, impose lockdowns and close businesses to contain the novel coronavirus are unconstitutional.
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Taliban kill 1, injure 4 police officers in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI/Sputnik): One police officer has been killed and four others were injured at a checkpoint in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar in an attack by the Taliban, the provincial governor's spokesman, Abdul Ghani Mosamim, told Sputnik on Monday.
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Shooting near university in New Jersey leaves 2 dead, 6 injured
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], September 14 (ANI/Sputnik): A shooting near the Rutgers University campus in the city of New Brunswick in the US state of New Jersey has left two people dead and six others injured, the ABC broadcaster reported on Monday, citing local police.
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