The Cassini probe unexpectedly found no trace of dust between the rings and the atmosphere of Saturn, through which it flew for the first time a week ago, at the end of April this year, NASA reports.
In March, it was revealed US Marines had shared nude photos of female colleagues in a closed Facebook group – later the scandal expanded to include the entire Pentagon. While Department of Defense response was swift and robust, it has been revealed service members had complained about the issue months before the indignity was publicly revealed.
India has delivered the second fast patrol vessel (FPV), christened MCGS Valiant, to the Mauritius Police Force’s National Coast Guard.
Pyongyang would give Washington the upper hand if it refuses to hold talks with US President Donald Trump, political analyst and historian Areg Galstyan told Radio Sputnik. Earlier this week, Trump said that he would meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un under certain circumstances.
The Czech prime minister announced his resignation on Tuesday.
India has categorically rejected Turkey’s offer of mediation to solve the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. India asserted that the Kashmir issue is a bilateral matter and there is no scope for third party mediation.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry's deputy director for Syria policy said that liberating the city of Raqqa from terrorists is important but without the involvement of Kurdish forces.
Tactical voting in the UK general election is in full swing, with every political party hoping to outsmart the other, either in a bid to win or to stop the Conservative Party (Tories) from achieving a landslide victory. The latest development involves a strategic alliance forming between the opposition party and the Green Party.
The United Nations sent a humanitarian convoy on Tuesday to the Syrian town of Duma, six miles northeast of Damascus, UN spokesman in Syria Khaled Masri told Sputnik.
A source told Sputnik that the Syrian government army and allied forces had repelled the Daesh counterattacks in the east of the Homs province.
About 100 militants and their families have been evacuated from the Syrian town of Sabna, located north of the nation's capital, as part of an agreement reached between armed groups and Syrian authorities, the Lebanese media reported Tuesday.
Russia's Gazprom Neft oil company said Tuesday it has won the right to develop two fields in the Far North Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area previously licensed to Gazprom.
Firearms officers in England and Wales have been given new orders and training about how to tackle terrorists driving trucks, in the event of the attacks in Berlin and Nice, but marksmen remain worried about the outcome of two investigations into police shootings.
According to the Estonian prime minister, "Russian military activity" impacts Estonian national security.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope on Tuesday for a new era in Syria and Iraq after talks with Russian and US presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, respectively.
The German chancellor said that she would like to discuss international affairs, including the situation in Ukraine, Libya and bilateral relations with the Russian president.
According tp the St. Petersburg's Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, St. Petersburg is expected to host over half a million tourists arriving by cruise ships.
Turkey will say "goodbye" to the European Union if Brussels does not open its new accession chapters for Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) added another milestone to its list of achievements by successfully showcasing a solar-electric hybrid vehicle. ISRO’s different engineering branches at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram developed the vehicle.
Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's top Brexit negotiator, has subtly trolled UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Twitter, provoking howls of derisive laughter across the social network - however, hardcore Brexiteers have also taken the opportunity to snipe at the Belgian MEP.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said ahead of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that they planned to discuss bilateral ties and the "problematic points" of Ukraine, Syria and other regions.
A bipartisan US Senate bill to impose sanctions on Russia has been put on hold until further investigation, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 2, in Sochi. In an interview with Radio Sputnik, political expert Alexander Kamkin said that despite existing disagreements a binding thread between Moscow and Berlin remains.
The 10-year non-nuclear business orders portfolio handled by Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has topped 1 trillion rubles ($17.5 billion) last year, First Deputy Director General for corporate development and international business Kirill Komarov said.
Pakistan's military authorities have asked their Indian counterparts to provide actionable evidence of charges of the beheading of two Indian soldiers in Poonch sector along the Line of Control as alleged by the Indian Army on Monday.