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London police said Wednesday that they were investigating a suspicious package at Embankment Gardens, near the defense ministry.

Damascus and Moscow have accused militants and the White Helmets of staging several provocations involving chemical weapons to influence public opinion and justify foreign intervention in Syria.

Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks on the alleged murder of the journalist inside the Saudi diplomatic facility in Turkey.

Oman, which has warm relations with most countries in the region, has often served as a mediator in high-stakes negotiations.

A unique research opportunity presented itself for two American scientists, who have been received a grant to study the effects of pornography.

NATO hasn’t changed much since its inception and it is now expanding east, moving closer to Russia’s borders, a Czech politician said.

Venezuela is seeking to open bank accounts in Europe and Asia and will sell two billion euros on its Dicom foreign exchange platform between November and December to overcome US sanctions, Economy Vice President Tareck El Aissami said Tuesday.

A list of 21 'high risk' countries, including three European destinations operating a golden passport scheme has been released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Malta, Monaco and Cyprus are included on the list for selling residency or citizenship.

Even as more than 150 ground personnel, elephants and expert trackers and shooters are out to kill Avni, hundreds of thousands of supporters online and offline are pleading the Indian government to let her live on.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia acts in strict accordance with the UN Security Council's decisions on Libya and does not interfere in the situation in this country, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said Wednesday.

The head of the International Counter Terror Training Association (ICTTA), Josef Linder, has in an interview with Sputnik commented on the tragic incident at a Kerch college, where a student detonated a homemade explosive device and shot multiple college employees and students on October 17, 2018.

Medical teams have been pressed into service to conduct door to door surveys in the affected areas of Rajasthan to detect any person with symptoms. Fines have been imposed on households with larvae breeding wastewater contamination.

A technical malfunction has been announced as the cause that led the aircraft to making a u-turn.

Tejas has around 50% locally developed content, while the engines are American, radar, helmet display and laser pod of Israeli make and Russia has supplied the missiles.

A blind 23-year-old man has overcome insurmountable odds after becoming the first of his kind to reach the summit of Europe's tallest mountain.

At least seventeen people were killed and some 50 wounded following a mass shooting and an explosion at a polytechnic college in Crimea's Kerch. Investigators have identified the suspected perpetrator and are looking for potential accomplices.

In a recent appearance on the program “Good Morning Britain,” renowned documentary maker Michael Moore suggested that Oscar-winner Tom Hanks and Michelle Obama, who enjoys “everyone’s love” should be running for the presidency in 2020.

KIEV (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian border guards stepped up security measures at the border with Crimea following a deadly explosion at a college in the city of Kerch, the press service of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said on Wednesday.

Dozens of vintage cars have gone on sale at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England on Wednesday. The H&H Classics auction house rolled out dozens of automobiles, some as old as 1936.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Sisi discussed Wednesday issues on the regional agenda as well as bilateral cooperation during a narrow format meeting.