Prosecution of the German city of Braunschweig said that number of suspects in the case of Volkswagen cars with emissions cheating software in Germany increased from 21 to 37 people, and now includes the carmaker's former CEO Martin Winterkorn.
Romania and Bulgaria's battles against corruption have come under attack from the European Union, with their efforts being branded "fragmented and largely ineffective."
The Russian Embassy in Washington, DC in partnership with the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist will host its third annual Tatiana Ball on Friday to both celebrate the religious holiday, which is also a Students' Day, and to raise money for charity, Archpriest Victor Potapov told Sputnik.
Commenting on UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon's disrespectful remark about the Russian Northern Fleet carrier group led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier returning from Syria to its base in northern Russia via the English Channel, Russian defense analysts called it "hysterics" driven by "military-political impotence."
The idea of removing US sanctions against Russia is "under consideration", White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway said.
The Syrians voiced plans to set up working groups on constitutional issues and on forming a unified opposition delegation at the upcoming round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva under UN aegis, according to the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Britain will pay a "heavy price" for the trade deal that UK Prime Minister Theresa May will seek to negotiate with the US, during her first meeting with US President Donald Trump, who has made it clear he wants a deal with Britain after it leaves the EU, Sputnik has been told.
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Minister of Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kunke said that Swedish government is introducing new measures to fight racism and hate crimes.
The 45th US president will hold phone talks with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Saturday.
Google claims its reCAPTCHA system is “tough on bots and easy on humans,” but this robot successfully managed to outwit it. Watch the video to find out how he did it!
The US-led coalition air forces conducted 23 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq against the Daesh targets, according to Operation Inherent Resolve.
Finnish penitentiary authorities are alarmed by the rising numbers of supporters of radical Islam among the country's convicts. Whereas the percentage of extremists peak amongst newcomers, there is a growing number of Finnish citizens who have become radicalized "on home turf."
Iran Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi stated that a deal was reached between Moscow and Teharan, to convert Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment plant into a production facility for stable, non-radioactive, isotopes.
Syria's High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riyadh-formed Syrian opposition could no longer represent armed opposition following the Astana peace talks, Syria’s secular opposition leader from the Movement of the Pluralistic Society, Randa Kassis, told Sputnik on Friday.
The German chancellor called on the European Union to avoid disintegration.
Investors welcomed the rebound in profits in the US corporate sector, expecting further gains down the line stemming from the Trump administration's business-friendly policies; however, there are mounting risks to market sustainability as the current economic cycle is nearing its end.
The proportional representation system under the Italicum law partially upheld by the Constitutional Court deprives citizens of the right to directly determine the future government making its fate dependent on talks between old rivals - the Democratic Party and Forza Italia, a member of the Italian Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee said.
White House advisor Kellyanne Conway said that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will discuss areas of joint US-Russian interest including cooperation on counterterrorism.
An Italian police chief celebrated for rescuing over 5,000 Jews from the Holocaust may in fact have been a Nazi collaborator, according to Centro Primo Levi, a New York-based Jewish studies institute.
The United Kingdom continues to adhere to its previous stance on Syria, insisting that peace in the country cannot be established while President Bashar Assad remains in power, a spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office told Sputnik on Friday.
Three quarters of the French want a law, banning lawmakers from hiring the members of their families as collaborators, according to a poll.
On Friday, people around the world observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, a publishing house is preparing to release the late-war diaries of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Historians are asking why the diaries, known in Russia for being 'a fount of anti-Russian propaganda', are being published now.
The Ukrainian navy has carried out border control exercises as part of ongoing drills in the Black Sea, the navy's press service said Friday.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is in the US for talks with President Donald Trump, putting conservatism at the heart of her speech in Philadelphia; meanwhile, people on Twitter are getting creative.
Syrian opposition groups should form a joint delegation to facilitate the upcoming talks in Geneva, the leader of the Movement of the Pluralistic Society said.