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Moscow: An attempt was made to send an e-mail with a virus to Russia's submarine developer Rubin, Russian National Computer Incident Response Center Deputy Director Nikolay Murashov confirmed on Tuesday, refuting media reports about China's involvement."Many of you remember...

Vienna: The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs on Tuesday summoned the Turkish Ambassador after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "cursed" Vienna for raising the Israeli flag over government buildings in solidarity with Israel."After these absurd statements by...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin expressed the belief that US spy agencies could be behind the hacking attack on US tech firm SolarWinds."I do not want to claim that the hacking attack was carried out by...

Gaza: The Israeli authorities have blocked a fuel shipment for the Gaza power station, Raed Fattouh, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip, told Sputnik.On Monday, local media reported that the Israeli authorities...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during phone talks with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, offered to hold intra-Afghan talks in China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry informs."The Chinese side is ready to facilitate internal inter-Afghan negotiations, including creating...

Washington: The Biden administration approved a $735 million sale of precision-guided missiles sale to Israel and awaits approval from the House of Representatives, the Washington Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter.The White House has officially notified the...

New Delhi: China on Monday voiced its support for waiving intellectual property protections for novel coronavirus vaccines to help developing nations suffering from the ongoing pandemic."China fully understands and supports the developing world's demand for an IPR waiver for...

Yerevan: Armenia will activate the response procedures envisioned by the Collective Security Treaty and the Armenian-Russian strategic system amid the border tensions with Azerbaijan, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday."Armenia will further activate the procedures stipulated by...

Moscow: Palestine has plans to appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Israeli attacks on media agencies' offices in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal told Sputnik on Monday."From our side we’re going to...

Moscow: Taiwan plans to prohibit foreigners without local residency from entering the island for a month from Wednesday, as its daily local COVID-19 infections reached a new peak of 333 new cases on Monday."Because of the rising COVID-19 epidemic...