Russian Foreign Ministry Condemns Terrorist Attack in Mali
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on tourists in Mali.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on tourists in Mali.
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Amid US President Donald Trump's incessant calls on EU and NATO member states to step up their defense expenditures, Norway is seriously considering joining the EU Defense Fund for the joint development and procurement of arms, despite its neighbor Sweden's skepticism of the idea being a "feedbox" for EU heavyweights.
The US-led coalition carried out 22 strikes against Daesh terrorists (outlawed in numerous countries) in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, including 12 near the terror group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.
China's Zhongxing-9A communications satellite has failed to reach its orbit after a malfunction of its Long March carrier rocket, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), which was responsible for launching the satellite, said in a statement on Monday.
Saudi authorities are planning to increase the country's gas output capacities by 50 percent in the next three years, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid Falih said Monday, adding that this should result in decrease of liquid fuel use.
A European Union police chief who heads an EU rule-of-law mission in Kiev has dismissed fears visa-free travel could prompt a deluge of Ukrainian criminals into Europe – after all, he said, the country's abundant criminal elements found ways to get in long ago.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel favors consolidate approach of the 27 EU countries to the Brexit negotiations is important for Germany.
The US is planning to introduce new anti-Russian sanctions in the energy sector, which will hamper gas and oil supplies from Russia to Europe. German expert on energy issues Matthias Dornfeldt told Sputnik that the EU could use the current situation as a chance to normalize economic and political relations with Moscow.
French President Emmanuel Macron's Republic on the Move (La Republique En Marche, REM) party succeeded in obtaining a majority in the country's parliament after the second round of the parliamentary election, providing the French leader with the necessary support within the legislature.
According to a Russian upper house committee chairman, Russia's suspension of the use of a deconfliction channel over Syrian airspace with the US will not lead to a direct confrontation.
The new super weapon of the 21st century will not be an atomic or thermonuclear bomb, but self-learning artificial intelligence systems, which are already being developed by the world's leading powers, according to French futurist Jean-Christophe Bonn.
Syrian government troops have regained control over the historical complex of the ancient city of Sergiopolis, known as Resafa in Arabic, which is located just southwest of the city of Raqqa, an informed source on-the-spot told Sputnik on Monday.
US astronomers have calculated different scenarios regarding the existence of alien civilizations and have come to the conclusion that they are likely extremely rare, but capable of establishing contact with human beings on Earth, an article published on the electronic portal arXiv.org says.
An incident that took place in London's Finsbury Park on June 19 has come under fire from social media users who have questioned why the UK mainstream media took so long to call the incident an act of terror.
Budgetary restrictions prevent Brazil from concluding a deal on the Pantsir-S1 air defense systems purchased from Russia, Brazilian Ambassador to Russia Antonio Luis Espinola Salgado told Sputnik Monday.
Europe’s long-standing dream of having its own integrated military force is gradually taking shape.
NATO does not plan to increase troop numbers in Baltics and Poland, NATO Secretary General said at the inauguration of one of the battle groups in Latvia on Monday.
The Kronstadt diesel-electric submarine, scheduled to be floated out in 2018, will be the first in the Russian Navy to feature the world’s most advanced anaerobic propulsion system, Izvestia reported.
The attack in London’s Finsbury Park is of terrorist nature, UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday, condemning it.
A US woman who sent text messages to her boyfriend, encouraging him to go ahead with a planned suicide attempt, has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Conrad Roy killed himself by attaching a gas pump to his car and breathing in lethal carbon monoxide fumes after Michelle Carter's texts pushed him over the edge.
Ukraine's plan of a "peaceful reintegration" of Donbass, recently announced by Kiev, should be considered for the purpose of its compliance with the Minsk peace agreements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
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Russia has won the tender for supplies of Ka-52K helicopters to Egypt for Mistral helicopter carriers, the head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said Monday.