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Ukrainian President says invited Macron to see evidence of ‘genocide’ in Ukraine
Date: 2022-04-17 20:29:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:69 - ID:9526844
KYIV, April 17 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has invited his French counterpart to visit Ukraine to see for himself evidence that Russian forces have committed "genocide," a term President Emmanuel Macron has avoided, the ....
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Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol reject Russian surrender offer
Date: 2022-04-17 19:40:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:9526783
MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - Ukrainian fighters, bunkered in the Azovstal steelworks plant, appear to have rejected a Russian offer to surrender, Sputnik reported on Sunday. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry has called on the remaining ....
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2 Ukrainian MiG-29 planes downed by Russia's air defense systems in Kharkov region
Date: 2022-04-17 19:38:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:9526780
MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - Two Ukrainian MiG-29 warplanes were downed by Russian air defense systems in the Kharkov region and a drone was downed near Pvalograd, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Sunday. "Russian air defense ....
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Kremlin: Russia to endure standoff with West
Date: 2022-04-17 18:22:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:9526713
MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he is sure Russia will endure the current confrontation with the West, TASS news agency reported on Sunday. "We can," he said on Rossiya-1 television on Sunday, when asked by the ....
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Zelensky says Ukraine won't give up territory to end war with Russia
Date: 2022-04-17 15:18:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:51 - ID:9526413
KYIV, April 17 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN that Ukraine is not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war with Russia, and Ukraine's military is prepared to fight Moscow's military in ....
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Sri Lanka army denies rumors of crackdown on protests
Date: 2022-04-17 14:18:05 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:47 - ID:9526390
COLOMBO, April 17 (MENA) - Sri Lanka’s army denied speculation it is planning to crack down on protests in the wake of an aggravating economic and political crisis in the country. The army termed as “sinister” allegations that troops are ....
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11 shot, 2 dead in shooting on Pittsburgh's North Side
Date: 2022-04-17 13:59:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:9526354
WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) - Two young people were fatally shot and at least nine others were injured by gunfire overnight in Pittsburgh's East Allegheny neighborhood, officials quoted by CNN, said early Sunday. The shootings happened around ....
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Pope Francis prays for peace in Ukraine
Date: 2022-04-17 13:37:36 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:44 - ID:9526345
VATICAN, April 17 (MENA) - Pope Francis, marking an "Easter of war" on Sunday urged leaders to hear the people's plea for peace in Ukraine, France 24 reported. The 85-year-old pope made his comments in his twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city ....
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UNAMA 'deeply concerned' over civilian casualties due to Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan
Date: 2022-04-17 10:27:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:9525777
KABUL, April 17 (MENA) - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has raised its deep concern regarding the reports of civilian casualties in the recent airstrikes by Pakistan in various parts of the Khost and Kunar provinces of ....
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US seeks to dominate world, says Russian envoy to Lebanon
Date: 2022-04-17 10:26:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9525772
MOSCOW, April 17 (MENA) - The Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov, has said the United States tries to continue hegemony on the world. In statements carried by Russia Today Sunday, the Russian envoy said the current world ....