Acting Head of Prison in Guatemala Shot Dead
The acting head of Infernito Prison in Guatemala was shot and killed on Saturday, but the perpetrators have not been identified yet, according to media reports.
The acting head of Infernito Prison in Guatemala was shot and killed on Saturday, but the perpetrators have not been identified yet, according to media reports.
Ecuador’s authorities said on Saturday that over 30 people had been killed by powerful floods since the beginning of 2017, media reported.
Responding to an alarming rise in science denial in the West, hundreds of thousands of people in more than 600 cities around the globe are celebrating the use of science as the way to view the physical and natural world when formulating global policy.
World Press Photo is the largest and most prestigious annual award in photojournalism. Sputnik photojournalist Valery Melnikov won the award for a series of photos about the conflict in southern Ukraine.
French police on Saturday released three people close to the man who on Thursday opened fire on police officers in the center of Paris, local media reported.
An Egyptian man accused of terrorism by the US government has had his US citizenship revoked by a federal judge.
Carter Page, US President Donald Trump's former adviser, said Saturday, following media reports of Russia's alleged attempts to use presidential aides to influence the campaign, that none of his interactions with Russian officials contained anything that was not on public record.
Terrorists shelled with mortars the Rukneddein residential area in the Syrian capital of Damascus, leaving two people injured, local media reported on Saturday.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May refused to clarify whether taxes will be increased after the general election takes place in the United Kingdom, local media reported Saturday.
Estonia highly appreciates US contribution to the European security and assures that the US can always rely on Estonia in counterterror fight.
In its recent publication, the German Spiegel Online magazine reported about an email that contained information about the suspected rape of a young girl by Bundeswehr soldiers in Lithuania. The magazine accused Russia of allegedly being behind the misinformation campaign aimed at discrediting German soldiers.
About 780 times NATO fighter jets located in Europe scrambled to identify and observe Russian aircraft in 2016, media reported Saturday, citing Ramstein NATO military airbase spokesman.
Chinese investment in Djibouti can turn the smallest country on the African Horn into a Mecca for tourists, according to Osman Abdi Mohamed, managing director of the National Tourism Board. Sputnik takes a look at the recent developments in Djibouti.
United States Vice President Mike Pence’s remark that "peace comes through strength" means that the conflict between Washington and Pyongyang risks entering the military stage, according to political analyst Vladimir Shapovalov.
One of the leaders of the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group linked to Daesh terror group was killed in clashes with the government forces on the island of Bohol, Philippine Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said Saturday.
A man armed with a knife was detained at a train station in the north of Paris a day ahead of the French presidential election, local media reported.
Thousands of migrants and refugees, who arrived in Germany from Afghanistan, may be former members of the Taliban terror group, outlawed in Russia, German media reported on Saturday.
A Russian hairdresser from the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Daniil Istomin, chops his clients’ hair with an axe.
On today's episode of Fault Lines, Garland and Lee discuss the latest terror attack in Paris and ask how it will impact the upcoming elections in France, plus they debate the Trump administration’s threat to Julian Assange and talk about media consolidation.
The Syrian government is ready to cooperate on the liberation of Raqqa with any country, including those in the West that are willing to defeat terrorism, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Sputnik.
Serbia’s Education Ministry has instructed the teachers of the country’s secondary schools and pre-school institutions to add to their curriculums materials on sexual abuse. Many sociologists see this as an attempt to instill in the younger generation knowledge about LGBT lifestyles, which flies in the face of the traditional family values.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry handed a note of protest to Lithuanian Ambassador to Minsk Andrius Pulokas over the violation of state border by a Lithuanian aircraft, the ministry's press service said in a statement on Saturday.
In an interview with Radio Sputnik, Edoardo Riksi, a member of the regional government of Liguria, Italy, said that Europe should lift anti-Russian sanctions and recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation.
A Russian military official commented on a British tabloid's claim that Russia is allegedly "sending troops and equipment to Russia's border with North Korea."
The United States may prefer to sign a trade agreement with the European Union before reaching the deal with the United Kingdom, media reported on Saturday.