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'Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure amount to genocide'
Speaking to the BBC on Sunday, Kostin said that besides the attacks on the energy grid, 11,000 Ukrainian children had been forcibly deported to Russia. The top official added his office was investigating reports of more than 49,000 war crimes and crimes of aggression since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24.
Zelensky warns against new Russian strikes
In his nightly video address to the nation on Sunday, he said: "We understand that terrorists are preparing new strikes and as long as they have missiles, they won't stop. "The upcoming week can be as hard as the one that passes. Our Defence Forces are preparing. The whole state is preparing. We work out all scenarios, including with partners."
Iranian parliament approves bill for Iran's accession to SCO
The bill was approved by the overwhelming majority of the lawmakers, according to the report. Abolfazl Amouei, the Spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of parliament, on Sunday said that the parliament's approval of Iran's membership to the SCO contains an international message of "Iran's multilateralism tendency in the field of foreign policy".
Canada to strengthen visa processing capacity in Delhi, Chandigarh
Each issue of importance to Canadians such as national security, economic prosperity, respect for international law and human rights, democratic values, public health and environmental protection will be defined by the relations that Canada and its partners maintain with the countries of the Indo-Pacific, an official statement said.
Israel's Netanyahu signs coalition deal with 2nd far-right party
Under the agreement, Noam's leader and its sole lawmaker Avi Maoz will serve as a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and would be in charge of a new agency called "National Jewish Identity Authority," the Likud party announced in a statement on Sunday. Maoz will also be in charge of Nativ, a governmental bureau that maintains contact with Jews in the former Soviet republics and encourages them to immigrate to Israel, Xinhua news agency reported.
Commemorating 26/11, protests held in US against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism
South Asians and others demonstrated outside Pakistani diplomatic missions in New York, Washington and Houston on the anniversary of the attacks on Saturday, denouncing the support and protection given by Pakistan to terrorists. Digital media trucks with the message 'Never Forget' and displaying images of the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai as well as the perpetrators of the attack now in Pakistan made rounds of the five cities.
'Xi step down' - protests erupt in China over harsh Covid curbs
Thousands of protesters turned out in Shanghai, where people were bundled into police cars, BBC reported. Students were also seen demonstrating at universities in Beijing and Nanjing, among other places. The latest unrest follows a protest in the remote north-west city of Urumqi, where lockdown rules were blamed after 10 people died in a tower block fire, BBC reported.
Iran will thwart US, its allies' 'plots': IRGC commander
Making the remarks while addressing a group of the Iranian Basij volunteer forces in the southeastern city of Zahedan, Hossein Salami said that they are all trying to "provoke tensions in Iran by means of their divisive media outlets", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a Press TV report.
Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet drops to new low: Media poll
The latest opinion poll by Kyodo News has shown that the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet was down 4.5 percentage points from 37.6 in the previous poll conducted in late October, a record low since Kishida took office in October 2021, Xinhua news agency reported.
ISPR censures 'campaign' against General Bajwa, family
Rejecting the claims circulating on social media that certain assets were created by General Bajwa's family during his six-year tenure as "completely false", "blatant lies and malice", the ISPR said that "all assets of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, his wife and family are duly declared in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)".
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