North Korea's decision to fire ballistic missiles towards Japan on Monday continues to alarm the Asia-Pacific region. Jonathan Bogais, a specialist in foreign affairs, told Sputnik, that North Korea's actions are pushing some Japanese lawmakers to consider pre-emptive action against the pariah state, currently forbidden by Japan's constitution.
Rim Nada, a regional representative of the World Food Program (WFP) revealed to Sputnik that around five million Sudanese are currently suffering from famine, with the figure expected to rise to 5.5 million during the period of drought.
A cute Japanese mascot gave a drumming performance worthy of a heavy metal concert at a local mall.
Nearly 150,000 Russian nationals returned to live in Russia in 2016, according to statistics obtained by the Izvestia newspaper from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the agency charged with monitoring migration trends. About 30,000 of them came from EU countries, marking a rising trend.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Joseph Votel stated that additional forces fo Washington to ensure the effectiveness of the advisory mission.
Russian Foreign Ministry said that latest reports on the start of the deployment of US THAAD missile defense systems in South Korea may fuel a new arms race in the region undermining regional and global stability.
The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to hold two-day strategy session on defeating the Daesh terrorist group, according to media reports.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Irish Taoiseach [prime minister] Enda Kenny are to meet, March 9, to discuss a way through the political breakdown that has paralyzed the Northern Ireland executive for weeks and could end in direct rule from London.
The world's first man in space Yuri Gagarin was born 83 years ago, on March 9, 1934.
WikiLeaks is holding a press conference following the release of the first part of 'Vault 7,' the largest archive of CIA-related classified documents yet.
A report by the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), a cross-partisan British-based think tank, has found that at least 50 percent of UK jihadists are radicalized by extremist material on the internet.
North Korea's most recent test launch of four ballistic missiles was aimed at overcoming the defensive capabilities of the US THAAD missile defense system, which has already been deployed in South Korea, Russian expert Vladimir Khrustalev told Sputnik China.
On Tuesday, the Libyan parliament situated in the country's eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw from a unity government agreement following the attacks on the country's main oil-production area in the east. Parliamentarian Tarik al-Jarushi told Sputnik Arabic which European countries were behind these attacks and why.
The White House marked the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of US contractor Robert Levinson in Iran with a fresh request for information and a $5 million reward, and vowed to bring him back.
The US coalition against the Daesh terror group (outlawed in Russia) is unable to verify claims by the Manbij Military Council (MMC) that Kurdish forces destroyed a Turkish armored vehicle in northwest Syria, an Operation Inherent Resolve spokesperson told Sputnik.
Electronic cigarettes and nicotine vaporizers are not only a health hazard, but may also pose a significant threat to Russia’s national security, according to the country’s former Chief Sanitary Inspector Gennady Onishchenko.
Analysts question the DRDO’s promise in the backdrop of its record in keeping to its avowals.
The US Environmental Protection Agency's administrator "absolved" carbon dioxide from the status of being the primary factor of global warming.
German politicians should look to one of the most successful eras in their nation's history for an example of how to forge better relations with Russia, German historian Achim Engelberg writes.
Amnesty International said the Riyadh-led coalition has used Brazilian-made rockets with prohibited cluster munitions in Yemen's residential areas.
According to media reports, at least 17 militants were killed while five others were injured by the Afghan forces in a series of operations across the country in the past 24 hours.
Moldova's President Igor Dodon said Thursday he opposes recommendations by the Cabinet restricting travel to Russia by Moldovan officials and will continue relation-strengthening trips to Moscow.
Sevim Dagdelen, a lawmaker from German Die Linke party, said that Erdogan’s words and actions ahead of Ankara's referendum may lead to disintegration in Germany's Turkish community and propagate "democracy hostility."
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday approved the State Duma’s [lower house of Russia's parliament] initiative to criminalize the inducement to suicide on the Internet.
New Delhi has serious concerns over several violent altercations between police and protesters in Nepal and calls on all sides to show restraint, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesman, Gopal Baglay, said Thursday.