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'Sign contract, return home or go to Belarus': Putin lays out options for Wagner soldiers
The majority of the fighters of the Wagner group are patriots of Russia, and they were simply used, Putin said in his address to Russian citizens on Monday night, Xinhua news agency reported. "We knew that the vast majority of the fighters and commanders of the Wagner group are also Russian patriots, devoted to their people and state," he said while stressing that they were used without their knowledge during the armed mutiny.
Indian passengers stranded: Air France faces backlash over treatment, chaos at Paris airport
The passengers, who flew from Mumbai on Air France flight 217 and arrived in Paris at 1:30 p.m. (IST) on June 23, have been subjected to a state of disorder and mistreatment, further aggravated by the airline's hindrance to efforts of documenting the situation.
Two dead after severe weather hits US
A home in Lost River Township in the central part of Indiana was hit by a suspected tornado on Sunday afternoon. A couple was in the home at the time. The husband was pronounced dead at the scene while the wife was airlifted to a local hospital to be treated for injuries, Xinhua news agency quoted Monty Wolf with the Martin County.
New images show Chinese 'spy' balloons over Asia
Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future, BBC reported. US-China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year, when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.
Lt Gen among others dismissed from Pakistan Army after May 9 probee
The ISPR DG said that disciplinary action has been taken against 15 officers, including three Major Generals and seven Brigadiers, Geo News reported. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said three officers, including a Lieutenant General, have been dismissed from service, Geo News reported.
Russia lifts counter-terrorist operation regime in Moscow
"Due to the absence of threats to life, health, property and other legally protected interests of people, the head of the counter-terrorist operation, the head of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the city of Moscow and the Moscow region decided to cancel the counter-terrorist operation legal regime in Moscow and the Moscow region from 9 a.m. on Monday," said Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee in a statement.
NASA calls off all-electric aircraft flight plan over safety concerns
Safety and time is the reason behind the permanent scrubbing of the flight, NASA was quoted as saying in a conference call with reporters by science and tech news portal Popular Science. "Unfortunately, we recently discovered a potential failure mode in the propulsion system that we determined to pose an unacceptable risk to the pilot’s safety, and the safety of personnel on the ground, during ground tests," Bradley Flick, the director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, said in the call.
Erdogan urges Sweden to end PKK protests for its NATO membership
In a phone conversation with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday, Erdogan said his country continues its "constructive attitude" toward Sweden's joining the alliance, according to a statement from his office. But Erdogan said the Nordic country's change on terror laws does not meet the expectation of Ankara as long as the PKK can demonstrate in the country "freely", reports Xinhua news agency.
N.Korea warns Korean Peninsula close to 'brink of nuclear war'
In a research report released by the Ministry's Institute for American Studies, North Korea likened the current military tensions in the region to the night before the outbreak of the Korean War as it slammed the US and South Korea for their "delusional anti-communist military confrontation" and "rhetorical threats", reports Yonhap News Agency.
Nearly 200 Russian soldiers killed in a day: Ukraine
Although the claim was not officially verified, the military went on to say that in the last 48 hours, the frontlines across the war-torn nation witnessed heavy combat, with more than 20 engagements occurring in areas in the Donetsk region -- chiefly Lyman, Marinka and Bakhmut, CNN reported.
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