Iraqi Air Force planes have dropped leaflets containing calls to surrender over a number of settlements controlled by Daesh amid a new operation to retake the terrorist group's stronghold of Tal Afar.
According to the US Senate Majority leader, there is no chance Congress will not vote to raise the debt ceiling.
A single statement slashed the 25-year-long career of a German journalist who had been working for the German television and radio company WDR. She shared her story with Sputnik.
A speaker of the Syrian Parliament, Najdat Anzour, in an interview with Sputnik said that the victory in the war on terrorism is very close, as the militants are suffering huge losses. The country is reforming its political system as it prepares for the return of peace.
US Senator John McCain said in a statement on Monday that he expects a full and transparent report from the US Navy on its investigations of recent Navy ship collisions.
Russia has paid its final Soviet-era debt of $125.2 million, which was owed to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Observe a total solar eclipse in the United States with Sputnik.
The Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police force, is investigating whether 22-year-old Moroccan national Younes Aboyaaqoub, the suspected perpetrator of the Barcelona attack, was accompanied by anyone when he was shot dead by the police, El Periodico newspaper reported.
This clip of a strange cloud, which emerged over the city of Teixeira de Freitas in Brazil, puzzled and frightened both locals and internet users. The eerie orange-red cloud formation resembling a hand was backlit by the setting sun.
Tens of thousands of US and South Korean servicemen have started their participation in the joint Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills that would continue until August 31.
According to a poll, most of Americans oppose renaiming the US capital of Washington and monuments to the nation’s founding Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson amid controversy concerning Civil-War era statues in the United States following Charlottesville violence.
The Russian military said Monday that the UN and the International Committee of Red Cross have sent 14 humanitarian aid convoys to Syria's safe zones since July.
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has opted for a military judge, not a jury to hear the case that he deserted his post in Afghanistan, Army Times reported on Monday.
New guidelines have been issued by the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in a bid to crack down on the growing epidemic of online hate crimes across Britain and an expert has told Sputnik that while the move was not entirely new, it was a positive step forward.
The German right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Monday proposed that all migrants and refugees that have just arrived from North Africa be sent back and placed in asylum centers while their applications are reviewed.
The story of Alejandro Benítez, an Argentine football player, has gone viral globally for being an example of dedication, courage and love: he abandoned his sports career and suspended his work to undergo an operation and give part of his liver to his nine-month-old nephew whose life was at stake.
Partisan squabbles over which side was to blame for the violent, racially tinged clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia obscure a common distain for white supremacy that is shared by liberals, moderates and conservatives in the United States, US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said.
Serbian President Alexandar Vucic said Monday that the staff of the Serbian embassy in Skopje were called to Belgrade for consultations as "evidence of activities" against Serbia has been obtained.
The commander of a detachment which is part of Iraq's Shiite militia (Hashd Shaabi), Mukhtar Baba, told Sputnik he expected that the center of the city of Tal Afar would be stormed on Tuesday morning.
It doesn't inspire confidence that the US Navy manages to crash another of its top-notch warships - on the same day that it launches military drills off Korea; drills which could spark an accidental nuclear war.
The United States needs to re-evaluate its priorities in Afghanistan, focusing less on issues like government corruption and placing greater emphasis on Kabul’s efforts to fight terrorism and resolve the conflict, former US Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill said in an interview on Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on the Muslims of the world to show solidarity in issues related to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
The Russian presidential aide said that his talks with US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations were useful.
Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Michal Dworczyk has again expressed concern over upcoming joint Russia-Belarus military exercises dubbed the Zapad-2017.
Lebanon is interested in maintaining ties with Syria, Lebanese Industry Minister Husein al Haj Hasan said in an interview with Sputnik Arabic. However, there are forces among Lebanese political elites who do not share this point of view and seek to escalate tensions between the countries.