The man who was killed by soldiers while attempting to shoot people at Orly airport in Paris this morning was apparently on a crime watchlist and was known to French security services.
Russia's Yana Dobzhitskaya was elected on Saturday vice-president of the European Sailing Federation (EuroSAF), the Russian Yachting Federation said in a statement.
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas is to visit the White House next month to meet US President Donald Trump.
The latest annual march of Waffen SS veterans that was held in the Latvian capital on Thursday, March 16, may have dire consequences for the country, according to prominent Israeli political analyst Avigdor Eskin.
The Syrian Army has reported that it has shot down an Israeli F-16 that violated Syrian airspace to carry out an attack on Syrian Army positions near Palmyra. According to Russian political scientist Gevorg Mirzayan, Israel has jeopardized an unwritten Russian-Syrian-Israeli code of conduct, and Moscow's future position in the Middle East.
The head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, said that a referendum in LPR on joining Russia would be done "in proper time."
Retired Lt.-Gen. Michael Flynn has come under attack by the US left-leaning mainstream media over receiving money for a speech at RT's 2015 conference. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel asked why Hillary Clinton's numerous paid speeches and alleged charity fraud are not getting the same amount of ink in US press.
Turkey is reported to have stopped the issuance of licenses for the duty-free import of Russian wheat, corn, and other agricultural goods, thus introducing a 130% tariff for wheat in one of Russia's largest export markets. Experts say Russia's ban on Turkish tomatoes, and clumsy diplomacy on Ankara's part, may be the culprits for the hard line.
A wheelchair-bound Iranian managed to defy his ailment and, against all odds, became an accomplished diver.
Italian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said that new party, called Popular Alternative was established.
Afghan president's National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar stated that the talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan were fruitful and constructive but some issues were still unresolved – primarily, due to lack of trust between the countries.
Libyan military aircraft crashed on Saturday in the country's northeastern city of Benghazi, Libyan National Army spokesman Ahmed Mismari told Sputnik.
Yes, Donald Trump had a "GREAT" meeting with Angela Merkel but Berlin still owes vast sums of money for protection.
US President Donald Trump's plan to defeat Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) looks much like that of Barack Obama, according to officials familiar with the matter. It also seems that Trump is unlikely to deliver on his election promise to consider joining forces with Russia in Syria.
Amid the ongoing spat between Turkey and the EU over the ban on rallies for Turkish politicians and Turkey's subsequent threat to reassess its migration agreement with the EU, Russian political analysts commented on the seriousness of the threat and the potential damage it could do to Europe.
Last week, Col. Gen. Oleg Salyukov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Army, paid a 3-day visit to Thailand. Reporting on the visit, the first of its kind in a decade, has been extremely sparse. That has left experts wondering whether Bangkok is considering the purchase of Russian T-90 tanks to replace its canceled order of Ukrainian T-84s.
Russian combat submarines have returned to the Arctic region, where they will increase their presence in the near future, Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov, the head of the combat training department of the Russian Navy, told the Russian newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that it is necessary to create single European rules for using data.
"Big data" could already be used to predict wars, but there is not enough political will to use technology to prevent conflicts, Dr. Andrej Zwitter, founder of the International Network Observatory, told Radio Sputnik.
The World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) informant, Russian runner Andrey Dmitriev said that he left Russia in order to feel safe.
A Turkish Janissary band seeks to pay tribute to members of the Alexandrov Ensemble killed during during a plane crash last December, who were en route to Syria to perform a holiday show for Russian servicemen assisting in the fight against terrorism.
In an interview with Sputnik, Middle East expert Abbas Juma heaped scorn on the US for its unsanctioned air strikes in Syria, which have already claimed the lives of scores of civilians and Syrian Army soldiers.
A swimming school in Moscow offers to teach women to glide through the water like fairytale mermaids.
Russian Foreign Ministry said that French Foreign Minister said on Saturday in a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that France stood for ending the blockade of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault agreed on the cooperation between the representatives of Russia and France within the framework of preparation and holding of the next round of intra-Syrian negotiations that will start in Geneva on March 23, according to official statement.