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The Russian consulate in Seattle that US President Donald Trump ordered to be closed on March 26, 2018 © Google Maps Moscow won’t leave the provocative acts against Russian diplomats unanswered, the Foreign Ministry said, adding that several countries blindly copied the UK’s “hypocritical” stance on the Skripal case in the absence of evidence. The […]

The magnitude of the tragedy that struck the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday afternoon, taking the lives of dozens, including many children, has been captured by a drone, as firefighters were battling to contain the blaze. WATCH: VIDEO of moment blaze begins at busy shopping mall in Russia’s Kemerovo The disaster struck the packed shopping […]

Damascus Countryside, SANA – The second batch of the militants who rejected the reconciliation and their families exited from Jobar, Ein Tarma, Zamalka and Erbin to Idleb on Sunday. SANA’s correspondent at Erbin corridor on the outskirts of Eastern Ghouta said that 81 buses carrying 5435 militants and their families, among them 2107 men, 1289 […]

Stormy Daniels detailed her alleged affair, and subsequent non-disclosure agreement with President Trump in an interview with Anderson Cooper that aired on Sunday. (AP) Risking hefty fines for violating a $130,000 hush agreement, Daniels detailed what she said was the only time she and Trump had sex — saying she spanked Trump with a magazine […]

Washington’s newly appointed national security advisor John Bolton may seek a comprehensive denuclearization deal with North Korea as the U.S. used to disarm Libya in the early 2000s. Bolton has referred to the Libya case as a means to denuclearize how Pyongyang. The remark was made as leaders of North Korea and the U.S. are […]

Photo: AFP With Italy still in political deadlock following the general election earlier this month, the two parties battling it out to head a new government reached agreement Saturday on the respective positions of speaker for both the lower and upper houses of parliament. In a horse-trading deal that could now pave the way for […]

The death toll of the deadly blaze in Kemerovo shopping mall has risen to 64 people, according to Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puckov. “64 is the final number,” he said. The bodies of six victims have yet to be located. Earlier reports suggested that 11 children were among the dead. “We continue search and rescue efforts, there are […]

The smoke of a rocket fired by Palestinian Hamas militants is seen over Gaza City on March 25, 2018 as they take part in a military drill. (AFP/MAHMUD HAMS) Incoming alarms sound throughout area surrounding Gaza Strip as system triggered by live-fire exercise within Strip; IDF retaliates with tank fire The Iron Dome missile defense […]

Security forces at the scene of a car bomb explosion near parliament in Mogadishu on Sunday [Mohamed Sheikh Nor/AP] A car bomb detonated near Somalia‘s parliament in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least two people and wounding several others, a senior police officer said. The bomb exploded on Sunday at a security checkpoint after soldiers intercepted […]

© Maxym Kyselev / Sputnik At least five people have died in a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, where a huge fire broke out Sunday. Emergency services are still working to rescue others trapped inside the building. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon local time. Rescuers have managed to get some […]