Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in an interview on Thursday that the United States should place additional sanctions on Russia in the wake of this week’s deadly chemical attack in Syria.
President of the Serbian opposition pro-European Democratic Party (DS) Dragan Sutanovac accused President-elect Aleksandar Vucic of not being able to fully grasp the true meaning of Serbia's integration into the European Union, with Serbia’s democratic development at present being at the lowest level in over a decade, in an interview to Sputnik.
Russia’s Efko Group shipped 16,000 metric tons of sunflower oil to an Indian refiner in January this year. The company expects shipments to grow to 200,000 metric tons in the next few years, hoping to make a serious dent in Ukraine’s 88 percent share of the Indian market.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dismissed calls of the country's opposition to remove Reconstruction Minister Masahiro Imamura in the context of his gaffes about the absence of state support of people, who have voluntarily left the Fukushima prefecture after the disaster at the local nuclear power plant.
Thousands of bars, restaurants, nightclubs and takeaways are being targeted by the UK Home Office who will start immigration checks, under new laws allowing the government permission to tackle illegal working.
Will the gig economy boost or destroy the economies of developing countries? Will governments introduce taxes on corporations that hire workers in the Third World through the internet? And does the gig economy make a farce of the idea of protecting western countries from the effect of economic migrants?
Of late, Swedish social media users have been boiling over a controversial instructional brochure for the newly arrived immigrants. The brochure explains the "rules" of sex using graphic images and also calls on illegal immigrants not to contact the Swedish authorities to avoid the risk of being deported.
The situation over a reported chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib is gaining momentum. Despite the fact that it is still unclear whether the incident was a deliberate air-delivered chemical attack or an airstrike on a chemical weapons warehouse, some countries have already accused Damascus of using chemical weapons.
Sushma Swaraj said that India would become a permanent member of the UN Security Council with full veto powers as the country’s candidature is backed by leading powers like the US, Russia, the UK and France.
Residents have been evacuated from an apartment building in St. Petersburg following a loud clap that local authorities told Sputnik on Thursday did not lead to any casualties.
Campaigners have reacted with anger after the former UK Commissioner to the EU Jonathan Hill was appointed to a global law firm which is a major lobbyist in the corridors of Brussels just months after he stepped down from the Commission in the latest in the "revolving doors" scandal.
Moscow calls for the establishment of an international coalition on the removal of land mines from areas in war-torn Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said.
Brazil is interested in buying a Russian Mi-35 helicopters batch, Deputy Director of Russia's FSMTC Anatoliy Punchuk said on Thursday.
Human Rights Watch has slammed a newly-adopted amendment to Ukraine's anti-corruption laws, alleging the changes in fact target journalists and anti-corruption activists, and could prevent them from doing their jobs.
The ineffectiveness of diplomatic and sanction pressure on North Korea has been laid bare just before a crucial US-China summit on April 6. Presidents Trump and Xi have fundamental disagreements over how to tackle the rogue statement, with Trump's recent threat of unilateral military action likely to cast a shadow over proceedings.
UK taxpayers maybe being ripped off, according to a new report from the Commons International Development Committee, who have warned that organizations competing for big contracts are behaving "appallingly."
The recent reported chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib was aimed against the change of the United States' position on the future of Syrian President Bashar Assad after long-term demands of his stepping down, Syria’s Ambassador to China Imad Moustapha told Sputnik on Thursday.
The accusations against the Syrian government army allegedly using chemical weapons in the incident in the Syrian province of Idlib make no sense since Damascus has been succeeding in fighting terrorism on all fronts, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Thursday.
If Sali Ram Berisha really did that, it could put him in the dock, Macedonian news agency MIA reported. Sali Ram Berisha earlier admitted that he was sending arms to the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which fought Yugoslavian military and police units during the 1990s.
The reported chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib was specifically carried out at the time of the progress made in the Syrian crisis settlement to blame the Damascus authorities, Syria’s Ambassador to China Imad Moustapha told Sputnik on Thursday.
The most recent statements of US President Donald Trump’s administration sound optimistic, however they should be brought into real actions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday.
The Pentagon appears to have played it safe and set up a military base in the Kurdish-controlled area of northern Syria as a safeguard in case Turkey prevents the United States from using Incirlik while the operation aimed at pushing Daesh out of Raqqa advances, Professor Celalettin Yavuz told Sputnik Turkey.
The European Parliament approved the introduction of the visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens for short-term travels to the EU member states, the parliament said in a press release Thursday.
The European Commission imposed Thursday anti-dumping duties on Chinese hot-rolled flat steel, claiming "heavily dumped" prices gave Chinese imports an unfair edge over EU firms.
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon said Thursday he did not believe Russia was a "significant" threat to Europe, during a speech at his campaign headquarters.