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Covid shrinks Latin American trade for 2020: UN

The coronavirus epidemic has triggered the steepest drop in Latin American foreign trade in 2020 since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, a UN body said Friday

AJK Prime Minister announces awards, admiration certificates for journalists

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has announced to give away awards and approbation certificates for those Kashmiri journalists, who highlighted the Indian unlawful, unconstitutional and immoral act of August 5,2019

PACE Members Request Assembly to Pass Resolutions on Navalny's Arrest, Belarusian Crisis

The members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have suggested that the legislature discuss the arrest of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny and the situation in Belarus during the 2021 winter session and pass resolutions on the issues after urgent debates, a representative of PACE told Sputnik on Friday

Belarusian Opposition Protester Aged 18 Jailed for 2 Years for Actions at Rally - Watchdog

A Minsk court has sentenced 18-year-old Sofia Malashevich to two years in prison for her actions against the security forces during an unauthorized anti-government rally in September, Minsk-based human rights center Viasna said on Friday

AJK PM acknowledges media's role for highlighting Kashmir issue

Georgia Lifts Ban on Regular Flights From February 1 - Economy Minister

Minsk Court Sentences Protester to 18 Months in Jail for Damaging Police Car - Prosecution

Russia Cannot Extradite Owner of Ship Suspected of Beirut Blast Involvement - Prosecutors

Kremlin dismisses calls to free Navalny, warns against protests

The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed Western demands to release Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying his calls for mass protests over his arrest were "troubling"

Belarus man hospitalised after setting himself on fire

A man with burns covering half his body was hospitalised in Belarus on Friday after setting himself on fire in front of the government building in the capital Minsk, investigators said

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Talks Situation in South Caucasus With OSCE Envoy - Moscow

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko on Friday discussed the situation in the South Caucasus region in a phone conversation with Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Special Representative Annika Soder, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Belarusian Opposition Leader Tikhanovskaya Urges Estonia to Expand Sanctions Against Minsk

Hungary procures 'large quantities' of Russian vaccine

Biden Should Recognize Value of UN Nuclear Ban Treaty - Arms Control Association

Glamorous French star Nathalie Delon dies at 79

The French actress Nathalie Delon -- once regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world -- died of cancer on Thursday, her son told AFP