Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said that he seeks to bring together South Korea's society that is divided against the background of the ongoing political crisis, hinting at his possible presidential run.
Source close to European Parliament member Mariya Gabriel, who prepared a special report on visa-free regime to Georgia, said that a date of the final approval of the visa-free access to the European Union for Georgia has not been set yet.
Moscow said the current political situation in Venezuela should remain in line with the country's constitution.
French Left party candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon has collected more than 500 signatures he needed to take part in the presidential election, media reported on Thursday.
In the event that Ankara closes Incirlik Airbase to the US-led coalition, Washington will certainly have tough times trying to find a suitable alternative, retired Turkish Brigadier General Ali Er told Sputnik Turkey.
The claims that Russia tried to 'recruit' US President-elect Donald Trump are complete 'nonsense', Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during her weekly press briefing.
North Korea, arguably the most isolated country in the world, has expressed a surprising interest in the trademark angular minimalism of Scandinavian design.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday offered a trillion-yen ($8.59-billion) aid to the Philippines to develop the country's infrastructure, local media reported Thursday.
Moscow is optimistic in its expectations of the new US administration under President Donald Trump and proposes the expedient resumption of the work of the Russia-US presidential commission, according to spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
A French court ordered to release Ramush Haradinaj, a former Kosovo guerrilla commander and prime minister, arrested last week at the request of Serbia.
US President Obama's decision to cancel any obstacles to delivery of MANPADS to Syria is 'insane', Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during her weekly press briefing.
Moscow views the bolstering of the US military presence in Europe near the Russian borders as a provocation.
Human rights group Amnesty has called on the EU and other European leaders to show strong leadership in the face of thousands of migrants who are trapped in freezing conditions on Greek islands because of disagreements over a common approach to the migrant crisis.
On Wednesday, President-elect Trump epically trolled BuzzFeed, calling it a "failing pile of garbage" over a fake report on his alleged sexual misadventures in Russia. Flustered by Trump's remarks, which blew up on social media, BuzzFeed made a sad attempt to turn things around, selling merchandise emblazoned with the epic phrase on their site.
The US-led coalition air forces launched nine strikes in Syria and eight strikes in Iraq, including five in Mosul against the Daesh targets, according to Operation Inherent Resolve.
The Russian communications minister pointed out a positive fact in the torrent of US allegations against some Russian hackers.
Whether it's logging into your smartphone, tablet, laptop or opening a door, fingerprint recognition technology is everywhere – but its proliferation could be problematic if caught by a camera.
Moscow hopes that all organizers and accomplices of the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov will be brought to account.
A team of high-level Indian defense officials will go to France next week for talks on Rafale fighter jets production and payment details, Indian media reported Thursday.
UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s controversial speech on immigrant workers she delivered at the Tory convention has been viewed by police as a hate incident, local media reported Thursday.
Mustafa Sentop, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said that if the parliament fails to adopt the constitutional amendments, it will be necessary for Turkey to hold early election in spring or in autumn.
Potential amendments to Turkey's constitution proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are a framework for introduction of dictatorship in the country, Ali Seker, lawmaker from the Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) told Sputnik on Thursday.
US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told him in a phone conversation that the recently circulated documents compromising him contained false information.
A series of lawsuits brought by the US authorities against German firms are evidence of a trade war between the US and EU, financial expert Ernst Wolff told Sputnik Deutschland.
Russian venture investor and tech expert Alexei Gubarev mentioned in the report on alleged ties between US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian hackers, denied allegations of ties with Russian intelligence.