Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding a joint press conference after his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Moscow on Friday, April 14.
The energizing world of big-time football is often marred by ugly scenes of violent scuffles between fans, just like this week’s riots in Madrid and Lyon.
The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest were unable to compel Ukraine to comply with the rules of the contest, it is regrettable, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Russia considers the possible regime change in North Korea unacceptable, Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora told Sputnik.
Russia and China do not task themselves with causing social and economic chaos in North Korea with new sanctions mulled by the United States, Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora told Sputnik.
French investigators reportedly requested that the European Parliament waive the parliamentary immunity of Marine Le Pen, French presidential hopeful and leader of the National Front (FN) party, in the probe concerning fraudulent jobs of FN assistants in Strasbourg.
The Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has approved the decision to grant Moldova an observer status, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said Friday.
The Russian ambassador, North Korea could carry out new ballistic missile launches or conduct nuclear tests in commemoration of the 105th anniversary of its founder.
US decision to drop its biggest bomb in Afghanistan will not change the internal political situation, Executive Director of Veterans For Peace non-profit organization Michael T. McPhearson told Sputnik on Friday.
Special communications channels exist between countries and are used by top level politicians and military commanders frequently. Their use becomes absolutely vital when countries are at loggerheads with each other; at a time like now.
The Muslim Association of Sweden (SFM) may lose state support for inviting lecturers whose controversial statements could be interpreted as the promotion of misogyny. For instance, SFM speakers taught that women were not allowed to go out without permission, wear perfume or show skin. The SFM retorted that its own board includes women.
People in western Mosul try and keep away from one of the buildings in the Al-Aqidat district that was used by the Daesh terror group, outlawed in Russia, as a prison.
Russia will further develop long-term cooperation with Kazakhstan on the basis of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Friday the words of Syrian President Bashar Assad that Damascus was not involved in the chemical incident in Idlib a "100 percent lie and propaganda."
Integration within the EAEU has proven its benefit for all member states and allowed them to neutralize global economic risks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
Iran and Russia need to intensify anti-terrorism cooperation to fight growing extremism, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said ahead of a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The province of Idlib will become the main and final battlefield of the six-year-long Syrian conflict, political analyst and expert on Middle East Fehim Tastekin told Sputnik Turkey.
The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced early Friday the start of a military campaign to liberate Raqqa from Daesh (banned in numerous countries) jihadist group.
The fight against drug trafficking from Afghanistan via is among priority directions of work for the Kazakh Interior Ministry, Sultan Kusetov, the head of the ministry's department of fight against drug trade, said.
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Recently, there have been a growing number of suggestions by Chinese diplomatic and military commentators that Beijing is not obliged to defend Pyongyang in the event of a military attack, an article in the South China Morning Post read.
Russia sees no reason to speculate on recent US deployment of its largest non-nuclear bomb on North Korea or allegedly waged Syrian chemical attack.
Uzbek citizen Rakhmat Akilov, who is suspected of having staged the last week truck ramming attack in Stockholm, is a member of the Daesh group (outlawed in numerous countries), Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov confirmed on Friday.