US, EU expel scores of Russian diplomats
MOSCOW, Mar 27 (Agencies): Russia has vowed a tough response to the decision by more than 20 countries to expel its diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom (UK).Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov singled out the US after it expelled 60 diplomats and closed...
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64 die in Moscow mall fire
MOSCOW, Mar 27 (Agencies): At least 64 people were killed by a fire which engulfed a busy shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russian investigators said on Monday, and some of the dead were children.The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet...
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UN hits out at Myanmar army chief for comments over Muslim Rohingya
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 27 (Agencies): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday criticized Myanmar's army chief after he declared that the Muslim Rohingya had nothing in common with the country's other ethnic groups.Guterres said he was "shocked" at reports of General U Min Aung Hlaing's remarks at a military gathering and...
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Mysterious train sparks speculation of Kim visit to China
BEIJING, Mar 27 (AP): A mysterious armored train made a round trip from North Korea to Beijing without revealing its key secret: Was Kim Jong Un on board?Speculation about a visit to Beijing by North Korea's reclusive leader or another high-level Pyongyang official ran high Tuesday amid talk of preparations...
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