India and Russia are trying to correct the tardy supply of spares for fighter aircraft with a pact that would pave the way for local manufacturing of spares. This move should give further impetus to Indo-Russia defense ties.
A senior British political academic who tweeted that he could "start tomorrow" as the UK's ambassador to the European Union, following the resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers from the role, has told Sputnik that Britain should "play a game of 'divide and rule' " in negotiations over Brexit.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed his cabinet would carve out a better future for a new nation in the coming decades, starting this year, at a press conference on Wednesday.
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that Austria will provide an additional 2 million euros ($2.1 million) for humanitarian aid to the people in eastern Ukraine.
Remember Jean-Claude Van Damme's mind-blowing epic split between two moving trucks? A Belarusian stuntman has masterfully recreated it, challenging the abilities of the human body. And that is just the tip of the iceberg - meet the incredible "Chuck Norris approves" project.
WikiLeaks has offered a reward of $20,000 for any information on employees in US President Obama's administration destroying documents, according to an official statement.
What can we expect from US foreign policy in 2017? In this first episode of Hard Facts this year, John Wight talks to former CIA officer, Ray McGovern.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) will rely on hackers to penetrate the "darknet" to curb drug trafficking online, the agency’s chief said Wednesday.
Flying around the checkpoint on the Russia-Estonia border, a cheeky crow noticed an unattended passport and dashed to snatch it.
China has already announced its first environmental red alert of 2017, as heavy smog encroaches upon the capital and its surroundings. A time-lapse video catches a thick yellow plume of smog creeping into and covering Beijing’s downtown in a haze.
The Syrian opposition pledged to form a delegation to conduct special negotiations aimed at a comprehensive political solution to the Syrian crisis, by January 16, 2017, according to the agreement on the preparation of the intra-Syrian meeting.
Former UK Permanent Representative to the European Union Ivan Rogers, who unexpectedly resigned, called on the European Union (UKRep) to counter "ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking" of those in power in Brexit negotiations.
Last month, the brutal four year battle for Aleppo ended, and the Syrian government began the enormous task of rebuilding the city. Toward the end of the battle for the city, much of the mainstream media spent so much time covering the 'fall' of Aleppo that they forgot what happens afterward: rebuilding, restoration, and most importantly, peace.
The Indian government has been hanging back from making a firm commitment on the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project because it first wants to confirm whether the agreement will allow commercial production and exports.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has asked the Foreign Ministry to ban French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from entering the country after her Crimea remark, the SBU chief of staff Oleksandr Tkachuk said Wednesday.
A new drone-installed robotic system will enter service with Russia's Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops before the end of 2017, according to the Russian Defense Ministry's press service.
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan stated that Russia is using a "scorched-earth policy" in Syria.
Eleven Squadrons of Indian Air Force (IAF) equipped with Russian MiG-21 and MiG-27 aircraft are scheduled to retire by 2024 on completion of their Total Technical Life.
According to the Turkish foreign minister, sides may convene in Kazakhstan's capital on January 23 to discuss Syrian settlement.
Commenting on reports that several Syrian opposition groups have threatened to boycott the upcoming political settlement talks in Kazakhstan due to claimed ceasefire violations, Middle East expert Danny Makki explained to Sputnik that those rebels are backed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which have been sidelined from the Turkish-Russian agreement.
Six African-American activists have been detained after staging a sit-in against US President-elect Donald Trump's controversial nomination of Jeff Sessions for the post of the next US Attorney General.
After CNN had used screenshots from the Fallout 4 video game to depict 'Russian hackers,' Twitter users rolled up their sleeves to roast the network for the gaffe.
An explosive device was detonated near a driveway in the Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan, injuring at least 17 people, including five policemen, two women and one child.
The identity of Istanbul nightclub attacker has been established, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a televised interview with the state-run Anadolu news agency on Wednesday.