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British navy involved in Nord Stream 2 ‘terrorist attack’: Russia
Moscow: Britain’s Royal Navy played a part in orchestrating and staging the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday, the media…
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China reaffirms support for Putin after Xi’s record 3rd term victory at congress
Beijing: China has reaffirmed its firm support to Russian President Vladimir Putin, playing down reports that it may recalibrate its strategy towards Moscow after the key Communist Party Congress which endorsed President…
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Jaishankar will travel to Moscow for talks on Nov 8
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Moscow to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on November 8, a Russian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. The…
- World
Ready for talks with Ukraine over claims of drone supplies to Russia: Iran
Tehran: Rejecting the claims that Russia used Iranian drones against Ukraine, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed Tehran’s readiness for talks with Kiev on such allegations. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a…
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Russia reports 7,518 new Covid cases
Moscow: Russia registered 7,518 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,394,360, the official monitoring and response centre said on Wednesday. The centre said the nationwide…
- World
Watch: Russia runs nuclear drills; launches ballistic missiles
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles in a show of force amid the heightened…
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Russia recruiting Afghan commandos trained by US to fight in Ukraine
London: Afghan commandos who had been trained by Allied forces to fight the Taliban are now being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, a media report said. Up to 30,000 members…
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Putin oversees retaliatory nuclear strike drills
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen military drills enacting a retaliatory nuclear strike, a media report said. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu described the aim of the drills as testing “Russia’s strategic…
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Nuclear option should not be resorted to by any side: Rajnath to Russia
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu that the Ukraine conflict should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy and the nuclear option should not be…
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Embassy asks Indians to leave Ukraine immediately
New Delhi: In a fresh advisory, the Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday asked all Indians there to leave the country immediately in view of increasing hostilities. The new advisory came less…
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Iran to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to Russia
Tehran: Iran has signed a contract with Russia to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to the country. Iran is now capable of meeting 85 per cent of its domestic needs for gas…
- India
India has more centi-millionaires than UK, Russia: Report
New Delhi: With levels of poverty, inflation and hunger notwithstanding, India ranks third in the world’s first-ever global study on the rise of centi-millionaires — individuals with assets of more than Rs…
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Fears growing that Putin may detonate nuclear weapon over Black Sea
Moscow: Fears are growing inside Russia that Vladimir Putin is preparing to declare all-out war on Ukraine amid speculation that the President could resort to a nuclear show of force over the…
- Middle East
Russia’s Iranian drones complicate Israel’s balancing act
Jerusalem: The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have complicated Israel’s balancing act between Russia and the West. Israel has stayed largely on the sidelines since Russia’s invasion of…
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Russian commander admits ‘tense’ situation in Ukraine’s Kherson region
Moscow/Kiev: Sergei Surovikin, the new unified Russian battlefield commander in Ukraine, has admitted that the situation in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson is “tense”. Kherson was the first big city captured…