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Moscow: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has chaired the second expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK), during which he discussed the enhancement of the army’s fighting efficiency in light of the...

Tokyo: Japan will continue negotiating territorial issues and a peace treaty with Russia, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Monday.On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told foreign journalists at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) that the...

Bishkek: The situation on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has deteriorated once again after Tajik forces were detected entering the Kyrgyz territory, the Kyrgyz State Border Service told Sputnik on Friday."The Tajik side, violating all the previously reached...

Washington: The United States must pay reparations for the 1921 massacre of 300 Black Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to deliver justice and avoid reducing the tragedy to mere symbolism, civil rights advocates told Sputnik.On May 31 and...

Geneva: The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light.The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being...

Paris: France will soon send another 'Statue of Liberty' to the United States signifying its commitment to strengthening Franco-American relations, reports in the French press claimed.French journal Du Dimanche quoted Ambassador of France in the US Philippe Etienne saying...

Kiev: The Ukrainian armed forces began preparing operational plans for a possible war with Russia in 2007 following President Vladimir Putin's speech at the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine's Maj. Gen. Viktor Nazarov, an ex-first deputy chief of the main...

Washington: Biden's administration on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget proposal that would push the deficit to $1.7 trillion in 2022, while the average deficit over the next decade is projected to be around $1.3 trillion per year, a...

Washington: President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are unlikely to accomplish much of anything at their summit in Geneva primarily because White House advisers are bound to undermine the talks to ensure relations remain tense, former US...

Moscow: The Russian Armed Forces are superior to the most powerful armies in the world in terms of the share of modern technology in the strategic nuclear forces, Defense Minister Gen. of the Army Sergei Shoigu said on Friday."Today...