Russian Government ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About 2017 Growth Outlooks
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the Russian authorities have positive expectations on country's national economy recovery.
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the Russian authorities have positive expectations on country's national economy recovery.
Norway, which has for years opposed NATO's controversial missile defense in Europe, seems to have changed its tune and is seriously considering joining in. In early January, an expert group of researchers from the Norwegian and the US Armed Forces was formed to advise the Norwegian government on how to proceed with this fraught issue.
A man and a woman are charged in Belgium with forgery and helping the 2015 Paris attacks and later blew himself up in Brussels, according to local prosecutors.
The December visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan will positively affect the development of Moscow-Tokyo diplomatic relations, as during this visit, Putin and Japanese leader Shinzo Abe openly discussed issues related to signing of a bilateral peace treaty, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko said Thursday.
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament on Thursday approved visa-free access to the bloc for Georgia.
According to media reports, at least 23 UK hospitals have declared the highest level of alert this week as the facilities are struggling to cope with the overcrowding.
Russian Ministry of Defense has denied the reports made by the US media alleging that Russia has increased its military presence in Syria, according to Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov.
The development of Russia's military organization should take place while paying heed to international military and political conditions, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.
Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said that Russia's 2016 state defense order was completed by 96 percent.
A research team from The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has revealed that the Moon is at least 4.51 billion years old, hundreds of millions of years older than scientists suggested it was and only 30 million years younger that the Earth.
US forces on Thursday admitted having accidentally killed over 30 Afghan civilians and injured 27 more in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Kunduz province last year.
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that US Government is paying salaries to tens of thousands of Afghan soldier that in reality do not serve in the army and do not receive the money.
Vessels carrying cruise missiles will form the basis of Russia’s high-precision weapons carrier group by 2021, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian Aerospace Forces rearmament toward advanced combat aircraft complexes will increase their fire power to destroy cruise missiles by 1.5 times.
The reopening of the Italian embassy in Libya indicates that the North African country is stabilizing and reflects Rome's readiness to cooperate with Tripoli, former Egyptian Ambassador to Libya Hani Hilaf told Sputnik Arabic.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that High-precision weapons could replace nuclear arms as deterrent factors in the future.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in Manila to meet with the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte, media reported on Thursday.
Vast and sparsely populated Sweden, where aircraft can fly over uninhabited areas without causing any hassle, is a perfect proving ground for drones. The town of Västervik on Sweden's eastern coast is therefore preparing to become Europe's largest testing site for drones.
According to reports, European Union's Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics is set to vote on proposing the first ever EU rules governing and classifying the field of robotics.
Immigration has recently become a hot issue in Italy. However, the topic is shrouded in myths and taboos. The use of such descriptions as 'illegal immigrant' is often branded as politically incorrect, if not racist. Hence the three authors have written an analysis of what the local residents should know about the situation but are forbidden to say.
A snowman in Germany forced a train driver to use his emergency brake, causing thousands of euros in damage to the train.
Police were called to Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, in the state of Victoria, on Thursday due to a riot at the facility, a police spokeswoman said.
A secret memo has sparked a war between Trump and the intelligence community.
A total of 22 Daesh jihadist group militants have been killed by airstrikes carried out by the Turkish Air Force in northern Syria as part of the offensive to liberate the city of Al Bab, the Turkish Armed Forces said on Thursday.
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by former CIA analyst and political activist Ray McGovern, and by editorial cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall.