The Russian-Belarusian gas dispute faded into the background during the leaders' meeting on Monday when a terrorist attack struck the center of St. Petersburg, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday.
The United States has added Hamas commander Abu Anas al-Ghandour to its global terrorists list for operations against Israeli forces in Gaza, the US Department of State said in a statement on Thursday.
It is still too early to predict France making a U-turn on its EU policy and turning its back on Brussels after the presidential elections in May, despite the Euroskepticism expressed by many of the candidates, analysts told Sputnik.
US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement on Thursday he supports te decision of House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes to step down from the investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 US election.
Since the UK voted to secede from the European Union, many UK consumer goods have fallen victim to "shrinkflation" - a product shriveling in size but remaining the same price - as the falling value of sterling has driven up importation costs. Now, a new range of favorites has succumbed to shrinkflation, among them Coco Pops, Doritos and Peperami.
The US Senate Finance Committee on Thursday delayed a vote on Robert Lighthizer, President Donald Trump's nominee for the position US Trade Representative, due to lack of quorum.
Muscovites hold rallies in the city center to pay tribute to the victims of the St. Petersburg terrorist attack.
It has been more than 25 years since the Soviet era, but its ghosts still can be found on territories of the former USSR and in Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone that groundless accusations in the chemical weapons incident in Syria's Idlib are unacceptable before the results of the investigation, the Kremlin's press service said in a statement.
The Singapore Court of Appeal ruled that confidential legal documents posted on the WikiLeaks website retain their status, according to the decision uploaded to the court's website.
A man was hiking the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, US, when a freezing snow storm caught him by surprise and forced him to set up camp for the night. But suddenly in the middle of the night the backpacker woke up to this angry beast…
The autopsy by Turkey of bodies of Syrian Idlib province residents allegedly killed by a chemical attack showed the presence of sarin, the Turkish Ministry of Health said Thursday.
The Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, executed on Thursday three Palestinian men accused of collaboration with Israel, media reported, citing Hamas officials.
A military helicopter was shot down over the city of Mosul, while providing fire support for Iraqi federal police units.
Months before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Israel visit, the Indian government has signed an almost $2 billion contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for supplying advanced medium range surface-to-air missile and missile defense system to the Indian Army.
On Thursday, President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte ordered the country’s military to occupy all Philippine-claimed islands in the South China Sea.
UK authorities should review their plans to carry out major repairs of F-35 fighter jets in Turkey, particularly the repair of engines, and consider alternative options, in case of a potential diplomatic row with Ankara, lawmaker from the Scottish National Party (SNP) George Kerevan said Thursday.
Beijing does not want Seoul and Pyongyang to unite on South Korea's terms which would likely lead to greater American military presence close to China's borders, senior vice president for research and director of the Washington office at the National Bureau of Asian Research Roy Kamphausen told Radio Sputnik.
US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has temporarily stepped down from the probe into President Donald Trump administration's alleged ties with Russia.
On April 6-7, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the United States to meet with US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. On the eve of the meeting between Xi Jinping and Trump, the analytical Pew Research Center conducted a survey on the attitude of the Americans toward China.
The terrorist groups stepped up attacks in the north of Latakia province, located in western Syria, on the border with Turkey, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Thursday at a press conference.
Islamist terror groups such as Daesh, are grooming children to potentially use in terrorist attacks in Europe, the Dutch counterterrorism unit said on Thursday, April 6. The NCTV say that children returning to the Netherlands from Daesh areas could be pose a significant threat.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has congratulated Syrian President Bashar Assad on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the country’s ruling Arab Socialist Ba’ath party, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The NATO-led Resolute Support mission is planning to eliminate Daesh-Khorasan terror group in Afghanistan this year, mission spokesman US Capt. Bill Salvin said in a briefing on Thursday.
According to US Senator Ron Johnson, the US should focus on defeating Daesh in Syria first, before dealing with the regime of Bashar Assad.