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Washington: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for the US state after the Colonial Pipeline shutdown following a ransomware attack, local media reported.DeSantis signed an executive order to direct state emergency management officials to work...

Tel Aviv: A fire broke out on a section of the Eilat-Ashkelon oil pipeline in Israel after a direct hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli TV Channel 13 reported.It said direct damage to the fuel...

Moscow: Syrian government troops, with the support of Russia's Aerospace Forces, have eliminated 338 terrorists in Syria since April 23, a spokesman for the Russian group of forces in Syria told reporters."Units of the Syrian government troops, with the...

Moscow: Most cyberattacks on Russia in 2020 were carried out from IP addresses registered in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with Sputnik."As for the issue of malicious...

New Delhi: After Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath as the new chief minister of Assam, the state now has a new Cabinet as well. Sarma on Monday said the aim of his government is to make the state one...

Moscow: At least 11 people, including nine children, were killed and 32 others were injured after two attackers opened fire at a school in the Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday.One of the perpetrators has been detained and the...

New Delhi: New cases of coronavirus in India fell to 3.29 lakh after 14 days taking the total tally of COVID-19 infections to 2,29,92,517, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on TuesdayA total of 3,29,942 infections were...

Tinsukia: A 12-year-old boy was on Tuesday killed in a grenade blast in Tinsukia district of Assam, a senior police officer said.The victim, identified as Sujoy Hajong, was riding a bicycle when he found a grenade lying on the...

Washington: A US Coast Guard cutter fired on Monday dozens of warning shots to fend off multiple Iranian attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters.“After following all the appropriate and established procedures ......

Gaza: The death toll in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip increased to 20 people, including nine children and one woman, the enclave's health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra told Sputnik on Monday.Earlier, the Gaza health authorities reported nine deaths."As...