As millions of people across Russia are planning to carry the photographs of their loved ones who perished in WWII during the “Immortal Regiment” march annually held on May 9 since 2012, the first such event will be held this year also in Vietnam, Russian ambassador in Hanoi, Konstantin Vnukov told Sputnik.
Many smartphone apps allow users to transform into animals, swap faces with other people, and much more. Now, such technological distractions look set to become even more dazzling, as Imperial College researchers have created the most advanced technique yet for building digitized 3D facial models – and it has a vast array of other potential uses.
The federal funding bill restores the proper role of the US government by increasing spending on national security and limiting regulatory overreach, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement on Tuesday.
The ideology of Osama bin Laden continues spreading at a viral pace six years after the global terrorist leader’s death, with little prospect of success, according to a report by the private intelligence firm Soufan Group on Tuesday.
Terrorists could use the instability caused by social protests in southern Tunisia as a way to spill in the region through the country's southern borders, Tunisian lawmaker Lutfi Nabli, who is also an assistant to the parliamentary speaker, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Thailand's military is determined to go through with its controversial plan to reintroduce submarines into the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) by purchasing three modified Type 041 subsurface ships from China. Political analyst Yang Mian told Sputnik China that the West has been partially responsible for domestic opposition to the arms deal.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has canceled her trip to the United States amid the ongoing scandal in the army regarding its servicemen's attitude toward refugees, media reported, citing the minister's spokesperson.
An FBI employee with security clearance went to Syria and married a Daesh terrorist who was the target of her investigation, US media reported this week.
Russian Minister of Natural Resources comments on US President Donald Trump's recent executive order.
A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft has arrived in the Icelandic town of Keflavik for training exercises in anti-submarine warfare, US Naval Forces in Europe announced in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the Russian president, the Syrian crisis can be solved only through talks.
Russia does not interfere in the domestic political processes in other countries, but is experiencing such attempts on its own, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
Russia’s Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov is slated to be floated this summer, Defense Ministry spokesman, Capitan First Rank Igor Dygalo, announced.
Police in Brazil are hunting for a gang who launched an outrageously bold and violent cross-border heist but questions are also being asked about why they left behind almost US$40 million in the bank vault in Paraguay.
Hundreds of people gathered on Tuesday in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa to commemorate those who were killed in the deadly fire in the city's Trade Unions House, and clashes between pro-Kiev radicals and anti-government protesters in 2014, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
A FBI employee went to Syria and married a Daesh terrorist whom she was investigating, CNN reported. The man is one of the most notorious militants of the group, a German national Denis Cuspert who was classified by the US intelligence as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
Norwegian self-made billionaire and investor Kjell Inge Roekke is planning to donate a large proportion of his estimated US$2 billion wealth into funding a research ship that will remove plastic from the ocean. However some campaigners are still at wars with Roekke due to his involvement in oil exploration, which they say helped destroy the sea.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recalled the recent US missile strike in Syria as just "after-dinner entertainment" for President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during their meeting at Trump’s Florida estate, Variety magazine wrote.
The US-led coalition carried out 15 airstrikes against the Daesh terror group (banned in Russia) in Iraq and Syria on Monday, including three strikes near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.
Chinese cybersecurity authorities is going to tighten rules for the country's online news service.
Fears of the global warming have been refueled by the recent report from the Arctic Council, which predicted winter temperatures to rise by a solid four degrees over the next 30 years. This warming is predicted to affect animals and humans alike, unleashing viruses upon the Arctic flora and fauna.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint press conference between two rounds of meetings in Sochi on Tuesday, May 2.
Engineers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tested this first-ever 3D printed plastic rocket engine. MIT Engineers Test First-Ever 3D Printed Rocket Engine
Sebastian Gorka who has been serving as an adviser to President Donald Trump on the "Strategic Initiatives Group" is leaving the White House. Gorka has been under pressure for his alleged links to Hungarian far-right groups, and has been bedeviled by allegations of Islamophobia.
US Central Intelligence Agency director Mike Pompeo has visited South Korea for in-depth security discussions with local authorities, US Forces Korea said in a release on Tuesday.