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United Nations: China will continue to closely cooperate with all member states at the UN Security Council to achieve the adoption of a unified statement on the escalation in the Gaza Strip, UN Security Council President for May Chinese...

United Nations: Dozens of people have gathered at the UN headquarters in New York City, calling on the United Nations to take some action and support Palestine amid the sharp escalation of the conflict with Israel, a Sputnik correspondent...

Moscow: The Russian Navy will receive about 40 warships and vessels of different classes in 2021, Vladimir Pospelov, member of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation, told Sputnik.In December of last year, Russian Defense Minister...

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken could discuss the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week, according to a US State Department official.Blinken and Lavrov are expected to meet on the margins...

Yerevan: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held phone talks with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Sunday to discuss the situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border in the light of recent controversy with the advance of Azerbaijani servicemen.Armenia and Kazakhstan are both...

Moscow: Former US President Ronald Reagan's adviser on Russia, Suzanne Massie, has traveled to Moscow to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin for a Russian passport.The 90-year-old is considered one of the most significant figures in the late Cold War...

Gaza: The number of Palestinians, who died in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, rose to 181, including 52 children, the enclave's health ministry said Sunday."The number of the killed in Israeli air strikes since the beginning of...

Tokyo: Nearly 60 per cent of Japanese citizens are in favor of canceling the Tokyo-hosted Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer over COVID-19, a public opinion poll by Japan's Kyodo news agency showed on Sunday.Only 12.6% of respondents spoke...

Moscow: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demanded urgent action from the UN Security Council ahead of the meeting on Israel-Palestine armed hostilities on Sunday to stop the attacks on journalists in the Gaza Strip.As armed hostilities between Israel...

Moscow: The people of Venezuela need millions of Russian Sputnik Light vaccine doses, recently approved for use in the country, Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa told Sputnik.The approval of Sputnik Light was announced on Saturday. This vaccine is...