The US has sent a new batch of armored vehicles and hardware to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to an SDF source who asked to remain anonymous. In an interview with Sputnik Turkey, the SDF representative shared the details of this new delivery.
Mexico is the predominant source of heroin that is trafficked into the United States, with some of the drug originating in Asia, New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill stated in a press conference on Monday.
The White House cannot confirm at the moment that US President Donald Trump will hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the upcoming G20 summit in Germany, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a briefing on Monday.
According to the White House press secretary, Donald Trump's administration does not exclude from consideration cooperating with Moscow in combating Daesh in Syria.
The planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday has now been rescheduled for Friday due to an approaching snow storm, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a press briefing on Monday.
He is a real hero. Will Smith jumped off the historic Victoria Falls Road Bridge in southern Africa which towers 111 (364 feets) meters above the Zambezi River.
The US military can bring in additional troops to Syria for short periods of time without exceeding the existing formal cap of some 500 servicemen on the ground, US Department of Defense spokesperson Capt. Jeff Davis said in a briefing on Monday.
The accusations against Russia that it carries out subversive activity against the UK are unacceptable, the Russian embassy in London said in a press release, commenting on recent media reports on the appointment of an anti-subversion minister by the UK authorities amid fears of Russia's possible interference in the country's next election.
Individuals who closed their businesses, lost health insurance or were forced to take on second and third jobs due to rising premiums under Obamacare will eventually face lower healthcare costs as reforms enable greater competition, but with a year-or-two delay before they kick in, President Donald Trump said on Monday.
The Turkish ambassador to Russia said that Turkey would continue providing humanitarian assistance to war-torn Syria.
Afghan militia members, fighting in Syria within the ranks of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ (IRG) Fatemiyoun Brigade, will be given Iranian citizenship, Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati, an official at Iran’s Foundation for Martyrs’ and Veterans’ Affairs, said, referring to the ruling of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Recently, Iran unveiled its advanced domestically-manufactured tank named Karrar. The tank has already hit mass production. Military expert Vladimir Bogatyrev underscored the semblance of the newest Iranian tank to Russian tanks.
Technology is now at the root of almost all serious crime, Europe’s police agency Europol said in a report. Radio Sputnik talked to Professor Ernesto Savona, a member of Europol's academic advisory group and the director of the research center TRANSCRIME.
President Donald Trump needs to work with Congress to raise the US debt ceiling to ensure the United States does not default when the current suspension expires on March 16, US Congressmen Richard Neal and John Yarmuth wrote in a letter to Trump on Monday.
The UK cabinet might start the Article 50 divorce with the EU this week, and there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding Britain’s economic prospects in the midst of the actual Brexit process, varying from the regular doom-and-gloom to excessive optimism.
The second referendum on Scottish independence will lead to economic instability and society division, a spokeswoman of the UK prime minister said Monday.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Monday she had no evidence to back comments she made about US President Donald Trump’s accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered his New York headquarters wiretapped during the 2016 election.
Europe seems to be in trouble: it faces many crises - from monetary to migrant. The UK voted to leave the EU and Poland is isolating itself diplomatically. Increasingly European leaders have been calling for a multi-speed Europe.
The number of illegal immigrants crossing to the US from Mexico has dropped by 40% in the first month of President Donald Trump being in office. That is what the US Customs and Border Protection Agency reported on Wednesday.
Approach of some Western countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to the Syrian issue is biased and the consequences of it could be "disastrous," the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
The Syrian economy has lost over $300 billion since the war broke out in 2011, according to the Syrian economist Khayan Salman. He spoke about the colossal damage to the economy in an interview with Sputnik.
The Democratic Union Party (PYD), one of the leading Kurdish political forces in Syria, has indicated that it plans to establish a "democratic autonomous administration" in Manbij, which made headlines last week when Russia and the United States tried to prevent Turkish-led forces and the Syrian Kurds from clashing over the city.
A Kiev court ruled on Monday to extend the custody of Russian serviceman, Warrant Officer Maksim Odintsov, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
Moscow has no information on "contractors" from Russia who were engaged in demining an industrial facility near Libya's Benghazi, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
The leader of Britain's Labour Party, Jeremey Corbyn, has been accused of "destroying" it, as bitter divisions within the left-of-center party grow, with his own MPs in parliament at odds with him and support leeching away at grassroots level.