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Russian telecom operator launches lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has launched an administrative suit against Facebook and Twitter, after the two companies failed to provide concrete responses to the watchdog's request on localising users' personal data within the Russia
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Putin does not need Twitter to be close to people: Kremlin Spokesman
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin does not need Twitter to become closer to people, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
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Canada warns travelers about risk of arbitrary detention in China
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Canada has updated its travel advisory for China to warn citizens about the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws after a court sentenced a Canadian tourist to death on Monday.
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Russia, Japan hold 1st round of consultations on Peace Treaty
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan (Sputnik/ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on Monday held talks here to discuss the issue of concluding a peace treaty between the two countries, which have been de facto in a state of war for decades.
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Polish mayor stabbed at charity event, attacker in custody
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Gdansk [Poland], Jan 14 (ANI/Sputnik): A Polish mayor is battling for his life after being stabbed with a knife at a charity event here on Sunday.
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6 Russian sailors kidnapped by pirates off Benin Coast
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 05 (ANI/Sputnik): Six crew members of the MSC Mandy vessel, holding Russian citizenship, were kidnapped by sea pirates off Benin coast, the Russian Embassy in Benin said in a statement on Saturday.
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Children of Russian IS fighters jailed in Iraq flown to Moscow
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): A plane from Baghdad carrying 30 Russian children whose mothers remain in Iraqi prisons for joining an Islamist terror group landed at a Moscow airport on Sunday, airport authorities said.
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Death toll in Magnitogorsk building collapse rises to 3: Deputy Governor
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chelyabinsk [Russia], Dec 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll in the Magnitogorsk building collapse, presumably due to a natural gas blast, increased to three as the fate of 79 people is unknown, Chelyabinsk Region's deputy Governor told reporters on Monday.
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Pakistani Court declares FETO-linked organisation terrorist group: Reports
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 28 (Sputnik/ANI): A Pakistan court has declared a foundation linked to the movement of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen a terrorist group, media reported on Friday.
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French President 'deeply' regrets US decision to withdraw troops from Syri
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec 23 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he "deeply" regretted the United States decision to withdraw forces from Syria.
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Al-Qaeda getting ready to attack passenger planes: British Security Minist
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 23 (ANI/Sputnik): British Security Minister Ben Wallace said that the al-Qaeda terror group is developing technologies to shoot down passenger planes.
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US Sentences announces 40 years imprisonment for terror attacks plotting
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has sentenced Canadian citizen Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy to 40 years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in New York City in support of the Islamic State terror group, the US Department of Justice has said.
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