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Trump requests special master to review FBI Mar-a-Lago raid evidence
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump requested a Special Master be appointed to review the evidence taken by the FBI during a raid on Trump's Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago and a more detailed receipt of seized property was provided, Sputnik, reported citing th
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Russia detains IS suicide bomber plotting terrorist attack in India
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 22 (ANI): The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday said that its officers had detained a suicide bomber, a member of the Islamic State terrorist group, who was plotting a terrorist attack against one of India's leadership elite, Russia news agency Sputn
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Death toll from Shia Muslim shrine collapse in Iraq rises to 7: Red Cresce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karbala [Iraq], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): At least seven people, including children, died in the city of Karbala in central Iraq, as a result of the collapse of the Qattara of Imam Ali, a Shia Muslim shrine, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on Monday.
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South Korea, US begin annual joint military exercises
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea and the United States on Monday began regular joint military exercises titled the Ulchi Freedom Shield, which include field training for the first time in four years due to increasing tensions in the Asian region, South Korean media r
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Ryabkov says resumption of US-Russia dialogue on strategic stability quest
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not consider the possibility of resuming dialogue with the United States on strategic stability obvious, given Washington's aggressive policy, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.
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Berlin supplies Kyiv with enough weapons: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that Berlin has been regularly supplying Kyiv with "very effective" weapons and vowed to continue the deliveries if there is no escalation.
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Road accident in Russia's Ulyanovsk region kills 14
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A truck drove into the opposite lane and crashed with a passenger bus in the Russian region of Ulyanovsk on Sunday, leaving 14 people killed and three injured, the Russian ministry of the interior said.
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Palestine leader Abbas to visit Turkey
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will pay a three-day visit to Turkey from August 22-24, Palestine's ambassador in Ankara, Faed Mustafa, said on Sunday.
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At least 1 dead in collapse of Iraqi shrine
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karbala [Iraq], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): At least one person has died in the Iraqi city of Karbala as a result of the collapse of the Qattara of Imam Ali, a Shia Muslim shrine, the interior ministry's Directorate of Civil Defense said on Sunday.
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Nearly 2,000 dock workers begin 8-day strike in UK's largest container por
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 2,000 dock workers started an eight-day strike in the United Kingdom's largest container port -- Felixstowe -- on Sunday demanding higher wages amid record inflation in the country, media reported.
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Swiss Police Chief warns energy shortages in winter would cause riots
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): People in Switzerland may go on riots if energy shortages occur in the upcoming winter, the Swiss police chief, Fredy Fassler, said on Saturday.
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UK to investigate reports of positive discrimination in its air force
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): All reports of positive discrimination in the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) will be investigated, the Minister of State at the UK Ministry of Defence, James Heappey, said on Saturday.
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