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UK defence secretary cuts short holiday as Ukraine crisis deepens
Date: 2022-02-13 22:43:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:9416119
LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has cut short a half-term holiday overseas with his family after one day because of concerns about a possible imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to The Guardian. Wallace had ....
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Poland preparing for potential influx of Ukrainian refugees -Interior Minister
Date: 2022-02-13 22:13:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:9416105
LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - Poland is preparing for "various scenarios" for a possible influx of refugees if Russia were to attack Ukraine, Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Sunday as quoted by the Guardian newspaper. Washington has said ....
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US, Ukraine presidents agree on responding 'swiftly and decisively' to any further Russian aggression
Date: 2022-02-13 22:09:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:9416097
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a roughly hour-long call Sunday that the US would respond "swiftly and decisively" if Russia takes further steps toward invasion, CNN quoted the White ....
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Russia adds 197,949 daily COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-02-13 21:39:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:97 - ID:9416092
MOSOW, Feb 13 (MENA) - Russia has registered 197,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 14,133,509, the official monitoring and response center said Sunday as quoted by Tass news agency. The country's nationwide ....
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Pope renews prayers for tense Ukraine situation
Date: 2022-02-13 20:58:13 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:93 - ID:9416070
VATICAN, Feb 13 (MENA) - As a host of Western nations urge their citizens to leave Ukraine, Pope Francis has renewed his prayers for the eastern European country. Speaking Sunday at the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope said the news coming ....
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France urges citizens to postpone all trips to Ukraine, prepare food & water
Date: 2022-02-13 20:48:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:91 - ID:9415977
KYIV, Feb 13 (MENA) - The French embassy in Kyiv has advised French citizens to postpone "all trips to Ukraine," and travel to border areas is strictly discouraged. France is not for the moment advising its citizens to leave Ukraine, but has ....
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Cypriot Foreign Ministry advises nationals to leave Ukraine soon
Date: 2022-02-13 20:40:44 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:83 - ID:9416031
NICOSIA, Feb 13 (MENA) - Cypriot nationals should leave Ukraine as soon as possible in light of the changing security situation, the Foreign Ministry in Nicosia said in a statement on Sunday, CNA news agency reported. The statement also said ....
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US not considering imposing 'pre-emptive' sanctions against Russia over Ukraine - Pentagon
Date: 2022-02-13 20:35:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:9416049
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The US administration is not considering imposing preventive sanctions against Russia because of the crisis in Ukraine, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Sunday. "Right now we are not considering a pre-emptive ....
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Ukraine requests OSCE meeting over Russia's military build-up
Date: 2022-02-13 20:27:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9416046
KIEV, Feb 13 (MENA) - Ukraine has requested an emergency meeting within the OSCE after Russia ignored Ukraine's request under the OSCE Vienna Document to clarify Russia's military activity along its border with Ukraine and in temporarily occupied ....
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Biden administration responsible for chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pentagon report reveals
Date: 2022-02-13 19:38:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9415919
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - Declassified US military analyses of the calamitous exit from Afghanistan detail repeated instances of friction between American troops and diplomats before and during the evacuation, concluding that indecisiveness among ....
