Officials at the US Defense Department are sending F-35Bs, the country’s newest strike fighter, to participate in this year’s joint military drills with South Korea. The annual exercises are taking place as tensions with North Korea continue to rise.
US President Donald Trump has overridden a condition put in place by the Obama administration that Bahrain end state-sponsored human rights abuses in order to receive 19 F-16 fighter jets, Defense News reports.
US investment fund Navigator Principal Investors LLC is seeking to do money transfer business in Cuba, fund principal Kyle Shostak told Sputnik.
The price of oil may drop to $40 per barrel over the next half-a-year due to increasing production of shale oil in the United States, US investor Kyle Shostak told Sputnik.
The magistrate has ordered the suspect to be confined in a psychiatric hospital until his trial resumes.
After the US Congress voted to remove internet privacy protections implemented under then-President Barack Obama, internet users are attempting to give lawmakers a taste of their own medicine.
On Thursday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Washington no longer will pursue an agenda of removing Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, marking a tectonic shift in US foreign policy.
While the sanctions placed against Russia have led to the degradation of international relations and law, joint efforts on the part of both Moscow and the West can be made to improve the situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
The White House has invited members of the intelligence committees at the US Senate and House of Representatives to view documents that may be related to their investigation into the leaked information.
Today’s headlines include: As the official Brexit negotiation period moves into day two, the UK Government unveils what it calls the ‘Great Repeal Bill’.
The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is an opportunity to develop a relationship, however, many issues stand in the way, White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said during a press briefing on Thursday.
Judicial Watch, the US conservative watchdog, has recently released 1,184 pages of State Department records including previously undisclosed Hillary Clinton emails. The emails shed further light on Clinton's mishandling of top secret information, as well as potential conflicts of interest.
The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) backed by Saudi Arabia strongly believes Syrian President Bashar Assad should not play a role in Syria’s future, Monzer Makhous, a member of the opposition group, said Thursday.
The US Senate presented the first public report on Russia's alleged intervention in last year's presidential election. Speaking at Wednesday's press briefing, Republican Senator Richard Burr said that the probe was in the initial stage and it was too early to draw any conclusions.
NATO's actions in Ukraine contradict efforts to resolve the current conflict in the east of the country, Russian envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko said Thursday.
A military spokesman for the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Major-General Sharaf Lakman, told Sputnik Arabic that Yemeni specialists are upgrading Soviet missiles and modernizing whatever is available in the warehouses.
Kurds have suspended their participation in the HNC delegation for the ongoing intra-Syrian talks as the delegation failed to respect Kurdish interests in their vision on political transition, while the talks finally started to address governance and constitution issues, Kurdish representative at the HNC delegation Abdul Hakim Bashar told Sputnik.
March 30, 2017, marks the 150th anniversary since Russia sold Alaska to the United States. Today, local residents hardly speak Russian and do not remember the customs and traditions of their former homeland.
The South Korean court has approved an arrest warrant for former President Park Geun-hye over the corruption probe, Yonhap news agency reported.
Zeynep Gyurjanli, a political observer of the opposition newspaper Sözcü, in an interview with Sputnik Turkey, looked at what’s behind Turkey ending Euphrates Shield Operation in Syria.
Devin Nunes, chairman of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, learned about surveillance of President Donald Trump's team from two White House officials who had access to intelligence reports on the matter, media reported on Thursday.
Although Daesh's days are seemingly numbered, the defeat of the terrorist group won't result in the immediate end of the war. A new terrorist force ready to take Daesh's place is now emerging in Idlib.
Recognize this tune? This birdie is singing an aria performed by the Queen of the Night in Mozart's “The Magic Flute.”
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), organizer for the Eurovision Song Contest, has not considered imposing sanctions on Ukraine over banning Russia's contestant from entering the country, the company’s spokesperson told Sputnik Thursday.