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  Last update: 08:45 25.04.2019

  08:45 25.04.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Colombo Airport Operations Temporary Halted - Reports

  The entry road to Colombo's main airport was closed after a suspicious vehicle was spotted at nearby car park, according to an airport police statement.

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  Last update: 06:17 25.04.2019

  06:17 25.04.2019

  US

  Hillary Clinton Urges Dems Not to Impeach Trump, Warns of Backfiring

  The last time Congress rushed to impeach a US President, his ratings skyrocketed. Besides, as the former US State Secretary notes in her Washington Post op-ed, the Democratic Party has other things to take care of.

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  Last update: 01:21 25.04.2019

  01:21 25.04.2019

  Russia

  Russia Does Not Agree With Western Attempts to Enforce Values on Others - Putin

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Certain Western countries voice claims for exclusive global leadership, resorting to blackmail and sanctions to try to impose their values on other states, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding that Moscow was against such policies.

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  Last update: 22:03 24.04.2019

  22:03 24.04.2019

  Middle East

  Foreign Media Conducted Staged Filming of Family Death in Hama - Russian MoD

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Foreign media employees in the Syrian province of Hama conducted a staged filming of the "death" of a family due to alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian troops, Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin, head of the Russian Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, said at a briefing Wednesday.

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  Last update: 06:31 25.04.2019

  06:31 25.04.2019

  News

  Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority Bans Drones And Unmanned Aircraft - Report

  Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority has announced that the use of drones and all unmanned aircraft has been banned in Sri Lankan airspace, as the government seeks to address the issue of potential terrorist threats in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks.

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  Last update: 22:57 24.04.2019

  22:57 24.04.2019

  Opinion

  US Faces ‘Test of Power’ in Trying to Enforce Iran Oil Sanctions - Ex-EU Consultant

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo face an uphill struggle to force other nations to abandon their oil trade with Iran, former European Union consultant Paolo von Schirach told Sputnik.

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  Last update: 00:28 25.04.2019

  00:28 25.04.2019

  Middle East

  Lebanon Threatens to Strike Israeli Airport if Military Conflict Erupts - Report

  The Lebanese defence minister ruled out the possibility of military conflict with Tel Aviv in the near future, however.

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  Last update: 03:18 25.04.2019

  03:18 25.04.2019

  US

  US Activists Plan to Call for Intl Probe of Odessa Massacre on 5th Anniversary

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, a project of the United National Antiwar Coalition, will deliver a letter to the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington calling on Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an international investigation into the 2014 massacre in Odessa, campaign coordinator Phil Wilayto told Sputnik.