Japanese SDF Helicopter Carrier Leaves Port to Escort US Vessels
The Japanese SDF helicopter carrier has left its base on Monday to escort US supply vessels in the region, local media reported.
The Japanese SDF helicopter carrier has left its base on Monday to escort US supply vessels in the region, local media reported.
The Turkish president said that Turkey and India could use national currencies in bilateral trade instead of US dollars to increase the efficiency of the commercial cooperation.
It is necessary to reform the European Union as many Europeans are disappointed and angry with the current state of the European project, French independent candidate Emmanuel Macron said Monday, adding that otherwise, Frexit might take place.
Mass demonstrations devoted to Labor Day celebrations are held in Moscow, with thousands of trade union representatives, students, senior citizens and representatives of various political parties and movements participating, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday.
Ankara would be better off if it focused on establishing more cordial ties with Moscow and Beijing instead of trying to maintain close relations with the European Union, political analyst Mehmet Ali Guller told Sputnik Turkey.
Sweden's largest Shiite Imam Ali mosque was set on fire, local police reported Monday.
Firefighters and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) have been fighting a wildfire in the evacuation zone near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) in northeastern Japan, where a major nuclear accident occurred in 2011, local media reported Monday.
The Danish government has proposed amending legislation to ban the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to run through the country’s waters, citing security and environmental concerns.
Head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mike Pompeo arrived with an unannounced visit to South Korea to hold talks on the North Korean issue, media reported Monday, citing government sources.
A total of 14 passengers traveling by Russia's Aeroflot airlines from Moscow to Bangkok and injured due to turbulence remain in hospital, Aeroflot Airlines said in a statement on Monday.
One person was killed and seven other injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the city of San Diego in the western US state of California, media reported Monday.
Last week Montenegro became one step closer to becoming a full-fledged member of the North Atlantic Alliance after the country's parliament ratified the NATO membership agreement despite popular discontent. According to analyst Igor Pshenichnikov, one person in particular, former President and Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, is behind this.
Eight hundred new jobs will be available in Serbia’s defense industry this year and two helicopter repair centers will open in the next as the country builds up its military potential, according to Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic, who is taking part in an international security conference now underway in Moscow.
Train service was disrupted in China's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region due to a windstorm, local media reported Monday, citing authorities.
Greek citizens will hold May Day demonstrations and protests on Monday, with a partial stop of public transport operation.
Thousands of people, including trade unions and labor collectives, march on the Moscow's red Square to celebrate International Workers' Day.
Russian Embassy in Thailand provides all necessary assistance to the Russian citizens who were flying by Aeroflot airlines from Moscow to Bangkok and were injured due to turbulence hitting the aircraft, a Consul on duty told Sputnik on Monday.
About 50 Canadian Forces combat engineers were deployed to Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, which is part of Canadian troops' commitment to NATO to promote security and stability in central and eastern Europe, media reported.
The fourth Icebreakers Festival kicked off on the waters of the Neva River in St. Petersburg.
South Korea will not renegotiate the cost of the anti-ballistic missile system Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense Moon Sang-gyun said on Monday.
US police shot dead on Sunday a drunk man at a San Diego apartment building after he opened fire at people in a pool area.
Russia has delivered three tonnes of humanitarian aid to 1,300 Syrians over the past 24 hours, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation informs in its daily bulletin.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has said that the army officer who is suspected of plotting a crime to discredit refugees out of his far-right views, was covered up by his commanders of their "wrong understanding of corporate spirit."
US Congressional negotiators have made an agreement on the budget funding to avoid government shutdown through Septemeber.
An Indian state minister, Gopal Bhargava, has presented wooden paddles to 700 brides at a mass wedding, saying they can use them for self defense if their husbands get drunk or turn abusive.