Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon filed a lawsuit against satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine, which had revealed information during the presidential campaign about the allegedly fictitious jobs of Fillon's wife and children as parliamentary assistants, the newspaper reported Tuesday.
The capital of Chile, Santiago, may be hit by a very powerful earthquake in the near future, seismologists warned.
The very fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have held negotiations after a long hiatus is a positive signal, Russian academic Vadim Trukhachev told Radio Sputnik, adding that Merkel's visit to Sochi may have become a step toward lifting sanctions on Russia.
The US Department of State has approved a $253 million sale of 12 MD 530F helicopters along with associated weapons and ammunition to Kenya, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a release on Tuesday.
US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday walked back statements made yesterday by saying the bill to keep the US government open through September is a total victory for President Donald Trump and not an amenable compromise between Republicans and Democrats.
A shortage of US commercial ships that are needed to move troops and supplies in a global crisis has prompted the US military to consider using foreign vessels in an emergency, Transportation Command head Gen. Darren McDew told Congress on Tuesday.
The Tunisian city of Tataouine is facing civil protests that have been raging for three weeks now. Civilians are demanding the government keeps its promises and allocates more oil revenues to the local budget. However, such an action could jeopardize the country’s security.
The former Soviet president said it was important that Russia and Germany preserved a mutual dialogue.
Amid heightened tension at its western border, the Indian Army has successfully test-fired an extended-range version of the BRAHMOS land-attack cruise missile in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The scheduled delivery of 179 next generation aerial tankers is critical for the air campaign in the Middle East and Afghanistan, as well as other theaters, the Commander of US Transportation Command Gen. Darren McDew told Congress on Tuesday.
Immigrants from Russia and Ukraine participated in a remembrance rally near the European Parliament building in Brussels in commemoration of the victims of the Odessa tragedy of May 2, 2014, which claimed the lives of dozens of people, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Tuesday.
Russia's withdrawal from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is not on the table for the bank's board of governors, EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti said Tuesday.
In a bid to minimize losses of its businesses in the US under the Donald Trump administration, India’s major IT firm Infosys has announced a new hiring plan under which it will provide jobs to 10,000 Americans in the next two years.
Sweden’s government reversed on Tuesday document checks for passengers arriving in the country from Denmark by bus, ship or train, however, the document control on the borders, in general, as retained, Swedish Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson said Tuesday.
Democrats have expressed confidence that they can block Trump’s legislative priorities, as US congressional negotiators agreed on a budget for the current fiscal year. This comes as the Democratic Party managed to secure around $5 billion in new domestic spending.
Berlin and Riyadh reportedly reached an agreement that the Bundeswehr will train the Saudi military in Germany. According to German CDU politician Willy Wimmer, this move can have drastic consequences for the domestic situation in the country.
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has set up a joint venture with an Indian partner to manufacture small arms, including assault rifles, from this year. This is in line with the Indian government’s efforts to persuade foreign arms makers to share technology and make the products under the Make in India program.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called on the international community to avoid the recurrence of crimes like the attack of pro-Kiev nationalists on protesters in Ukraine's city of Odessa on May 2, 2014, which claimed lives of dozens of people.
The UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) has published projections suggesting the UK economy will be highly unbalanced by 2022 – economic activity heavily skewed towards London, and the wider economy dependent on finance. The Tax Justice Network (TJN) has said such a development would be a symptom of the UK's "Finance Curse."
The United States is in favor of all peaceful discussions that can help stabilization and transition efforts in Syria, a State Department official told Sputnik on Tuesday when asked about the possible inclusion of Ahrar ash-Sham in the upcoming Astana talks.
A photographer who specializes in black and white images has captured the spirit of an island off the west coast of Japan, which was once the home of persecuted Christians, but has now been abandoned.
The US intends to deport most of the foreign-born inmates serving sentences in federal prisons.
On Tuesday, May 5, the Danish government published a blacklist of six foreign preachers that it accuses of spreading hate. The list includes two evangelical pastors from America and five Muslims.
The international community will be able to overcome the threat of the use of chemical weapons only by working together, Italian expert Matteo Guidotti told Sputnik. The expert stressed the urgent need of a thorough investigation into the Idlib chemical incident by an international group of reliable professionals.
The money allocated for border security in the funding agreement that the US Congress will vote on later this week includes money to make a down payment on a border wall between the United States and Mexico, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.