A US House of Representatives bill establishing control over the Russian Far East ports envisions a show of force and thus amounts to a declaration of war, the chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament's international committee told Sputnik.
In today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by independent journalist Denis Rogatyuk.
Russia's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO said that UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has no authority for demining activities in Syria, but it can contribute to ensuring that the process goes as quickly as possible.
French right-wing presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen said Friday the National Front (FN) party was not involved is spreading misinformation about her run-off rival, centrist Emmanuel Macron.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) could put two sites proposed by Russia on the organization's World Heritage List in 2017, Russia's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Alexander Kuznetsov told Sputnik in an interview.
Kevin Kohler, also known as The Backyard Scientist, has definitely found an extravagant way to deal with 'a bit of a raccoon problem' he has at home.
Turkish law enforcement officers on Friday detained a total of 12 people on suspicion of links to the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia) in a counterterrorism raids in the southern country's Adana province, local media reported.
Of late, the Nordic countries have been amazingly alert about the Russian "threat" they themselves been concocting. To parry the fictitious Russian "aggression," Denmark is taking command of a NATO fleet in the North Atlantic from its Nordic neighbor Norway.
The recent talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated that Moscow and Ankara are poised and ready to become strategic partners, Turkish experts told Sputnik.
Activists of a non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace unfurled a banner on Friday with the French republican slogan "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" and the word "Resist" on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
According to media reports, at least one civilian was killed and 18 people were injured after the Afghan Border Police shelled the territory of the western Pakistani Balochistan province.
Delegation head at Astana talks and Special Presidential Representative for Syria said that Russia has irrefutable evidence indicating that the events in Khan Sheikhoun were a provocation, and Moscow will continue convincing the West to change the position in this matter.
Russian Helicopters company CEO said that the first export contract of Russia's Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters is expected to be carried out in full by 2020.
Press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said that Kazakhstan considers the outcome of the fourth round of talks on Syria in Astana, held earlier this week, to be a significant step toward peace in the country.
At least two Chinese mountain climbers died and 23 more went missing after a snowstorm at the Qinling Mountains in the central part of the country, local media reported Friday.
A quarter of French citizens is expected to abstain from voting in the second round of presidential election, set for Sunday, a fresh poll by Odoxa showed Friday.
At least 14 people were killed and 28 injured after a truck carrying passengers had crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, local media reported Friday.
Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is projected to win the second round of election with 62 percent of votes, while right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen is expected to receive 38 percent, a poll by Elabe for BFMTV and L'Express showed Friday.
Three Russian oil and gas colleges and US Rice University agreed to train leaders in energy sector in the United States, Russia's Trade Envoy Alexander Stadnik told Sputnik.
China, Japan and South Korea agreed to defend free trade after the commitment was dropped from a declaration of G20 finance ministers.
Enrique Pena Nieto pledged Thursday to protect journalists and end impunity for their murders.
A spending bill for this fiscal year allows the Trump administration to waive the Obama-era ban on trade with Russia’s state arms exporter.
A World War Two bomb has been found in the water not far from a seaside promenade in the southern French city of Nice.
The US Department of Defense announced that Yorktown Systems Group received an award of $22 million to provide predictive modelling and trend analysis of global asymmetric threats.
The price of Brent crude oil slumped to the lows of $46.85 per barrel.