A source has told Sputnik that US Air Force aircraft had evacuated a group of nearly two dozen Daesh (ISIS) field commanders and militants from Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria last month. Retired US Air Force Lieut Col. Karen Kwiatkowski says this is standard operating procedure for CIA black ops looking to cover their trail after an operation.
Art lovers are flocking to see a giant picture of a toddler peering over the border wall in San Diego, which is intended to provoke discussion about immigration.
Stanford University scientists have developed a computer algorithm capable of using a photo to predict a person's sexual orientation with up to 91-percent accuracy.
The Syrian armed forces broke the siege of an airbase in the city of Deir ez-Zor, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday, saying that the clashes continue.
Russian Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva Alexey Borodavkin said on Saturday that Moscow and Paris had discussed an array of issues on Syria, including the anti-Daesh fight, the establishment of safe zones in the country and the deliveries of humanitarian aid to civilians.
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On September 5, the Syrian Army backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces broke the three-year-long Daesh siege. Humanitarian aid can now be delivered by cargo trucks, not only by planes, to Deir ez-Zor.
Turkish forces have eliminated roughly 100 members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in the last two weeks in the country's southeastern provinces, the Turkish General Staff said Saturday.
Ukrainian investigators have found out that the car that exploded in central Kiev on Friday was packed with the equivalent of up to a kilogram of TNT, Adviser to Ukrainian Interior Minister Zoryan Shkiryak said Saturday.
Moscow has perfect counter-measures in response to US plans to install THAAD air defense systems closer to the Russian territory in South Korea on the pretext of Pyongyang's threat, a military expert told Sputnik, naming the Iskander and Kalibr missiles.
Vladimir Putin said that Russia is taking all necessary steps to complete the preparations for FIFA World Cup 2018 in due time.
The former governor of Ukraine's Odessa Region, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, said Saturday he was about to begin his return journey to Ukraine from Poland, despite being stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship.
A new government report on the state of German unity has found that over a quarter of a century after unification, the former East Germany continues to lag behind its western counterpart in terms of jobs, salaries, investment, and other indicators, with a corresponding disparity in socio-economic problems.
Mexican President Nieto expressed solidarity with neighboring Cuba, which was devastated by Hurricane Irma.
Dovish Fed policy comments, hurricane damages, political tensions on the Korean peninsula, and the euro’s projected gains have all affected the dollar’s FX rate, paving the way for a further narrowing of the US foreign trade deficit.
Russia's Black Sea fleet said Saturday it tested its Utes coastal missile system, firing two cruise missiles in "the interests of a surface action group."
It seems that the Russian president’s recent prediction that the development of artificial intelligence will determine who will rule the world has struck a chord with the AI community.
Russian Su-35 advanced jets performed a brilliant aerobatics show on the opening of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Berlin is facing calls to withdraw its military forces from all bases in Turkey, after Ankara finally agreed to allow German Bundestag deputies to visit the Konya base – but only as part of a NATO visit.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has again cautioned against the creation of a European army, also admitting that Europe cannot do without NATO, the US and Britain. Why does he repeat this warning like a mantra time after time?
The underperforming UK manufacturing sector and the contraction in construction, as well as weak gains in foreign trade despite the weak national currency, are stirring concerns among the nation’s businesses that the British economy is settling into a "slow growth trajectory."
The commander of the operation in the region said that the Syrian city of Deir Ez-Zor will be liberated from Daesh terror group militants in the coming days.
The Russian Ambassador to Jordan stated that Russia and Jordan have similar views on the issue of Syrian crisis, and work together on settling the conflict using diplomatic means.