At the end of the day, the United States and EU countries will silently admit that April's chemical weapons incident in Syria was little more than a provocation, Russian expert Lev Klepatsky told Sputnik.
Strict implementation of the memorandum on safe zones in Syria will practically put an end to the six-year-long civil war in the country, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Alexander Fomin said on Firday.
Russia stopped using its Aerospace Forces in de-escalation zones in Syria from midnight May 1 in line with memorandum, chief of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi said Friday.
The US-led coalition air forces launched ten strikes consisting of 14 engagements in Syria and ten strikes consisting of 67 engagements in Iraq against the Daesh targets, according to the Operation Inherent Resolve.
Austrian organizers of the "Immortal Regiment" marches commemorating those who fell in World War II, expanded the area hosting the event this year, so as to take place not only near the Soviet War Memorial in Vienna, but also at the military cemetery in Innsbruck, Sofia Parfenova, the coordinator of the event in Vienna, told Sputnik Friday.
The presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan agreed that the establishment of four safe zones in Syria would reinforce the ceasefire regime.
Seven bounty hunters are in custody after an innocent man was shot dead in Tennessee after a car chase. Jalen Johnson, 24, was an innocent father-of-three who was mistakenly identified as a wanted felon who had jumped bail.
A new report out, May 5, shows that spending on EU lobbying by Google, Facebook, Uber, Facebook and Apple has rocketed by up to 240 percent between 2014 and 2017 and that four out of seven lobbyists currently accredited with the European Parliament have been hired directly from the Parliament to lobby their former colleagues.
Bureau of Labor Statistics said that US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 10 years in April.
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said that English language is losing its importance in Europe amid the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Syrian ceasefire guarantor states Russia, Iran and Turkey have adopted a memorandum on the creation of four safe zones in the war-torn country. Asked for comment, Middle East politics expert Karine Gevorgyan told Sputnik that Russia and its Syrian allies are looking forward to a halt in hostilities, but won't be letting their guard down, either.
A bizarre incident occurred in the Russian town of Usinsk as a wild fox, its head covered in blood and looking like a creature out of a zombie horror movie, tried to force its way into a private apartment.
Barack Obama's endorsement of Emmanuel Macron’s French presidential bid raises a number of poignant questions about double standards in politics and neocolonialism.
It's no news that the Nordics rank amongst the world's biggest nature lovers. The Swedes are taking their love of all living creatures to the next level by announcing plans to open an "insect hotel" for the country's endangered creepy-crawlies.
The German government will not agree to hold a possible Turkish referendum on reintroduction of the death penalty anywhere within its borders, according to German government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
The British intelligence services have identified 350 potential terrorists who have returned to the UK from fighting in Syria. Security analysts warn that this increases so-called "blowback" terror threats - where jihadis use skills they have learned overseas on home soil targets.
The surprise visit of French right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen to the French northeastern city of Reims on Friday was sabotaged by opposition supporters, who in an act of protest forcibly left the candidate confined within a local cathedral for about an hour.
A Turkish court refused to restore access to the website of Wikipedia, blocked by the country's authorities in late April.
The UK government on Friday started consultations of a draft proposal aimed at improvement of the air pollution situation in the country, implying creation of the so-called Clean Air Zones, the UK governmental press service said in a statement.
India’s civil aviation ministry announced a no-fly list for air travelers who misbehave during travel or not follow rules and regulation of airlines. The measure has been necessitated due to increasing misbehavior including by a member of parliament.
Commenting on recent talks between US President Donald Trump and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, political analyst Joe Lauria told Sputnik that Trump's foreign policy statements, including those on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, have become increasingly irrelevant.
The United States should leave port management in the Russian Far East to Moscow and focus on its own affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev said Friday.
US Africa Command said that US service member was killed on May 4 in an operation against al-Shabaab near the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
Colorado prosecutors have dropped a case after the arresting officer admitted he staged body camera footage of a search of the suspect’s vehicle, in order to "recreate" the event for the benefit of the court. While widely touted as a means of ensuring kosher police behavior, the technology evidently comes replete with its own risks.
In what could be an indication of collaboration in jet engine development program, Rolls Royce has decided to assemble its 12V and 16V 4000 M90 engines at Indian government-owned shipbuilding company Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) diesel plant in the eastern state of Jharkhand.