Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Moscow expects all repercussions, including for the region, would be taken into account should the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum take place.
Two men have appeared in court in London, accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager in a suspected "honor killing." One man is accused of murder and the second is accused of kidnap.
The leader of the largest opposition political party in Turkey sharply criticized Ankara’s foreign policy, especially regarding the Syrian conflict and the Qatari diplomatic crisis.
Gianmatteo Ferrari, a member of the Italian Lega Nord party, stated that the European Union could benefit from distancing itself from the United States' punitive measures against Russia.
The 1st Russian humanitarian convoy to Syria's East Ghouta will deliver food and medical supplies to local residents, and will also evacuate the sick and the wounded from the deescalation zone for medical treatment in hospitals, according to the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation.
Russia and China have kicked off the active stage of their naval drills in the Baltic Sea. The exercises have attracted the attention of NATO, which marked its 'concern' with the drills and promised to closely monitor them. RIA Novosti contributor Alexander Khrolenko says he may have figured out what it is about the drills that irks the alliance.
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in London is facing fresh investigations over the treatment of Rashan Jermaine Charles, also known as "Rashman," a young black man who died in custody.
The US "is brewing another Russian scandal," this time suspecting Moscow of bankrolling US anti-fracking activists to oppose fracking and halt shale oil production. Russian experts call the allegations absurd, saying that it resembles "persecution mania."
UK army personnel statistics show the number of fully trained soldiers has dropped below a previous "trained strength" target of 82,000 to 78,010 – a shortfall of 3,990 fully trained troops, and the lowest total since the 18th century – and critics say the country's military faces a "potentially very, very dangerous crisis" as a result.
Bahrain's Ambassador to Russia Ahmed Saati said that Iran’s interference into the politics of Bahrain is over, after Bahrain cut the diplomatic relations with Iran and stop direct flights to Iran.
The recent agreement signed by Iraq and Iran on military cooperation should serve as a lesson to the US that regime change doesn't pay, Dr. Foad Izadi, Assistant Professor with the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran, told Radio Sputnik.
If Washington slaps new sanctions on Russia, relations between the US and the EU will hinge on independent decisions by President Donald Trump, a Russian expert told Sputnik.
India has seen a 16 percent rise in terror attacks in 2016 and emerged as the third most terror-affected country in the world after Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a US State Department report. But most of these terror attacks saw very low casualty at 0.4 total deaths per attack.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested seven Kashmiri separatist leaders on charges of terror funding in Kashmir.
On July 16, The Washington Post published a leak from US intelligence officials that it was the United Arab Emirates who "orchestrated the hacking of Qatari websites," which sparked the regional crisis. Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Guller commented on the revelation, debating if the UAE is a new target or a new client of the US.
The Syrian troops are successfully executing an offensive on a key town on a way to the city of Deir ez-Zor that is held by the government forces, the Russian military said.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has told his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj that he has no idea about the whereabouts of 39 missing Indians who were kidnapped by Daesh in Mosul.
The best pilots from Russia and around the world demonstrated incredible maneuvers at the MAKS 2017 International Aviation and Space Salon.
Purchased from the US for enhancing the utilization of Indian Navy’s ship the US-made INS Jalashwa, six Sikorsky helicopters have failed to maintain desired levels of serviceability in six of seven years of its operations.
Nine people, including two children, have been found dead inside a truck in a parking lot in Texas and 28 others have been taken to hospital. The incident has echoes of an incident in Britain in 2000, when 58 Chinese immigrants died.
Philippine's president Rodrigo Duterte said that Philippine authorities should put a stop to the extraction and exportation of mineral resources for process abroad and importing them back to the Philippines.
Iraqi vice-president said Monday that Baghdad would like to see serious Russian military and political presence in the country.
Countries the world over risk becoming redundant if they do not engage with developing markets generally, and China in particular. The country's multi-billion dollar "Belt and Road" initiative is opening up the globe, both emerging and developed – but some nations, including the UK, simply lack the requisite infrastructure to capitalize.
In an interview with Sputnik, Miquel Puig, a managing director at the Consortium of University Services of Catalonia, remained downbeat about the holding of the October 1 referendum on Catalonia’s independence.
A US surveillance aircraft was intercepted over the East China Sea by the Chinese jets, US media reported on Monday.