Moscow: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov claimed that Russia could maintain its economic progress on the strength of its gold reserves, despite any slump in the oil prices, on the international level. Russia has a gold reserve of more than 2200 tonnes valued at USD 108 billion. At the same time, Russia has added to […]
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Washington: US Secretary for Defence, Mark Esper informed the US military, which was being withdrawn from northern Syria, would be deployed in Iraq for the operation against terrorist group ISIS. President Donald Trump had announced that the US military was being removed from northern Syria given the Turkish action against the Kurds in the region. […]
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Istanbul: – Turkish President Erdogan warned ‘If the Kurds do not withdraw from the regions near the Turkish borders, their heads will be crushed. The Kurds have accepted the condition laid down by Turkey for the five-day ceasefire and are making preparations to retreat to 30 kilometres, from the Turkish border. The Kurds are accusing Turkey of […]
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Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that there is a persistent Iranian threat to the security of Israel and Israel is free to carry out attacks, anywhere and anytime, to counter this threat, and it is a fundamental right of Israel. Israel had resented the US military withdrawal from Syria. Therefore, the US […]
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Tokyo: Yoshihide Suga, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, announced ‘Maintaining peace and stability in the Persian Gulf is important for peace and stability on the international level. For this peace and stability in the Gulf, Japan will despatch its destroyer to the Gulf.’ Suga informed that a Japanese destroyer and a surveillance aircraft would […]
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Washington: China preparing to challenge US domination in the Asia-Pacific marine sector, has started a facility for building aircraft carriers. China is building Flat Deck warships, similar to the gigantic aircraft carriers in the US navy. A leading study group in the United States claimed that China has initiated work on building three to four aircraft carriers, […]
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Tal Tamir/Beirut: 14 people have been killed in the Turkish airstrikes carried out in the last 30 hours after agreeing the ceasefire proposed by the United States. The Kurds alleged that Turkey has violated the ceasefire and it has also refused to withdraw the military cordon around the Kurdish locations. It is also reported that the Turkey-affiliated armed Syrian groups […]
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Moscow/Caracas: Russia, consistently supplying military and financial aid to Venezuela, has started moves to take over the Venezuelan oil sector. A report published in the media claimed that a Russian company would be taking over the Venezuelan oil company, PDVSA, against the loans provided to it. Although the Venezuelan leaders have dismissed the claims, the […]
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Kabul: 66 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a serial blast at a Mosque in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan on Friday. President Ashraf Ghani expressed intense annoyance over the bombings and has warned of strong retaliation. The terror attacks have increased in Afghanistan over the last few months, and the United Nations […]
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New Delhi: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a final five-month reprieve to Pakistan from inclusion in the FATF blacklist. Pakistan government is therefore under tremendous pressure and had responded to the ultimatum stating that it was committed to exercise the FATF action plan. Pakistan is said to have come to its senses, […]
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