Visits to Crimea by foreign delegations will help "dispel terrible stories" that have been written about life in the peninsula, Crimea's Deputy Prime Minister Georgy Muradov told Sputnik on Thursday.
Almost 80 percent of Russians are convinced that the reunification of Crimea with Russia was beneficial for their country, a new survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (WCIOM) showed.
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the armed Syrian opposition did not take part in the Syrian peace talks in Astana and was not going to arrive on Thursday, a ministry representative told Sputnik.
Moscow’s State ensemble of dance Russian Seasons will perform in Washington on Thursday for the Russian mission in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, the company’s Artistic Director and Choreographer Nikolai Androsov told Sputnik.
The White House will release its budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018 on Thursday, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters.
US government officials have no qualms about intervening in the internal affairs of other nations to try and secure the election of candidates which it ideologically supports, but the results often backfire and prove unpredictable to Washington, analysts told Sputnik.
US Senator Ron Wyden has called on the government to reveal a number of Americans that are being surveilled by the country's security services.
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) accused Israel on Wednesday of applying "apartheid regime" policies regarding the Palestinians.
Several US officers were injured as a result of a prison riot in northern California on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump will not publicly release more tax documents after a reporter published the president's 2005 returns and revealed a portion of them on MSNBC, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said.
Russia has helped deliver UN aid to various parts of Syria, including the provinces of Damascus and Deir ez-Zor, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation informed on Thursday.
Iraqi President Fuad Masum has called for a joint investigation of the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into reports of chemical weapon use in Iraq by Daesh, banned in Russia.
The US government is willing to support nearly any type of ideology or political faction to foment destabilizing revolutions in foreign countries regardless if they are right or left-leaning, former US Army official Todd Pierce told Sputnik.
The launch of the OA-7 Cygnus cargo spacecraft carrying new supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on March 24, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced.
Esteban Santiago, a US military veteran accused of killing five people at an airport in the state of Florida, is mentally ill but understands enough to stand trial, District Judge Beth Bloom ruled.
The US Department of Justice announced the indictment of two Russian FSB officers and two alleged criminal hackers over the 2014 theft of information of some 500 million Yahoo users.
The talks on the Syrian reconciliation that were held in the Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana ended on Wednesday with the Syrian opposition refusing to take part in the negotiations.
With 75 percent of the votes counted in the Dutch parliamentary elections, the center-right ruling Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is in the lead with over 20 percent.
The Venezuelan government prolonged the economic emergency for 60 days since March 13, the presidential order published by the Gaceta Oficial government newspaper said on Wednesday.
Russia sent out its 62nd humanitarian aid convoy to southeastern Ukraine (Donbas) on Thursday with a total cargo load of over 500 tonnes (metric tons), the Russian Emergencies Ministry informs.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have targeted Hamas positions in Gaza in response to an alleged Wednesday attack by Hamas militants, the IDF said in a statement.
US defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin has received a $81 million contract to study future Aegis warship building programs to support Japan, South Korea, Spain, Australia and Norway, the US Department of Defense said in a press release.
Amid the uncertainty of US President Donald Trump's policy, Mexico is looking for tighter cooperation with China.
The US Department of State can confirm that it received a letter from Senators calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to investigate reports that American missions abroad intervene in the domestic affairs of other countries, a department official told Sputnik.
Leader of the far-right Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders says he is willing to enter coalition talks, as results coming in from the national elections show that his party has failed to demonstrate top performance.