In his interview with the German media outlet Berliner Morgenpost Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed that he wanted anti-Russian sanctions lifted "more than anyone." In an interview with Radio Sputnik Russian political analyst Yuri Svetov explained what is behind the Ukrainian leader's sudden "change of heart."
The United Against Racism (UAR) organization has called on the Irish citizens to rally at the US Embassy in Ballsbridge on Thursday to protest against US President Donald Trump's travel ban.
A three-month old polar bear cub from the Berlin Zoo finally was given a name. Earlier, the zoo launched a public contest to choose a name for the bear and received nearly 10,000 options.
The government of Romania has adopted an emergency law which decriminalizes abuse of power and corruption offenses by public officials, leading to mass protests in cities across the country. An expert on Romanian politics has told Sputnik the measures were severely misjudged.
US-led coalition airstrikes have resulted in unintentional deaths of 199 civilians in Iraq and Syria since 2014, Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) said in a monthly report on Thursday.
The US Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General will review the President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration ban.
Reduced gas supplies via Nord Stream and Opal pipelines did not affect the energy security of Germany, German Ministry of Economy spokeswoman Beate Baron told Sputnik on Thursday, adding that gas transit to EU countries remained stable.
The DPR Emergencies Ministry has evacuated about 80 civilians from the Donetsk areas of the city, the ministry told Sputnik on Thursday.
In reply to Pakistan's demand for concrete evidence against Hafiz Saeed, a leader of the Jamat-ud-Dawa terror group, India has said that all the evidence to implicate the mastermind of Mumbai terror attack is already available in Pakistan.
Former USSR President and Nobel Prize Peace winner Mikhail Gorbachev urged other winners to push for the nuclear disarmament and demilitarization.
Israel highly appreciates the peacekeeping role of Russia in the Syrian conflict, as well as its efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians, Israeli Ambassador to Moscow Gary Koren said Thursday.
European Council President Donald Tusk called Thursday on Russia to influence Donbass militia in order to put an end to the fighting with the Kiev forces in eastern Ukraine amid the aggravation of the situation near the town Avdiivka.
A major migrant smuggling center was busted in a police operation in Hungary's capital Budapest, the European Police Office (Europol) said Thursday.
The decision to station the Shandong aircraft carrier, currently under construction in Dalian, in close vicinity of a Chinese nuclear submarine base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea is fully in line with the original purpose of this particular type of ships, military expert Vasily Kashin told Sputnik.
The United Kingdom is investing four million pounds ($5 million) in the construction of a submarine school, which is to be built at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde in Scotland, the Defense Ministry said in a press release Thursday.
Scientists have solved the mystery of what was happening to hundreds of children in Eastern India succumbing to an unknown illness since the last two decades.
Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that a meeting of Russia, Turkey and Iran with participation of the UN envoy for Syria would be held in Astana on February 6.
The West's anti-Russian sanctions have hit Norwegian industries hard, disrupting key economic ties. If Donald Trump were to rescind the sanctions, it would have a positive effect on the Norwegian economy, Norwegian industrialists found.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Russia has to pay opposition figure Alexei Navalny over 63,000 euros ($68,000) as a compensation for violations of the right to liberty, fair trial and freedom of assembly of the European Convention on Human Rights, the ECHR said in a press release.
US President Donald Trump’s recent immigration order suspending entry for citizens of Iraq among seven Muslim-majority countries may jeopardize upcoming deals between Baghdad and General Electric (GE), according to a US State Department memo.
A report by Global Witness, a group campaigning to end environmental and human rights abuses, has found that the Latin American Honduras is one of the deadliest places for people who are trying to defend the environment.
Just after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived in Berlin, fighting between the conflicting parties in Donbass renewed, with dozens of people being killed on both sides. Bundestag MP from the German Die Linke Party Andrej Hunko commented on the issue in an interview with Sputnik Germany.
Canadian scientists deserved a round of applause as they recreated the peculiar appearance of a recently discovered ancient species of sea creature with hairy arms and claws on its legs.
Tehran’s recent cruise missile test was successful and was not in violation of the country's commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan said Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili thanked on Thursday the European Parliament for the approval to introduce a visa-free regime for Georgian nationals traveling to the bloc.