The number of UK citizens applying for Irish passports increased by two-thirds (68 percent) in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period last year, the recent statistics from the Republic's Department of Foreign Affairs showed Saturday.
Watch the arrival of the Holy Fire from Jerusalem to Moscow as Christians are preparing to celebrate Easter.
A 17-year-old Russian citizen who was arrested in Norway on suspicion of illicit handling of explosives, is now being probed over links to the organizers of the last week's deadly truck ramming in Sweden.
A roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand killed 11 civilians, local authorities said Saturday.
A national day of protest is now in progress across the US, as in over 100 cities marchers are calling on US President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.
The Turkish Prosecutor's Office has launched a probe into 17 individuals, including several prominent US officials and academics, suspected of having links to dissident Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of organizing a coup attempt in 2016, local media reported Saturday.
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The battle over the potential third place in the first round of French presidential election between far-left Jean-Luc Melenchon and center-right Francois Fillon has recently overshadowed the contest between the front runners, centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen, as Melenchon's popularity has unexpectedly surged in the polls.
The Russian-made Pantsir short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system is "the most efficient means" of countering the US-built Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, one of the leading Russian experts engaged in developing electronic warfare measures told the newspaper Izvestiya.
A blast was heard near a bus convoy evacuating residents of the besieged Shiite towns of Fua and Kefraya to Aleppo, local TV reported. Over 20 civilians are reportedly dead.
Chinese engineers from the Beijing Research Institute of Machinery are set to test a prototype combined-cycle hypersonic aircraft engine and first-stage carrier rockets later this year, Aviation Week reported.
Four senior commanders of Daesh were killed as a result of the US use of the big bomb known as the "Mother of All Bombs," media reported on Saturday.
On April 16, Turkey will hold a referendum on amendments to the constitution, which, if approved, would expand the presidential powers. If Turkish Erdogan establishes the new system, democracy in the country will shrink even further, sociologist Dr. Asli Vatansever from the Leibniz Center for Modern Orient in Berlin told Sputnik Germany.
On Thursday, the Syrian General Staff claimed that the United States-led coalition bombed a Daesh warehouse presumably containing toxic materials, as a result killing and poisoning hundreds of people, including civilians.
A blast occurred in the Syria's northern province of Latakia, local media reported Saturday.
Seven former Soviet republics will continue building up their joint air defense capability, the deputy head of Russia’s Air Space Command said.
The Pentagon dropped the largest conventional bomb ever used in combat, targeting Daesh tunnels in Afghanistan, in what is a show of force intended to send a message to Moscow, Damascus and Pyongyang, political analyst and former CIA officer Jack Rice told Radio Sputnik.
Qatar wants to develop cooperation with Russia on coordinating countries’ positions on stabilizing oil prices, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said on Saturday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has received information on terrorist threats in Germany and Europe from the British intelligence. Meetings between Merkel and the Britons occurred at least twice and caused anger in Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), German Focus magazine reported.
It is necessary to create all conditions for finalizing the process of separating Syrian opposition groups from terrorist organization, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said on Saturday.
Qatar hopes to reach mutual understanding with Russia by making the countries' positions on international issues closer, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said on Saturday at the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that took place in Moscow.
On Thursday, the Pentagon used the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal against a large group of Daesh terrorists in Afghanistan.
Russia is interested in discussing with Qatar evaluations of efforts aimed at settling the Syrian conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday at the meeting with his Qatar's counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani that took place in Moscow.
Two people were killed and one more injured as a result of shooting in the shopping center in Arizona’s city of Tucson, local media reported.