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Finland, Sweden to buy weapons after applying for NATO membership
May 19, 2022 06:02Finland and Sweden are set to buy portable firearms and anti-tank weapons, Finland’s defense ministry has announced, as the Nordic countries have formally applied to join NATO.
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UN warns of rising global food insecurity due to Ukraine conflict
May 19, 2022 03:26UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned of a “global food shortage” in the coming months due to the conflict in Ukraine.
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Turkey: Erdogan says Sweden, Finland ‘harboring terrorists’, opposes NATO bid
May 18, 2022 13:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he cannot endorse the bid of Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as the two Nordic countries continue to lend support to terrorist groups against his country.
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Russia expels 85 diplomats from France, Spain and Italy in retaliatory move
May 18, 2022 13:00Russia on Wednesday declared 85 diplomats from France, Spain, and Italy "persona non grata" in a retaliatory move, effectively ordering their expulsion, as the war in Ukraine rages on.
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For first time, Russian military fires S-300 missiles at Israeli warplanes over Syria’s Hama
May 18, 2022 06:20The Russian military has used advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to fire at Israeli regime warplanes during a recent strike in Syria, signaling a major shift in Moscow’s attitude to the illegal Zionist entity.
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EU to defend Finland, Sweden in event of Russian attack amid NATO bids
May 18, 2022 06:18European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has voiced the bloc's readiness to defend Finland and Sweden in the event of a Russian attack even before the two countries become NATO members.
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US training Daesh terrorists at Syria’s al-Tanf Base to be sent to Ukraine: Russian intelligence service
May 18, 2022 04:15The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR RF) says US occupation forces deployed in Syria’s strategic al-Tanf region, near the borders with Iraq and Jordan, are reportedly providing military support to Takfiri Daesh terrorists and training them for field operations in Ukraine.
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Official: US planning to block Russian debt payments
May 18, 2022 03:42The United States is planning to block Russia’s ability to make payments to its American bondholders by allowing a key waiver to expire next week, as Washington ups the ante in its economic warfare against Moscow over the conflict with Ukraine.
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Putin: It's impossible for some EU counties to ditch Russian oil now
May 17, 2022 12:09Russian President Vladimir Putin says some European counties will not be able to end their reliance on Russian oil imports for the time being, as the European Union (EU) pushes to impose a ban on the country's oil over the war in Ukraine.
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Finland, Sweden's entry into NATO to make no big difference: Russia
May 17, 2022 09:54Russia says Finland and Sweden's potential membership in NATO would probably make no difference as the pair have long participated in the military alliance's drills along with other putative neutral countries in the region.