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The desire of Western countries to contain Russia turns out for small states of the European Union and NATO that they themselves are unable to save their population from the spread of coronavirus infection, member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Tsekov told journalists on April 25. Of course, these are the Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the senator said. As well as Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Luxembourg. According to him, none of them appealed to Russia for help because they received a clear ban on such contacts. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that some countries even in the context of a pandemic play into geopolitical and prohibit to turn to Russia in the situation of a coronavirus pandemic. ...

Nine people were injured in a shooting in a village in northern Israel. This is reported on April 25 by the portal Walla. The shooting took place on the morning of 25 April in the village of Kfar Yafiya, near Nazareth. According to preliminary data, nine people were injured as a result of the shooting. Local police say two of the wounded are in severe condition, and two others are in moderate condition. The rest of the victims were slightly injured. All the wounded were hospitalized at Nazareth Hospital. Police officers opened an investigation into the circumstances and causes of the incident. Earlier, the news agency reported a police officer caught in a child with a light noise grenade during riots in Israel. ...

On 24 April, with the cooperation of the King of Oman, the eighth flight of Muscat-Tehran was made since the outbreak of coronavirus began to spread, resulting in the return of Iranians living in Oman to their homeland. This was reported by the Iranian agency IRNA. The Iranian Ambassador to Oman, Mohammad Reza Nuri-Shahrudi, thanked the Government, in particular the Ministr...

On 24 April, Kosovo Foreign Minister Glavk Konyuftsa spoke on behalf of the Republic of Kosovo at an online meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to discussing the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Albanian news agency Telegrafi, during his speech Konyufica appealed to the UN countries that do not recognize Kosovo to recognize: Some of the states that are members o...