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NATO jets down drone in Lithuania after warning to Moscow
Vilnius(Lithuania): The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, September 15, less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte…
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Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi to attend BRICS summit
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, September 11, began a three-day visit to India to participate in the BRICS summit and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expand bilateral trade,…
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Seven years after Galwan, Chinese President Xi to visit India
New Delhi: In a strategic balancing act triggered by escalating global trade tensions, India is leveraging the two-day BRICS summit starting Saturday, September 11, to position the grouping as a complementary engine…
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Kremlin says Putin, Modi to meet at upcoming Delhi BRICS Summit
New Delhi: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday, September 8, confirmed that the delivery of Russia’s S-400 Triumf air defence systems to India in 2026 remains on the agenda of discussions between…
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Putin orders three-day halt to strikes on Kyiv for US envoys’ visit
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day halt to strikes against Kyiv, a move linked to preparations for contacts with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry…
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Russia to close German cultural centres after Berlin blames Moscow
Moscow: Russia will shutter German cultural centres across the country, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday, September 3. The move comes after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport…
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Putin proposes SCO bank free of ‘weaponised’ financial systems
Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to set up a development bank independent of existing financial mechanisms, arguing that such systems are increasingly being used…
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Day after Modi’s appeal to Putin, Indian dies in Ukraine strike
Kyiv: An Indian citizen was among 12 people killed in a Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine, its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday, September 1, a day after Prime Minister Narendra…
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Move from ‘endless’ war to end of war: PM Modi tells Putin
Bishkek: Calling for an immediate end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, August 31, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to move from “endless war to the end of…
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Putin shrugs off fuel shortages as Ukraine hits refineries harder
Moscow: Despite severe fuel shortages across Russia, President Vladimir Putin appears unbothered by Ukraine’s increasing attacks on his country’s oil refineries. He has shrugged off the setback for one of the world’s…
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Xi, Putin hold talks in Beijing days after Trump’s visit
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held wide-ranging talks here on Wednesday, May 20, on bilateral ties and key global issues, including Iran, the Ukraine war, and…
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Trump says Russia, Ukraine accept 3-day ceasefire proposal, prisoner swap
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners, adding that such a halt…
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Russia announces Victory Day ceasefire, warns Kyiv of retaliation
Moscow: Russia’s Defence Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but it threatened…
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Centre-Left coalition set to win Bulgaria election, show exit polls
Sofia: A centre-left coalition led by Bulgaria’s former President Rumen Radev will win the parliamentary election, an exit poll suggested hours after polls closed on Sunday. The list is unlikely to garner…
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Russia opens criminal investigation against Telegram app founder Pavel Durov
Moscow: Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, said Tuesday, February 24, that the Russian government had opened a criminal investigation against him on charges of “aiding terrorism.” Durov, who…