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NATO calls on Russia to allow freedom of navigation in Sea of Azov
Date: 2021-04-17 21:07:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:8914785
BRUSSELS, April 17 (MENA) - NATO considers Russia's actions to restrict access through the Kerch Strait and ban on navigation in the Sea of Azov a part of the country's broader pattern of destabilising behaviour in the region and calls on Russia to ....
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Czech govt expels 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 blast
Date: 2021-04-17 19:30:10 GMT - Czech - World - SN:64 - ID:8914669
PRAGUE, April 17 (MENA) - The Czech government said Saturday it will expel 18 Russian diplomats identified by local intelligence as secret agents of the Russian SVR and GRU services that are suspected of involvement in a 2014 explosion, Moscow Times ....
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Belarus detains group planning to kill president
Date: 2021-04-17 19:24:05 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:63 - ID:8914667
MINSK, April 17 (MENA) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the country's security forces had detained a group people backed by the US intelligence services, who had been planning to assassinate him and his children, Belarus News ....
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Participants in Iran nuclear deal ready to continue talks soon - Russian envoy
Date: 2021-04-17 18:53:51 GMT - Austria - World - SN:58 - ID:8914623
VIENNA, April 17 (MENA) - The participants in a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission expressed their resolve after their Saturday discussions to continue the talks on the Iran nuclear deal as soon as possible, ....
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South Korean FM meets US climate envoy
Date: 2021-04-17 18:31:51 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:8914620
SEOUL, April 17 (MENA) - South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met here on Saturday with US climate envoy John Kerry for talks ahead of a virtual climate summit of world leaders called by US President Joe Biden for next week. Kerry ....
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Ukraine expels senior Russian diplomat
Date: 2021-04-17 18:14:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:54 - ID:8914573
KYIV, April 17 (MENA) - Ukraine decided on Saturday to expel a senior Russian diplomat in response to Russia's detention of an Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced the Russian move against its diplomat, ....
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Man arrested in Austria over false bomb threat
Date: 2021-04-17 18:04:11 GMT - Austria - World - SN:53 - ID:8914097
VIENNA, April 17 (MENA) - Austrian police arrested a man on Saturday over charges relating to a bomb threat on a train heading from Vorarlberg city to Vienna. The man, who turned out to be mentally ill, intimidated commuters by claiming that he ....
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UK administers 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine in 24 hours
Date: 2021-04-17 17:42:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:8914548
LONDON, April 17 (MENA) - More than 600,000 first and second doses of coronavirus vaccine were administered in Britain over the past 24 hours, according to data released on Saturday. Official figures showed that 119,306 first doses were given on ....
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Mi-2 helicopter crash-lands in southern Russia, killing pilot
Date: 2021-04-17 17:28:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:8914553
MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - A Mi-2 helicopter crash-landed in the Krasnodar Region in southern Russia, killing a pilot, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported on Saturday. "As a result of the helicopter’s crash-landing in the area of the 52nd ....
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Italy confirms 15,370 new coronavirus cases, 310 deaths
Date: 2021-04-17 17:25:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8914550
LONDON, April 17 (MENA) - The Italian Health Ministry announced on Saturday that 310 coronavirus deaths were reported in Italy over the past 24 hours, according to The Guardian. Meanwhile, as many as 15,370 new infections were registered in the ....