The Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) declared a day of mourning to begin on Sunday over the death of the commander of the LPR People's Militia Office Col. Oleg Anashchenko, the press service of the republic's Ministry of Communications told Sputnik on Saturday.
Commenting on the recent remarks of the US defense secretary, James Mattis, to North Korea, warning of an effective and overwhelming response if Pyongyang chooses ever to use nuclear weapons against America or its allies, political scientist Sean O’Malley suggested that they refer 'by extension' to China as well.
Moscow expressed solidarity with the people of Venezuela and its support for the government. Th Russian side warned against "destructive external interference" in the internal affairs of the Latin American country.
NASA has published a map of the melting Greenland ice cap which currently covers a former top-secret US base stocked with tons of nuclear waste; scientist fear the radioactive toxins may leak into the ocean as early as 2090.
Iran's Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai stated that Iran is interested in continuing its partnership with Russia and in developing it, including in the spheres that require the consent of the UN Security Council.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), said on Saturday he would most likely present his candidature for the Russian presidential election scheduled for 2018.
Questions are being asked of the German Defense Ministry's policy of supplying arms to Kurdish Peshmerga militia after reports the weapons are being sold by hard-up fighters to finance their escape to Europe.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-right National Front (FN) party, published on Saturday a presidential election program, compiling key proposals on immigration, economy, the European Union and other issues into 144 points.
Qatar Airways will allow nationals of the seven countries affected by Trump's executive order to board flights to the United States; these travelers have been banned from entering the US along with all refugees for the next several months, according to an official statement.
In an apparent attempt to ensure that the world's powers do not forget about him or his country, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko once again publicly reaffirmed his intention to steer Ukraine towards NATO membership.
This spring, Serbia is set to hold presidential elections. Sputnik Serbia has talked to one of the candidates, Vojislav Šešelj, the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party. Šešelj said that Serbia needs Russia's protection and should become as close to Moscow as possible, so that Russia protects Belgrade's interests as its own.
The Committee on Defense and Security of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian legislature, will visit Iran next month to discuss weapons sales as well as the peaceful resolution of the war in Syria.
The Presidents of the US and Japan are supposed to meet next week to discuss Trump’s withdrawal from the TPP, rising tensions with North Korea, and both sides’ ever-growing rivalry with China.
US President Donald Trump’s controversial Executive Order to temporarily limit the entrance of select foreign nationals to the US is becoming a larger-than-life scandal of epic proportions.
Fellow NATO members Greece and Turkey appear to be on the brink of clashing over disputed islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, but the reason for the present tension isn't limited to a few rocks.
Swiftly pecking at the lit keys on keyboard piano, this 'patriotic' chicken actually ends up playing America the Beatiful.
In spite of having a number of high-altitude observatories and weather stations across the Himalayan region, there is no accurate system to predict and warn thousands of soldiers deployed in the region to protect them from avalanches.
A terrorist attack in the capital of the Lugansk People's Republic in Donbass on Saturday killed two people including the chief of the LPR People's Militia Office.
US Defense Secretary James Mattis labeled Iran as the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world.
A trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union may be made within the two-year Brexit negotiation period and a good agreement is a priority for both sides, Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis told Sky News on the sidelines of an EU summit in Malta.
New US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson must give priority to restoring warm relations with traditional US allies around the world to maintain the United States’ influence, former European Union adviser Paolo von Schirach told Sputnik.
Israeli opposition leader Isaac (Yitzhak) Herzog, 56, has been admitted to the hospital in Tel Aviv.
China and the United States share extensive mutual interests, and continuous cooperation would be mutually beneficial, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi told US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The Human Rights Board in Nova Scotia, Canada, has ruled that medical marijuana prescribed for chronic pain treatment must be covered by corporate medical insurance plans.
A significant portion of the quarter of a million new jobs created by the US economy in January 2017 were generated by the optimistic spirit in the United States caused by fresh leadership, President Donald Trump said in his weekly address.