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Russia, New Zealand primed for opener
Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 12:05am on June 17, 2017
Hosts Russia kick off the Confederations Cup against New Zealand in Saint Petersburg today, targeting victory in their opening match to set the tone for...
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Russia claims it has killed IS leader Baghdadi
Associated Press | Updated at 01:50pm on June 16, 2017
Russia claimed on Friday that it killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike on a meeting of IS leaders just outside...
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Pence hires lawyer for Russia inquiries
BBC | Updated at 09:35am on June 16, 2017
Vice-president Mike Pence has hired an outside lawyer to handle his response to inquiries into possible ties between president Trump's campaign and Russia...
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Russia to supply five more Mi-171 choppers
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:17am on June 14, 2017
Russian state-owned Rosoboronexport will supply five Mi-171Sh military transport helicopters as part of the Bangladesh Air Force’s plans to acquire more multimodal choppers from there....
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced
BBC | Updated at 09:05am on June 13, 2017
Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 30 days' administrative arrest for repeatedly violating the law on staging rallies...
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Dhaka, Moscow to work for progress, stability: envoy
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:15am on June 13, 2017
Russian ambassador in Dhaka Alexander Ignatov has said they are looking forward to working closely with Bangladesh for the sake of progress and stability....
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NATO on a collision course with Russia, Iran in Syria
by Martin Berger | Updated at 12:05am on June 11, 2017
IT’S been noted that NATO has officially joined the so-called anti-ISIS coalition, vowing to fight the terror group with resolve in both Iraq and Syria...
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India, Pakistan join China and Russia-led security bloc
Agencies | Updated at 01:21am on June 10, 2017
Asian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling...
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Trump takes sides in Arab rift, suggests support for isolation of Qatar
Reuters | Updated at 01:26am on June 07, 2017
US president Donald Trump took sides in a deep rift in the Arab world on Tuesday, praising Middle East countries' actions against American ally Qatar...
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Draft agreement on spent nuclear fuel removal approved
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:45am on June 06, 2017
The cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft agreement on ‘Cooperation Concerning Return of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the Russian Federation’...