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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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