Following the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, the perfect story emerged to paint the president as a heartless maniac, irresponsibly ruining innocent lives. Those who oppose him quickly, and widely, shared the story. The problem is, it was a complete fabrication.
As the Syrian army is conducting a massive offensive against Daesh militants entrenched in Palmyra, the militants rushed to burn down gas processing facilities at a plant located in the vicinity of the ancient city.
On Thursday, authorities reported that Maoist rebels in eastern India are suspected in the deaths of at least eight police officers killed in a landmine blast. According to senior police officer K.B. Singh, another five officers sustained injuries after their vehicle was attacked in the Koraput region late Wednesday.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) has reported four Ukrainian army tanks parked behind a building in Avdiivka in violation of respective withdrawal lines.
A few hundred-thousand dollars may be sufficient to acquire one of Adolf Hitler’s most lethal ‘weapons,’ in the form of a personal telephone used to order millions of killings worldwide.
President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries unlawfully applies to thousands of immigrants lawfully residing in the United States, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stated in a press release on Thursday.
A former employee of the Royal Canadian Mint who smuggled nearly 200,000 Canadian dollars (CAD) worth of gold out of the facility inside his rectum has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, and must pay a fine equal to the worth of the gold he stole.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed a hope that the newly elected president of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, will continue the policy of enforcing EU sanctions against Russia, the Ukrainian leader's press office said in a statement on Thursday.
Germany is willing to cooperate with Turkey in the fight against the so-called Gulen movement in case Germany has issues with the group's activities, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday.
The US raid against al-Qaeda militants in Yemen on Sunday was a successful military operation by any standard, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters on Thursday.
Roughly 40 percent of US voters want to see President Donald Trump impeached after his two weeks in office since January 20 inauguration, a new poll revealed on Thursday.
A group of anonymous German artists called Bohemian Ballet Browser created a satirical video about a virtual reality device, which according to their idea, was created by the Nestle company to help people in need.
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is working with members of the coalition and the US intelligence community on a plan to accelerate the fight against Daesh terrorist group, Department of Defense spokesman Jeff Davis said on Thursday.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Thursday congratulated residents of breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with the recent decision of the European Parliament to approve visa waivers for citizens of Georgia.
A referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO is a "marketing" move of Kiev aimed at making an impression on its western partners, Natalya Nikonorova, the acting foreign minister of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk (DPR) told Sputnik on Friday.
During the recent US Special Ops raid against al-Qaeda in Yemen one Navy SEAL was killed and several injured. Furthermore, "there was a big number of civilian casualties" in what was the first mission sanctioned by President Donald Trump, Dr. Sophia Dingli told Radio Sputnik.
The United States will boost its alliances and form new ones under the guidance of new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters on Thursday.
The German chancellor said that there were some aspects regarding EU-Turkey visa-free regime to be negotiated.
US President Donald Trump declared in response to Iran's recent ballistic missile test that no option including the military is "off the table."
A squadron of five early warning and reconnaissance E-2D Hawkeye planes has joined the Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier Strike Group in the Japanese city of Iwakuni, the US Navy announced in a press release on Thursday.
The United States has not been carrying out strikes on Yemen from the sea, US Department of Defense spokesman Jeff Davis said on Thursday.
The children of Iraqi refugees who fled their homes to escape from Daesh are living a very hard life without proper heating, food or toys. A Sputnik correspondent visited one such refugee camp and spoke with the children about what do they wanted the most.
US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Thursday he is not sure what policy will new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's pursue with respect to sanctions imposed on Russia.
Spanish and Canadian frigates Almirante Juan de Borbon and St. John's, taking part in maritime drills by seven NATO countries and Ukraine, are heading to Romania’s Black Sea port Constanta, a military-diplomatic source told Sputnik on Thursday.
Ukraine's possible accession to NATO may undermine European security its security and increase the conflict potential in the region, Member of the European Parliament Jiri Mastalka told Sputnik on Thursday.