A British watchdog has published a report which found police in Wales had missed several opportunities to bring Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins to justice before he was finally jailed in 2013 for 29 years for child abuse. Researchers studying pedophilia spoke to Sputnik about the possible causes of the horrific phenomena.
A Russian-Indian hypersonic cruise missile dubbed BrahMos-II, capable of reaching the speed of Mach 7, will be developed in seven years, a BrahMos Aerospace joint venture executive told Sputnik on Friday.
In the recent twist in a two-month border standoff between India and China over the Doklam Valley in the Himalayas, Beijing said that India "is slapping its own face" by deciding to build a road near Pangong Lake in Ladakh where soldiers of the two armies reportedly clashed earlier this month.
Military land, sea and air capabilities and innovations are set to be displayed during a show entitled "Polite People" at the Army 2017 military expo.
Fourteen nationals of Kazakhstan, including three women and 10 children, have been taken away from the battle zone in Iraq, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Anuar Zhainakov told Sputnik Friday.
The Trump McConnel feud will has major policy implications for the fall, the mainstream media floats weak new Russia-gate allegations, world leaders agree that Syria leader Assad will keep power after the civil war.
The first exhibition of the winning entries of the Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest, which is organized by Rossiya Segodnya under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, will be held at the Lumiere Brothers’ Center for Photography in Moscow.
If Germany wants to become a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East, it has no other option but to maintain cooperation with Ankara, a Turkish political analyst told Sputnik.
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by HispanTV's former senior Middle East correspondent Alberto Garcia Watson.
The US Navy has recovered and identified the remains of a sailor who went missing after the USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel, the US Navy's Seventh Fleet said Friday.
Fourteen people have died after a bus plunged into water in southern Russia's Krasnodar Territory, a regional emergency service source told Sputnik on Friday.
Russia and Japan are set to agree on joint economic activities in the Southern Kurils at upcoming Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), head of the office of the Japan Association for Trade with Russia and the Newly Independent States (ROTOBO) Daisuke Saito said Friday in an interview with Sputnik.
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday his country had voiced concern to Beijing after chasing away six Chinese bombers from its southern frontiers.
Take a look at Kalashnikov’s novel anti-drone rifle on display at Russia’s ARMY-2017 expo. It doesn’t fire bullets; instead, the rifle neutralizes the control channel of the drone.
Hezbollah Secretary General says that the movement is ready to negotiate the withdrawal of Daesh from the Lebanese-Syrian border.
An OPEC source said that the Joint OPEC-Non-OPEC Technical Committee will meet on September 20 in Austria.
Maduro said that Venezuela’s former oil minister will resume the role while incumbent Nelson Martinez will take over as the new chief of the state energy firm PDVSA.
Russian Foreign Minister says the new US strategy for Afghanistan makes it possible to contact Taliban without preconditions that they must meet.
A Thai court has postponed its ruling in the corruption case against former Prime Minister.
Suspected Catalonia terror plotter has been reportedly receiving death threats from inmates.
Press Attache for the Russian consulate in San Francisco said that contacts with Daniel Morozov are restricted due to the stress he suffered.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's motorcade was reportedly involved in a car accident.
The Japanese government freezed assets of four foreign firms and two people over their alleged links to North Korea’s controversial nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Lithuania reaffirms support for Ukraine in building up country's defense capabilities, said Lithuanian Defense Minister.
The US Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin has been awarded nearly $548 million to manufacture and deliver 7,358 Hellfire II air-to-ground tactical missiles.