Attacks on Police in Russia’s Astrakhan Wrongly Attributed to Daesh
Daesh was wrongly reported on Thursday as claiming attacks on Russian police and security forces in Astrakhan, after a mix-up involving an Islamist news agency.
Daesh was wrongly reported on Thursday as claiming attacks on Russian police and security forces in Astrakhan, after a mix-up involving an Islamist news agency.
An accession process to the European Space Agency (ESA) is complex, and has not yet been launched for Ukraine, Director-General Jan Woerner told Sputnik.
The US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) flew more than 70,000 sorties since 9/11 terror attacks on the United States to intercept aircraft that entered restricted capital airspace, NORTHCOM Commander Gen. Lori Robinson said in testimony to the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
According to a survey conducted by TNS Global for Sputnik, many Europeans associate the growing popularity of the right-wing parties with the indifference of the authorities.
If Washington decides to launch a military operation in Syria, Turkey will support the move, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saoid Thursday.
Daesh has considered building a network to penetrate the US southwest border by exploiting existing drug, human trafficking routes through Central America and Mexico, US Southern Command chief Admiral Kurt Tidd stated in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
On Thursday Senate Democrats successfully filibustered President Donald Trump's US Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. However, their effort was doomed from the very beginning RIA Novosti political analyst Vladimir Ardayev noted in his latest op-ed.
France’s Embassy to Russia has assured that Russian citizens, including journalists and businessmen, will not encounter any problems receiving French visas so that they may participate in the upcoming International Paris Air Show 2017 in Le Bourget, show’s chairman Emeric d'Arcimoles told Sputnik Thursday.
Eight people have been detained in connection with St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack.
US President Donald Trump has told some members of Congress he is considering launching some as yet unspecified US action in Syria following the chemical warfare attack on Khan Shaykhun in Syria on Monday, CNN reported on Thursday.
Turkey will carry out seismic studies for oil and gas drilling activities in the Black and Mediterranean seas, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak said on Thursday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized the suspected chemical attack in Syria as "barbaric" and claimed there were clues pointing to President Bashar Assad’s government as the culprit.
An Austrian schoolboy helped avert a blood bath at a German school after a stranger confided to him in an online chat he was plotting to take revenge on fellow students in Lower Saxony, police said Thursday.
The US Senate approved in a 52-48 vote on Thursday a change of an existing rule that will enable moving forward the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch as the ninth Justice on the Supreme Court.
“These heinous acts by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated.” Thus spoke the President of the United States.
Once upon a time, two black holes collided, releasing energy which undulates across the universe. Little is known about these reverberations - dubbed "gravitational waves" - including how they were formed in the first place. However, a University of Birmingham astrophysicist told Sputnik science may now have the beginnings of an answer.
President Donald Trump has extended a declaration of national emergency by former President Barack Obama on the continuing Somali threat to US national security and foreign policy, the White House said in a press release on Thursday.
Iraqi special counterterrorism forces have completely recaptured the Yarmuk district of western part of Mosul city from Daesh, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah, chief of the Joint Operations Command operations, said Thursday.
The Russians are engaging in some disquieting behavior in Central America in one instance providing battle tanks to Nicaragua, US Southern Command chief Admiral Kurt Tidd stated in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
Pro-Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage has used his latest speech in the European Parliament to accuse other MEPs of acting like "the mafia" towards the UK ahead of Brexit negotiations. The president of the European Parliament - an Italian national himself - was so incensed that he rebuked Mr. Farage, who has refused to apologize.
A group of experts from The Seasteading Institute based in California are planning to erect the first floating city off the French Polynesian coast.
As the rehearsals for Russia’s Victory Day Parade at the Alabino training ground near Moscow comes full throttle, the newest modification of a Russian tank caught the attention of some.
The ability of the United States to provide actionable warning about North Korea's weapons testing continues to decline, US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) commander Gen. Lori Robinson said in a written testimony on Thursday.
The attack in Syrian Idlib province claimed the lives of at least 27 children, while over 500 people, including many minors, were injured, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Thursday.
Ahead of the latest round of talks, April 7, on the Greek third bailout program, evidence has emerged of a split within the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over whether Greece is meeting the terms of the bailout agreement, with splits within the EU over the issue growing.