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Washington: US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has arrived in Washington after the Russian Foreign Ministry's recommendation to return to the United States for consultations, a Sputnik correspondent reported.The plane with Sullivan landed at the Dulles International Airport."It was...

Ottawa: Canada Thursday announced a 30-day ban on all passengers' flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday, citing an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases in both countries."Given the higher number of cases of COVID-19 detected in air passengers arriving...

Moscow: Russia kicked off large-scale military exercises in Crimea on Thursday amid escalated tensions with Ukraine.The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had arrived in the peninsula to oversee the drills involving...

Canberra: Australia on Thursday decided to cut the number of flights from India which is seeing a rise in COVID -19 cases and limited Australians who need to go there to "only very urgent cases".The National Cabinet, which is...

Moscow: US President Joe Biden is set to formally recognize the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people in the early 20th century, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported citing US officials.In March, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

Prague: Members of the upper house of the Czech parliament, the Senate, at their meeting on Wednesday evening, called on the government to terminate the treaty on friendly relations and cooperation with Russia, Czech TV reported.The senators in the...

Moscow: The Communists of Russia political party has asked the United Nations and UNESCO to declare monuments to the USSR founder Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) as the world cultural heritage, the head of the party's Central Committee Maxim Suraykin told...

Washington: The United States has imposed sanctions on two state-owned Burmese companies in an attempt to deprive Myanmar's military leaders of a major source of income, the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Wednesday."The following...

Washington: An Ohio man was sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and theft of scientific trade secrets from the medical institute where he worked with the intent of selling them to China for...

Washington: A US jury in the state of Minnesota on Tuesday found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the African-American George Floyd murder case.The Jury found him guilty on three charges: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree...