The Syrian Democratic Front, which unites internal opposition forces, treats the reduction of the Russian armed deployment in Syria with caution, as it fears military groups may use it as an opportunity to gain strength and take up arms again, its spokeswoman, Mais Krydee, told Sputnik.
The Chinese authorities plan to continue removing high-emission cars from Beijing’s roads in 2017 as part of the plan to ease pollution, local media reported Saturday.
China has ramped up its seafloor-naming activities this year and applied to give Chinese names to a number of features near Japan's exclusive economic zone, including features that already have Japanese names.
US citizens have been warned against traveling to Gambia, as risk of unrest in the nation increased sharply following refusal of acting President Yahya Jammeh to accept the loss in presidential election.
At least 25 people were injured during a protest in Sri Lanka January 7 over the launch of a special industrial zone intended to attract Chinese investment.
German police and local newspapers are scratching their heads over a Breitbart story about a mob setting a church alight in their town that bears no resemblance to reality.
Health authorities in the central Chinese province of Hanan on Saturday confirmed a new human case of bird flu.
The Chinese military’s combat capability has significantly grown in the past decade. At present, China’s second aircraft carrier is under construction.
Sex as we used to know it could soon be replaced with robots, German Spiegel Online wrote, referring to several experts. According to British researcher Ian Pearson, this reality could already happen by 2050.
United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon said Saturday that Washington remained committed to strong partnership with Afghanistan, as well as peace and stability in the country, during an official visit to Kabul.
The Syrian cabinet on Saturday adopted a package of measures to restore the northern city of Aleppo, recently liberated from militants, local media reported.
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The expected appointment of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as the new United States Secretary of State is not an accomplished fact yet, said Jean-Eric Branaa, a French political scientist and specialist in American politics.
German politicians have expressed their dissatisfaction with the arrival of US tanks in the German port of Bremerhaven, German magazine Focus Online reported.
Residents of eastern Aleppo are rebuilding their homes and starting to produce various goods, which had to be abandoned during the war. This video shows how life has returned to the liberated districts of the Syrian city.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States Saturday on her way to Central America, a trip that will be scrutinized by China. Sputnik spoke with Chinese political experts in an interview about this trip and how it may be related to US-Chinese bilateral relations.
Hundreds of thousands of South Korean citizens took to the streets on Saturday to demand the resignation of impeached President Park Geun-hye, local media reported.
Two suspected terrorists were killed by Saudi Arabian security forces in an operation north of Riyadh on Saturday, the country’s interior ministry said as cited by local media.
The United States intelligence community made unfounded allegations of Russia-sponsored hacker attacks, in favor of the outgoing US presidential administration. As a result, it made a fool of itself, according to Franz Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Russian parliament's upper house.
Andrew Cook, one of the major Conservative Party donors, warned UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday that he would stop funding the party if the country leaves the EU single market after Brexit.
A resident of the Chinese province of Guizhou, Ho Vensun guarded a secret bomb shelter for the past 41 years without knowing that his command had simply forgotten all about him.
The perpetrator of the deadly truck attack on the Christmas market in Berlin may have acquired the gun he used to hijack a vehicle in Switzerland, German media reported.
These women's actions have left no one indifferent. Sputnik has compiled a review of the most popular videos depicting women in various situations: from taking part in protests to defending their rights to embarrassing faux pas in front of running cameras.
You won’t find any Dutch Gouda cheese or Douwe Egberts coffee in Moscow's supermarkets. Since 2014 they've been banned in response to EU's anti-Russian sanctions. For Dutch exporters and Russian consumers it’s a no-win situation.
CIA Director John Brennan’s claims that Russia is intentionally turning Syria into a wasteland are unfounded, said Igor Korotchenko, a military analyst and chief editor of the Russian magazine National Defense.