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NATO forces withdraw from Kosovo border with Serbia
NATO military personnel from the International Peacekeeping Force in Kosovo (KFOR) left the Gazivoda Lake reservoir on the border with Serbia on Sunday, August 5, where they were stationed for over thirteen hours.
According to local media, there are no more vehicles and NATO soldiers on the access roads to the reservoir and hydroelectric power station. They resumed patrolling the main road in Zubin Potok and the northern part of Kosovo.
KFOR explained to reporters that regular exercises were …
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Russia condemns assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Maduro
Russia strongly condemns the assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
“We strongly condemn the assassination attempt committed on August 4 on the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as a result of which 7 people were injured. The use of terrorist methods is categorically unacceptable as tools of political struggle,” reads a statement on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. …
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Spain arrests three Russian mafia leaders
The police in Marbella, south of Spain, arrested three criminal mafia leaders from the former Soviet Union countries. They are accused of the attempted murder, documents falsification and being members of a criminal organization. Country’s police released a video of their arrest that took place in a cafe.
According to the Spanish police, the criminal leaders were detained when they allegedly discussed the plan to kill a member of the rival gang.
According to DW report based on the Spanish …
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Head of Syrian chemical center killed in car explosion
Aziz Asbar, a well known scientist believed to be close to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, was killed in a car explosion in the Syrian city of Masyaf, the Israeli portal Walla reports.
The explosion took place as Asbar sat in his car, just outside his house. His driver was also killed.
Militants led by a certain Abu Amar have claimed responsibility for the attack, but local journalists believe that foreign intelligence may have been behind it.
The city of Masyaf has a scientific research …
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Russian diplomat summoned to the US State Department for explanations
Wess Mitchel, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs summoned Dmitry Zhirnov, the charge d'affaires of Russia in the United States, to answer for the Russian propaganda in social networks. Washington regards this as Moscow's interference in the internal affairs of the USA, reported in Twitter Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman.
"Assistant Secretary Mitchell convoked Russian Chargé Zhirnov to answer for the Kremlin’s attempts to use social media …