US President Donald Trump stated on Thursday he had officially "put Iran on notice" after the missile launch carried out by Tehran over the weekend, adding that Iran should be grateful for the nuclear deal.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut federal funding of the University of California, Berkeley amid violent student demonstration against a planned lecture of Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor of the right-wing Breitbart News Network.
Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that the Russia's decision to establish a border zone with Belarus was made without consultations with Minsk.
Tel Aviv is alarmed about the news of Iran's latest missile test, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Harry Koren said Thursday.
Donald Trump has fulfilled one of his campaign pledges in the first days of his presidency, signing an executive order which has seen Washington withdraw from the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Analysts told Sputnik that this move is likely to have an adverse effect on America's image and strategic interests in Asia.
US President Donald Trump congratulated on Thursday Rex Tillerson who was sworn in as the new US secretary of state.
NATO will not force Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the alliance as it is up to its "sovereign government" to decide on membership, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
In the first of this brand new documentary series, Breaking The Code, Matthew Ayton investigates the controversial history of the US air base in Okinawa, Japan.
WikiLeaks reminded on Twitter that its public archives contain thousands of documents related to French presidential candidates Francois Fillon, Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron.
The 2008 financial crash, brought about largely by the greed and recklessness of very wealthy bankers, ought have been a great opportunity for the political left. But instead, as popular opposition to elite-friendly globalization grew, it was the right, and the far-right in particular, which gained ground in countries across the Western hemisphere.
A referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO would mean Kiev's ultimate renunciation of Donbass as the region is against joining the alliance, self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) leader Alexander Zakharchenko said Thursday.
Russia’s famed small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern will increase its staff by creating 1,700 new jobs in 2017 amid a surge in export orders. In an interview with Sputnik, military expert Igor Korotchenko was optimistic about Kalashnikov’s chances on the Western markets.
The situation in Libya is unstable and unsafe, with the country lacking appropriate asylum system, thus duplicating the deal on migrants that the European Union reached earlier with Turkey would be wrong in the Libyan case, spokesman for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) William Spindler told Sputnik on Thursday.
The Fukushima nuclear power plant's (NPP) operator detected Thursday an extremely high radiation level inside the second reactor amounting to 530 sievert per hour, while the dose of 2.4 millisievert per year is considered normal, Kyodo news agency reported.
European Union member states will not discuss the situation surrounding anti-Russia sanctions during an informal summit in Malta on Friday, an EU official said.
Syrian Industry Minister Ahmed al Hamu said in an interview with Sputnik, that currently the Syrian administration is working to establish trade links with Russia.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday lashed out at the actions of Greek Defense Minister Pannos Kammenos, who had flown over the disputed islets of Imia in the Aegean Sea, media reported.
NATO has not postponed a single meeting on a missile defense system in Europe, including with Ukraine, a source in NATO’s headquarters in Brussels told Sputnik on Thursday.
In a recent annual threat assessment, Islamist extremists have been found to be the greatest danger to Norwegian security. Instead, the Norwegian authorities chose to focus on the speculative "Russian threat," very much in unison with its Nordic peers.
Policymakers in Moscow and Washington will come up with a joint plan to assist Ukraine and resolve the civil war plaguing the country, Polish political analyst and former MP Andrzej Zapalowski told Sputnik Poland, warning that Ukrainian nationalists will make every effort to undermine this initiative.
The UK government will reportedly study independent law advisers' proposal on toughening punishment for spies and civil servants for leaking national security secrets.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak did not rule out Thursday that the reduction of Russia's oil production could take place at a faster pace.
Iran has carried out its first successful test of a cruise missile of Sumar type, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, Die Welt newspaper media reported on Thursday citing a source in German intelligence services.
The UK government will not grant the Scottish authorities the power to hold another independence referendum as Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon must respect the results of the previous independence vote and United Kingdom’s choice for Brexit, UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said.
The European Parliament voted on Thursday to approve visa waivers for citizens of Georgia.