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Moscow: Two prison guards at a jail in southern Russia have been freed without harm after they were taken hostage by Islamic State inmates, with the assailants “liquidated”, the country’s prison service said Sunday. “During a special operation… the criminals were liquidated and the employees taken hostage were freed and were not wounded,” the service…
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United States security advisor Jake Sullivan,second from left, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, third from left, security advisor to the vice president Phil Gordon, fourth from left, and the U.S. delegation talk during a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second from right, of Ukraine, and his delegation during the Summit on Peace Summit on…
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Tula Governor Alexei Dyumin has long been the subject of speculation among Moscow’s political elite Moscow: The Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin had appointed Alexei Dyumin, an aide and former bodyguard, as secretary of the State Council, an advisory body to the Russian head of state. After being re-elected for another six-year…
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Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, center right, and other members of delegations pose for a photo prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Russia hosts talks on Afghanistan involving the representatives of the Taliban, other political forces in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. | Photo Credit: AP Russia will remove…
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A view shows a destroyed building following what local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike in the settlement of Yubileiny in the Luhansk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, in this still image from video released May 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Russia’s defence ministry said Sunday its forces had captured a village in the…
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Wall is to defend their borders from “provocations”, says Lithuania. (Represenational) Vilnius: Lithuania said Friday that the Baltic state and five other NATO members neighbouring Russia had agreed to build a “drone wall” to defend their borders from “provocations”. The plan to use unmanned aerial vehicles for protection was agreed because of security concerns in…
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China and Russia’s strategic partnership has only grown closer since the invasion of Ukraine. London: China is sending “lethal aid” to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, Britain’s defence minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday. “Today I can reveal that we have evidence that Russia and China are collaborating on combat equipment for…
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A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to launch a drone at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russia reported some 60 drones and several missiles shot down over its territory overnight into May 19, with Ukraine in turn saying it destroyed over 30 Russian drones. Russia’s renewed offensive continues to play out…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 14 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on May 14 in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes…
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Police carry an elderly man to a bus to evacuate him from the village of Bugayivka close to Vovchansk, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on May 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Thousands of people been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, as Russia…
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