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Jerusalem: The Israeli Air Force's F-16 fighter jets attacked a research center near the Syrian northwestern city of Masyaf and the port of Baniyas, Rear Adm. Oleg Zhuravlev, the deputy head of the Russian center for reconciliation of opposing...

Helsinki: Finland will probably apply for NATO membership on Wednesday, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said.Russian President Vladimir Putin had an exchange of views with his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto, on Helsinki's intention to apply for NATO membership in...

Kyiv: Weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western countries may end up in the hands of terrorists or lead to the emergence of new terrorist organizations, Iraqi security experts told Sputnik on Sunday."The American weapons currently being supplied to Ukraine...

New York: At least ten people were killed by a gunman in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York State, local media reported.The gunman wore military-style clothing and body armor with a rifle and opened fire after entering the...

Helsinki: As Finland edges towards joining NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that the abandoning the country's neutral status would be a "mistake".In a telephonic conversation on Saturday, Putin told Sauli Niinistö there was no...

Kiev: Ukraine and Russia are negotiating the evacuation of 60 people from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the state-run Ukrinform news agency reported Saturday.At the current stage, the evacuation concerns severely injured soldiers and medical workers,  Ukrainian Deputy...

Kyiv: Ukrainian authorities on Saturday claimed that Russian troops are withdrawing from the country’s second-largest city Kharkiv after weeks of heavy bombardment in what they described as another setback for Moscow in the battlefield, Al Jazeera reported.Ukraine’s military said...

Helsinki: The Party Council of the leading Finnish Social Democratic Party on Saturday endorsed the plan for making Finland a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).The Party Council is the party's highest decision-making body between party conventions,...

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s Federal Supreme Council on Saturday elected Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the President.According to WAM, Dubai Ruler and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum shared his...

Colombo/New Delhi: Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to visit India this month and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a media report said.News Cutter, citing a source close to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, said he...