US Department of Defense announced that Texas Army and State National Guard have been mobilized and positioned at points where they can best conduct search and rescue once Hurricane Harvey passes through.
A brunette who appears on an omnipresent advert has been terrorizing London commuters, causing many to document their fears on Twitter. But she turns out to be an Australian who lives in Berlin and was unaware of her fame.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing new financial sanctions against the Venezuelan government in order to put financial pressure on the government of President Nicolas Maduro, according to official statement.
This adorable reptile gripping on toy weapons will make you feel safe and secure.
United Nations Children’s Fund Representative said that thousands of children that remain trapped in the Syrian city of Raqqa are cut off from life-saving assistance.
Australian scientists say the ancient Babylonians knew about a form of trigonometry far more advanced than the modern-day version. And they figured it out 1,000 years before the Greeks, who have always been assumed to be the ancient world's mathematical geniuses.
Commenting on recent reports in the US media that the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control put a number of Russian and Chinese companies on its sanctions list despite earlier reports that delayed taking trade actions against China, one Chinese expert told Sputnik that the US is using punitive measures as a blackmailing tool.
Hermitage Capital Management investment fund founder William Browder will not take part in trial on his case of tax evasion, which was transfered to Moscow's Tverskoy District Court, according to Browder's lawyer Alexander Antipov.
The Persian Gulf harbors an array of extremely compromising secrets. Near the top is the Afghan heroin ratline – with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) positioned as the golden node of a transnational, trillion dollar heroin money laundering operation.
Keeping fit can be exhausting as most gym bunnies or joggers will readily testify. Now a simple solution that actually allows you to stay in shape without even moving a muscle may be just around the corner.
Just over 80 percent of Russians approve of the work being done by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has maintained this level over the last three months, a recent poll showed on Friday.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's assertive foreign strategy has yet to bring any positive results, RIA Novosti contributor Gevorg Mirzayan notes, adding that the crown prince's failures play into the hands of his political opponents. However, according to Mirzayan, there is a silver lining for the prince.
India wants to develop its frontier region as a tourist destination so that it can populate remote areas close to the Line of Actual Control (effective border yet to be clearly demarcated). Starting civilian flights to and from frontier areas may have a deeper significance in terms of counterbalancing Chinese aggression in the region.
Ahmad Asadi, spokesman for Iraq's Shia Hashd Shaabi militia, said that The Iraqi armed forces reached the area around the citadel in the center of the city of Tal Afar.
The United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash on Friday slammed Doha's decision to return its ambassador to Iran in a move to boost Qatar's ties with Tehran.
Watch a live jellyfish show from Moscow's Moscvarium.
With the Russian Defense Ministry having already announced its decision to purchase the first batch of the BMPT, an advanced tank support combat vehicle, Sputnik looks into why they like this vehicle so much.
Scientists from three major Russian research institutes have made an important breakthrough in the field of muon tomography, creating tracking devices which allow geologists to 'see through' objects up to thousands of meters in diameter below the earth's surface.
Czech Ambassador stated that Russia does not pose any threat to the European Union.
The Russian military has managed to carry out an unprecedented military operation in Syria, using high-precision air and sea-based weapons in one strike against terrorists, the Russian Armed Forces' military and scientific committee chairman said Friday.
North Korean authorities in a statement warned Australia and the United Kingdom to refrain from joining the ongoing exercises by South Korea and the United States dubbed the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG).
He has stood gazing out proudly from his vantage point in Sydney's Hyde Park at the territory he discovered almost 250 years ago. Now activists in Australia want to sink Captain James Cook without trace by removing his statue and those of other British explorers credited with its discovery.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said that he asked Russia to use its greatest possible influence on North Korea and give it a signal.
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Russia's resort of Sochi for a three-hour conversation with President Putin. Some experts suggested that they talked about Syria and Iran, however renowned geopolitical expert and author William Engdahl explained to Sputnik Radio what was actually on the agenda.
The areas adjacent to Turkey's Incirlik Air Base, where more than 20,000 foreign military personnel were earlier based, currently look deserted and abandoned. Sputnik Turkey asked an array of locals to give their thoughts on the matter.