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Warsaw: Poland has recently handed over about a dozen Soviet-designed Mil Mi-24 large attack helicopters to Kiev, but Ukraine's fleet still remains "small" compared with the capacity of the Russian air systems, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on...

Caracas: The recent U.S. administrations have launched the worst attacks against Venezuela in the past two centuries, a top Venezuelan lawmaker said on Wednesday.Speaking at a ceremony marking the 212th anniversary of Venezuela's Declaration of Independence, Jorge Rodriguez, president...

Bengaluru: Hockey India on Tuesday named the 20-member Indian Women’s Hockey Team for their tour of Germany and the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation International Tournament in Spain.Both events will be part of the team’s preparations ahead of the...

Istanbul: Turkey and Egypt have appointed ambassadors for the first time in a decade, the countries' foreign ministries said in a joint statement on Tuesday.In late May, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Moscow: Russian aviation has launched missile and bomb strikes on the accumulation of manpower and equipment of Ukrainian forces in three directions, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik."Aviation of the ‘Yug’ group of forces carried out rocket and...

Moscow: Russian partners within the BRICS bloc understand the futility of discussing the settlement of the Ukraine conflict without Moscow, Pavel Knyazev, an ambassador at large of the Russian Foreign Ministry and sous-sherpa of Russia in BRICS, told Sputnik...

Taipei: The Taiwanese military has spotted two Russian frigates proceeding from south to north through the island's eastern waters, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said."As of 23:00 , two Russian frigates were detected, which were sailing from south to north...

Mexico City: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has expressed solidarity and support to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people amid the Saturday events, involving the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) and its head Yevgeny Prigozhin."I express the...

California: US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California, media reports said.US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator.His remarks came a day after...

Astana: Russia, Turkey and Iran will continue active efforts to prepare a roadmap to normalize relations between Ankara and Damascus, according to the three countries' joint statement issued on Wednesday.The sides held constructive consultations in the Astana format at...