Representatives of several major European companies consider that US sanctions against the Russian energy sector will have negative consequences for European energy security, media reported Wednesday.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' newly announced directive to reinstate asset forfeiture will allow authorities to seize the property of Americans on the mere suspicion that they committed a crime and will create an incentive for corrupt practices, American Civil Liberties Union Legislative Counsel Kanya Bennet said in a blog post on Wednesday.
The Venezuelan opposition party Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) on Wednesday presented its plan of action if it succeeds in securing the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, local media reported.
An offensive of the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) on Afghan security service checkpoints left at least 31 people dead and twelve wounded on both sides in the southern Helmand province, local media reported Wednesday.
The Washington Post has reported that US President Donald Trump is going to end the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) controversial program of arming and training of US-friendly Syrian rebels who oppose the Russian-backed Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. But is it fake news?
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday explained what his answer meant about the "almost" reached agreement with the United States on seized Russian diplomatic property, which the CNN reported as a result of the meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon.
US President Donald Trump's exchange with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a dinner at G20 gathering in Hamburg, Germany was very short and did not last an hour, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a press briefing.
Iraqi Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani has signed a decree setting parliamentary and presidential elections in the region for November 1, local media reported on Wednesday.
Each country of the world must condemn the desecration of monuments for victims of the Holocaust and heroes of World War II, the Israeli Knesset said on Wednesday in a statement.
Civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria have skyrocketed following new military missions authorized by US President Donald Trump and his advisors.
Participants of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine have agreed on creating safe zones around important infrastructure objects in Ukraine's conflict torn Donbass region, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine Martin Sajdik said Wednesday.
Turkish security forces have killed a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist organization in Turkey, and detained 11 suspects in a counterterror operation in the country's eastern province of Van, local media reported on Wednesday, citing police sources.
Russia intends to localize the production of blade rows for gas turbines amid the row over the alleged delivery of Siemens-made turbines to Crimea in violation of Western sanctions, Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Vasily Osmakov said.
Sorry folks, but it seems everything you thought you knew about the Tyrannosaurus rex was wrong. Go ahead, blame the creators of the "Jurassic Park" films if you want.
Accused Yahoo hacker Karim Baratov will fight his extradition to the United States if his legal team cannot reach a resolution with US authorities before a hearing scheduled for September, Baratov’s attorney Amedeo DiCarlo said on Wednesday.
The US Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to expand the scope of refugees admitted into the United States in President Donald Trump’s travel ban confirms he was overreaching his authority, US state of Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said in a press release on Wednesday.
Syrian government forces regained control of 15 oil wells, a gas field close to Debsan and pumping stations in the south of the Raqqa province, a Syrian military source told Sputnik Wednesday.
The stockpile of cash held by US companies seeking to dodge one of the industrial world’s highest corporate tax rates grew by $100 billion in 2016 to $1.3 trillion, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday.
The past four days have seen 316 Somali nationals return to their home country from Yemen after a five-month effort by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to evacuate them following boat crash just a few kilometers out of Yemen's port, the IOM said in a statement on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) are leading in the pre-election campaign with 40 percent of Germans ready to vote for them while their main contenders, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), are supported by 22 percent of voters, a new poll revealed on Wednesday.
US Attorney General Sessions’ new asset forfeiture directive will hurt drug cartel operations and aid local authorities combating illegal trafficking, the National Sheriffs’ Association President Harold Eavenson said in a press release on Wednesday.
Russian national Mark Vartanyan, who was extradited to the United States from Norway in December, has been sentenced to five years in prison for developing the malicious software Citadel that steals financial information, US media reported on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Versailles in May allowed to restart dialogue between Paris and Moscow, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday.
A woman held by police in Saudi Arabia for wearing a “bold” skirt that showed her knees has been released without charge.
The Venezuelan government has prolonged the economic emergency in the country for 60 days since July 13, the presidential order published by the Gaceta Oficial government newspaper said on Wednesday.