Germany started on Sunday the withdrawal of its forces from the Turkish Incirlik airbase, what was approved by Bundestag in June following Berlin's row with Ankara, German media reported.
The G20 summit was overshadowed by violent protests, as almost 300 protesters were detained and German authorities promised to punish the perpetrators of violence with the full force of the law.
The Uspensky monastery and its cathedral in the town-island of Sviyazhsk located in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, according to official statement.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Kiev seeks the help from the United States and the Normandy Four countries in the process of settlement of Donbass’ conflict.
This week, the US, France and the United Kingdom called for the adoption of a new sanctioning resolution of the UN Security Council on North Korea to answer for its July 4 missile test. Political observer for RIA Novosti Ilya Kharlamov reviewed whether the US is ready for more active, military measures against Pyongyang.
US President Donald Trump said that he discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin forming of an "impenetrable" unit on cybersecurity.
After almost two months in office, French President Emmanuel Macron still provokes public outcry by boxing, playing tennis in a wheelchair and examining a nuclear powered submarine. Sputnik looks into how Twitter users are reacting to the presidency Macron-style.
Afghan security forces killed five key members of Daesh terrorist group (banned in many countries including Russia) in the country's northern province of Jowzjan, local media reported Sunday, citing the statement of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS).
Oil-producing countries are finding a variety of ways to cope with plummeting oil prices, including cuts to social spending and a "sin tax" on cigarettes.
Hedy Fry, the head of Canadian delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), said that Russia and Canada need the discussions moving on the Arctic issues, especially on the environmental issues.
The fourth International Drone Photography Contest, held annually by the Dronestagram community together with National Geographic, once again demonstrates how UAVs have quite literally taken photography to a whole new level.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the US and EU sanctions on Russia will remain in place until the conflict in Eastern Ukraine is settled.
Poland will buy the energy from the United States only under advantageous financial conditions, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Sunday.
The aircraft carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany made almost a 500 km detour over Finland and the Baltic Sea to avoid flying over NATO's Eastern flank, evading Polish and the Baltic nations' air space to make it to its destination. Russian observers pondered the most likely reason for the maneuver.
A delegation of Indian army officers visited one of the Russian Pacific Fleet training ranges.
The US economy is expanding at a slow pace despite the improvements in manufacturing and hiring, as the preparation stage for across-the-board economic reform, planned by the White House, has taken longer than initially expected, impairing consumer and investor sentiment.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed on Sunday his hope that appointment of US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker will speed up the negotiating process and pave the way for full implementation of the Minsk agreements.
The Iraqi Armed Forces completely liberated the country's capital from Daesh terrorists, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated that the key US goal was to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
A representative of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told Sputnik Turkiye on condition of anonymity that the US has supplied them with yet another batch of weapons and armed vehicles in accordance with the list of demands they drew up. Their demands have increased, the source said, as Daesh have strengthened their resistance near Raqqa.
The past few years have seen scientists' and military's ever-increasing efforts among scientists and the military to create sophisticated weapons of the future which will be based on developments that are already in place.
Even as the Ukrainian leadership stubbornly tries to bring the country into NATO’s fold, it appears highly unlikely that Kiev will be able to claim the alliance membership in the foreseeable future.
On average, every fifth (20.1 percent) industrial computer was attacked by a malicious software monthly, according to the head of Critical Infrastructure Protection at Kaspersky Lab, Andrey Suvorov.
The meeting between President Putin and President Trump in Hamburg on Friday showed that the two leaders can work together on a personal level, but resistance from the US Congress makes a larger step forward in bilateral relations more difficult, Dr. James Brown, Associate Professor at Temple University, Japan told Radio Sputnik.
This week, 122 UN member states adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Nuclear club countries, including Russia, are not expected to sign or ratify it. Russian political and military experts believe the new treaty is a populist gimmick, and that nuclear weapons, as dangerous as they are, are a guarantee of strategic stability.