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Spanish rescue team spots 672 migrants in Alboran Sea
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A Spanish maritime rescue team said on Monday that it had detected 672 migrants in the Alboran Sea, the westernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea, over the weekend.
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German police arrests 6 suspected of creating Far-Right Group in Chemnitz
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Oct 1 (ANI/Sputnik) - Six men, aged 20 to 30, were detained on Monday in the German states of Saxony and Bavaria on suspicion of organising the far-right group Revolution Chemnitz, the German Public Prosecutor General said in a statement.
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Germany approves extradition of Iranian diplomat over suspected bomb plot
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A German court on Monday authorized the extradition of an Iranian diplomat to Belgium over his suspected involvement in preparing a terrorist attack against a Paris-based Iranian opposition group.
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Russian Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev quits national football team
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, who plays for the CSKA Moscow football club, said on Monday that he is quitting the national football team. Akinfeev was the captain of the Russian national team during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
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ANI, Sputnik sign partnership agreement for news sharing
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 28 (ANI/Sputnik) - India's Asian News International (ANI) and Sputnik international news agency and radio concluded on Friday a cooperation agreement. The agreement provides for the exchange of media content in English. The two parties have also expressed their determin
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Israel to open Quneitra checkpoint on border with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Sept 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Israel is ready to open the Quneitra checkpoint -- the only official border crossing point with Syria, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.
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At UNGA, Maduro calls US sanctions on Venezuela 'Economic Trade Persecutio
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
United Nations, Sept 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The economic sanctions imposed by United States on Venezuela are illegal and amount to economic persecution of the South American nation, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
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Militants in Afghanistan can disrupt upcoming Presidential polls: Russia
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The high activity of armed groups in Afghanistan can disrupt the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the country, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan, India, Iran, China back creating terrorist database
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghanistan, India, Iran and China have supported creating a joint terrorist groups database with Russia, Russian Security Council spokesman Evgeny Anoshin said on Wednesday.
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Russian scientists developing optical clock for flights to Mars
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Scientists from the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology (VNIIFTRI) are developing an optical clock for future spaceflights, including those to Mars, the VNIIFTRI Director General, Sergei Donch
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Ecuador had named Assange adviser at Embassy in Russia: Ecuadorian Lawmake
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Foreign Ministry of Ecuador decided to appoint WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange an adviser at the Embassy of Ecuador in Russia, back in 2017, but 10 days later this decision was annulled amid London's refusal to grant Assange diplomatic status, acc
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Germany outpaces US as leading car exporter to China
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany has surpassed the United States to become the leading car exporter to the Chinese market amid the US-Chinese trade war, Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Tuesday.
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