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Spain: Over 200 people detained since start of protests in Catalonia
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 20 (Sputnik/ANI): Almost 200 people were detained since the beginning of violent pro-independence protests in Catalonia, Spanish Acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Sunday.
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US bombed own airbase in Syria before withdrawing troops
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct 20 (Sputnik/ANI): The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
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More than dozen detained in Catalonia during overnight protests
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Barcelona [Catalonia], Oct 20 (Sputnik/ANI): Overnight protests across Catalonia left 13 people detained and four security officers injured, a Sputnik reported on Sunday.
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Bolivia to hold Presidential polls on Sunday
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sucre [Bolivia], Oct 20 (Sputnik/ANI): Bolivia is set to go for Presidential elections on Sunday to determine the country's leader for the next five years.
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US Congress delegation, Jordanian King discuss Middle East stability, secu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], Oct 20 (Sputnik/ANI): The US congressional delegation visited Jordan and discussed matters related to ensuring stability in the Middle East region and developing bilateral security cooperation with King Abdullah II of Jordan, said Speaker of the US House of Representatives
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Switzerland to go to polls today amid rising popularity of green parties
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland is due to go for polling on Sunday to elect 246 members to the Federal Assembly -- 200 to the lower house, known as the national council, and 46 to the upper house, known as the council of states.
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Catalan leader urges Spain to immediately start negotiations amid ongoing
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Catalan President Quim Torra on Saturday urged the Spanish authorities to immediately engage in negotiations amid ongoing violent protests across the autonomous region of Catalonia.
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More than 50 people detained in Catalonia unrest in last 24 hours: Authori
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Barcelona [Catalonia], Oct 19 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 50 people were detained in the last 24 hours across the Catalonia autonomous region of Spain as the general strike grew into public unrest and clashes with police, the local law enforcement said on Saturday.
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12 people killed in dam collapse in Russia's Krasnoyarsk
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 19 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 12 people were killed after a dam was collapsed in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory, the country's Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday.
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Afghan forces kill facilitator of Taliban explosions in Takhar province
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Local media on Thursday reported that the Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) killed Salahuddin alias Ibrahimi, a facilitator of Taliban explosions in the northeastern Afghan province of Takhar.
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Afghanistan Presidential election: EC will not announce results on Oct 19
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Afghan Election Commission will not be able to announce the results of last month's presidential election on Saturday, as scheduled, because of delay in processing data from the biometric voter verification system, Election Commission Secretary
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Seven Taliban terrorists killed, 8 arrested in Eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 16 (ANI/Sputnik): At least seven Taliban terrorists were killed and eight others arrested during military operations in Wardak and Paktika provinces in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Wednesday.
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