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United Nations: Five-member state of the UN Security Council (UNSC) have requested holding a special meeting on Friday regarding the situation in Ethiopia, a diplomatic source told Sputnik.The special meeting was requested by Kenya, Niger, Tunisia and Saint Vincent...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may make an official visit to the United States in November, media reported on Friday.According to the Jiji news agency, the visit may take place before Kishida's speech in the parliament and the...

Glasgow/New Delhi: Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday addressed a special side event organised by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in partnership with the UK under the theme Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid at the COP26...

Jerusalem: The Israeli Knesset narrowly approved the country's budget for 2021 and is going to vote on the draft budget for the next year, marking the end of three and a half years of a political deadlock in Israel...

Kiev: The Ukrainian parliament appointed ex-Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksii Reznikov to the post of the defence minister at the president's suggestion on Thursday.The decision was supported by 273 lawmakers...

Naypyitaw: Myanmar authorities have seized over 3,500 tons of illegal timbers across the country in 10 months this year, according to figures by the Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on Thursday.As of...

Moscow: There were nine people on board the An-12 plane that crashed on Wednesday near the Russian city of Irkutsk, a spokesperson for the Transport Prosecutor's Office told Sputnik on Thursday.A transport plane of the Belarusian company Grodno Avia...

Canberra: A leading Australian virologist has been awarded Australia's most prestigious award for scientific achievement for his work on Covid-19.Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday evening presented Edward Holmes, an evolutionary biologist and virologist from the University of...

Washington: The US Defense Department in a new report says that China may have already established a nuclear triad, which includes the ability to launch nuclear-capable missiles from the air, ground and sea.The report also says that the accelerated...

Addis Ababa: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the recent escalation of tensions in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray."Very concerned about the evolution of the situation in Ethiopia, I just spoke to @AbiyAhmedAli to offer...