Several White House sources have come forward to claim that US President Donald Trump’s late-May speech before NATO allies was written to include a line explicitly endorsing the alliance’s collective security provision, Article 5. But that line was conspicuously absent from the speech actually delivered.
The Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information confirmed on Monday that the office of the Qatari Al Jazeera broadcaster in Saudi Arabia was closed and the TV channel lost its broadcasting license.
The FBI has reported 1,942,677 background checks for May 2017, in a year poised to show the highest or second highest sales of weapons if the trend continues.
The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) hopes to get the second seat in the parliament at the upcoming June 8 general election in Britain.
Lockheed Martin’s overseas production facility has dropped the curtain on its first $100-million F-35A Joint Strike Fighter.
Having discussed with Vladimir Putin cooperation between Republika Srpska and Russia at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), region's leader Milorad Dodik said he woul like the Russian president to visit the autonomous republic.
Seeking to get an estimate on lead time and cost to purchase 10,000 new assault rifles that shoot bigger bullets, the US Army on May 31 put out a bid for a powerful 7.62mm automatic weapon.
President Donald Trump's criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan had nothing to do with the city official's religion, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said at a briefing on Monday.
The leaders of Russia and Turkey held talks on Monday to completely restore bilateral trade and economic ties, including the work on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project.
The Pentagon announced on Monday that the US State Department had approved a possible new arms deal with Saudi Arabia, despite concerns voiced by rights groups that Washington is fueling serious human rights violations that are happening at the hands of the Saudi military in Yemen.
Moscow is set to revise cooperation programs with Montenegro, as the Balkan country has joined NATO, posing threat to the Russian national security, Russian upper house Defense and Security Committee Chairman Viktor Ozerov told Sputnik on Monday.
One hundred and thirty Turkish citizens, including exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen and two pro-Kurdish parliamentarians who fled the country, have been given 90 days to return to the country and face prosecution, or else suffer a revocation of their citizenship.
As China continues to assert its presence in the South China Sea, Japan and Australia reiterated their calls for the US to stick with its longstanding policy of conducting freedom-of-navigation operations in the region.
A prominent US think tank is claiming that in 1967, Israel hastily made plans to set off an atomic bomb if it appeared they would not emerge victorious from the Six Day War.
On Monday, over half-a-dozen Arab and Muslim states led by Saudi Arabia cut off relations with Qatar, ostensibly over the latter's support for terrorism and interference in other countries' internal affairs. Speaking to Sputnik, George Washington University professor Atef Abdel Jawad commented on the US position in this diplomatic crisis.
The gunman in Orlando, Florida shooting was identified as John Robert Neumann Jr., 45-year-old US Army veteran, according to official statement.
Indian defense scientists successfully test-fired homegrown quick reaction surface-to-air missile from the defense base located in the eastern coastal state of Odisha on Sunday afternoon. The missile has been developed by the Defence Research & Development Organisation and manufactured by Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).
As North Korea reacts to sanctions and other threats from the US and the UN by increasing its nuclear weapons program, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in an attempt to deflect responsibility, has again called on China to “step up” efforts to put a stop to Pyongyang’s militarization.
ITMO University in Saint Petersburg and the University of Arizona plan to launch a joint arts and science program, according to ITMO Vice Rector for International Relations Daria Kozlova.
Shahrar Ali, the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) spokesman stated that the general election in the United Kingdom might result in a parliament without majority.
June 5 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab nations, which ended with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. Palestinian Ambassador to Uruguay Walim Abdel Rahim believes that so long as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains unresolved, there can be no lasting peace in the Middle East.
Oleg Morozov, a member of Russia's Federation Council international affairs committee, said that while Macedonia and the Balkans in general are very important to Russia, on the whole, it is difficult to imagine that Russia would start meddling in all Macedonian affairs, risking its reputation.
The Cygnus cargo ship has just left the International Space Station to embark on the next leg of its mission – the biggest fire experiment ever carried out in space.
Benedek Javor, the vice-chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, stated that the decision of the United States to step back from the Paris Agreement results in serious damages.