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Russia arrests 3,000 during wide protests backing Navalny

8:26 pm January 31, 2021

Moscow: Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, thousands of people took to the streets Sunday across Russia’s vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 3,000 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group. Russian authorities mounted a massive […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin signs extension of last Russia-US nuclear arms treaty

11:41 pm January 29, 2021

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the New START treaty for five years. Putin and US President Joe Biden had discussed the nuclear accord a day earlier, and the Kremlin said they agreed […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

WHO Europe: Vaccine production delays are a real issue

10:13 pm January 28, 2021

Geneva : National tensions are erupting over slow coronavirus vaccine rollouts but production delay issues are real and world leaders must realize that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the European chief for the World Health Organization said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said international solidarity in the fight against the virus that has already killed 2.1 million […]

Rafale jets of Indian & French air forces conduct complex maneuvers as part of mega drill

11:18 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Rafale fighter jets of Indian and French air forces on Thursday carried out a plethora of complex aerial maneuvers along with other frontline combat jets as part of a five-day mega exercise in Jodhpur to further enhance their operational coordination, officials said. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat flew a sortie in a Phenix Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport aircraft of the French Air […]

Europe’s court condemns Russia over 2008 war with Georgia

11:11 pm January 21, 2021

Tbilisi: Europe‘s top human rights court on Thursday found Russia responsible for a swathe of violations in Georgia’s breakaway regions after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Georgia hailed the verdict by the European Court of Human Rights as a major victory. President Salome Zurabishvili described the ruling as “historic,” noting that Georgia was “recognised as a victim of this war and it is a […]