For the almost 2 billion Muslims on earth, Ramadan is a peaceful celebration of the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. For Daesh, the holiday season should be “celebrated” with total war against the West.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry has given time till the end of May to the two Russian diplomats who were expelled on Friday to leave the Baltic country.
A member of the French right-wing National Front (FN) party in an interview with Sputnik on Friday expressed hope that the anti-Russian sanctions would be lifted, adding that President Emmanuel Macron is capable of making a move to remove the restrictions.
At least 90 people were killed and 110 injured in heavy floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka, according to data from the country's officials.
That moment when you try to bash someone for their driving skills, but end up making a serious fool out of yourself instead.
Russia's Permanent Representative to NATO Alexander Grushko said Friday that given the US demand for boosting NATO any kind of cooperation between the military bloc and Russia will help improve the bilateral relations.
The Russian energy minister is expected to discuss with his EU counterpart a number of issues, including the problem of gas supplies to Ukraine, at the sidelines of the international specialized exhibition EXPO 2017 in Kazakhstan.
A right-wing National Front (FN) party memeber said in an interview with Sputnik on Friday that Germany is developing its economy at the expense of the other sates in the European Union, hindering the recovery of the bloc from the crisis.
As North Korea makes headway in developing a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the US mainland, the Pentagon is preparing to test its missile interceptor – which has a very inconsistent record.
Following attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt, government jets attacked positions in eastern Libya. Egyptian state television reports that six strikes were conducted.
Daesh-linked militants are making a violent push toward their aspiration of creating an Islamic State province in Southeast Asia.
Taiwanese human rights activist Li Ming-che has been arrested in China on charges of subversion, a case that some experts are concerned will blossom into a fully-fledged international incident.
The visit of German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to St. Petersburg has not been confirmed yet, although the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is on the agenda of the German Foreign Ministry, spokesman Martin Schaefer said on Friday.
French National Front (FN) party's proposal to withdraw the country from the eurozone was a major mistake for the presidential campaign, an FN member and a candidate at the upcoming parliamentary elections, Sebastien Cochard, told Sputnik.
The G7 leaders agreed to combat the financing of terrorism, according to the joint declaration adopted on the results of the first day of the G7 summit in Italy.
A group of Republican and Democratic US senators have introduced a bill on Friday aimed at lifting the trade embargo on Cuba, according to a press release issued by Senator Mike Enzi.
US Congress legislation would require the president to impose economic penalties against any nation that supports Hamas in an attempt to isolate Iran.
The new US draft bill seeking a comprehensive report from the State Department on Russia's alleged subversive measures against the United States is nothing but an attempt to irreversibly undermine relations between Washington and Moscow, Russian scholar Nikita Danyuk told Radio Sputnik.
Newly-introduced legislation would make so called white hat hackers eligible for cash rewards for finding and reporting vulnerabilities US Department of Homeland security (DHS) computer systems, Senators Rob Portman and Maggie Hassan said in a press release on Friday.
The day before yesterday Washington sent another batch of weapons to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This is the third batch of weapons sent to Syrian Kurds since Donald Trump made the decision to assist the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
The Philippines military has mobilized helicopters and special forces to drive Daesh militants from the southern city of Marawi. The country officials stated on Thursday that nearly 44 people died in the fighting, including 31 militants and 11 soldiers.
US allies may be concerned that President Donald Trump did not reaffirm during the NATO summit America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of the alliance's treaty, House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel said in a press release on Friday.
US President Donald Trump has chosen Henry Kerner to serve at the Office of Special Counsel, the White House said on Friday.
Russia has supplied its advanced President-S onboard defense systems to three countries and is negotiating further supplies with other customers, a representative of Concern Radio-electronic Technology (KRET), Vladimir Mikheev, told Sputnik.
Russia is deeply concerned over the facts of mass deaths of Iraqi civilians caused by the US-led coalition’s bombing and strikes and shocked by the number of victims, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday in a statement.