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Houthis urge Saudi citizens to avoid Abha's Airport, military objects: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Doha [Qatar], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Yemen's Houthi rebels have called on Saudi citizens to avoid possible scenes of conflict, including Abha's airport, which they called a military target, as reported by the Yemeni broadcaster Al Masirah on Thursday.
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UK confirms deployment of further 350 British troops landed in Poland
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London [UK], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday confirmed that a further 350 British troops have landed in Poland as tensions around Ukraine continue to escalate.
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US capital police says investigating bomb threats in 4 high schools
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Washington [IUS], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is probing a series of new bomb threats in at least four high schools in the US capital amid a spike in such incidents this week, the MPD said on Thursday.
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France plans to build six new EPR2 nuclear reactors by 2050: Macron
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Paris [France], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that the country plans to build six new EPR2 nuclear reactors by 2050.
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Saudi forces shoot down Houthi drone over Abha Airport, injuring 12 civili
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Abha [Saudi Arabia], February 10 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's air force has shot down a drone over Abha International airport in the country's southwest, purportedly launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen, resulting in the injuries of 12 civilians by shrapnel, reported Sputnik.
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Drug trafficking threat from Afghanistan to Russia real, says Moscow
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 10 (ANI): Russian Foreign Ministry Department Director Alexander Sternik has said that there is a serious threat of drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and further to the Russian territory and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (C
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US Senate mulls sanctions against Russia for alleged cyberattacks on Ukrai
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee is contemplating introducing sanctions against Russia for alleged cyberattacks against Ukraine amid a protracted debate on the Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022 in the US Congress, Politico reported o
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New Zealand police arrest 120 demonstrators against vaccine mandate
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Wellington [New Zealand], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): New Zealand Police have arrested 120 people at the convoy protest on Parliament grounds on Thursday amid vaccine mandate demonstrations, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said.
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Moscow not thinking West ready for unleashing conflict with Russia: Senior
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and other Western countries are not ready for unleashing a conflict with Russia, and all the pressure on Russia is used by them to raise the stakes during the security guarantees talks, Russia's permanent representative to th
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Syria can use all legal means to respond to Israeli strikes: Foreign Minis
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Damascus [Syria], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Syria can use all the legal means to respond to the Israeli strikes on its territory, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said.
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Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine: Permanent Representative to UN Offi
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not have any plan to invade Ukraine, as there is no sense in this, Russia's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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US defence chief to hold trilateral security talks with Japan, South Korea
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Washington [US], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed security cooperation and threats posed by North Korea's weapons programs during a call with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a readout.
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