The UK government has increased the deportation of EU nationals since the Brexit vote. But a professor of European law told Sputnik some of these deportations may have been on questionable grounds.
A major new academic study has found Facebook's fact-checking methods, aimed at identifying and neutralizing 'fake news' on the network, is ineffective - in part because individuals don't trust the mainstream media
A dozen schools, numerous shopping centers, several universities and other public places were evacuated in eight Russian cities after bomb threat calls allegedly originating in Ukraine.
Young Russian girls who aimed to become military pilots are one step closer to their dream. On September 10, for the first time in its history, Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School kicked off admissions testing for women.
The operation to fully liberate Deir ez-Zor is still underway with the Syrian army fighting Daesh terrorists in the southern part of the city. However, the horrors of the siege will last in civilian memory for a long time to come as many residents including Syrian woman Umm Mustafa lost almost everything during this gruesome war.
As Moscow and Ankara signed a contract on the delivery of S-400 air defense systems, the Pentagon has commented on a NATO member state's purchase of a Russian next-generation weapon.
Australian researchers have developed a tool that can detect Parkinson’s syndrome even before the disease manifests itself. By conducting tests the tool helps determine the severity of a patient’s condition. Dr. Dinesh Kumar explained how the new tool works and how the disease will be treated in the future.
The latest poll showed almost an equal unawareness by the Japanese people on how to further cope with Pyongyang's nuclear threat, despite Tokyo's alleged preparation of an emergency evacuation plan for its citizens from the Korean Peninsula.
A man has appeared in a Scottish court charged with a hate crime after teaching his girlfriend's pet dog to give a Nazi salute.
Established in Naples in the 18th century, the Italian Camorra mafia remains one of the largest and most powerful organized crime groups in Italy.
The Mexican government’s new deal with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is unlikely to boost Sino-Mexico trade significantly or alter the nation’s heavy reliance on exports to the United States, experts told Sputnik.
According to El Mundo newspaper, the Constitutional Court of Spain accepted for review a lawsuit of the country’s government against the Catalan law on the transition to independence.
US President Donald Trump appoints Hope Hicks, director of strategic communications, the next White House communications director.
British photographer David Slater received the rights to the images of a monkey, who made smiling selfies on his camera, the website from the animal protection organization PETA reported.
Ukraine has launched military maneuvers named Steadfast Firmness 2017 all over the country with no "photos and videos of military equipment" permitted, while the upcoming large-scale joint Russia-Belarus Zapad-2017 drills will be covered by nearly 270 foreign journalists along with NATO experts.
An SDF spokesman told Sputnik that Daesh used suicide attackers in Syria's Raqqa.
After the US national debt reached the $20 trillion mark for the first time ever, a clock showing the debt in New York City has been removed.
Jurors are being selected for the trial of a locomotive engineer after his runaway train derailed and blew up in a Canadian town four years ago. But many people believe Tom Harding is being made into a scapegoat for a failure of regulation.
Indian Ministry of External Affairs had been working relentlessly to secure the release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil who was taken captive by Daesh last year from Yemen.
The North Korean envoy to Moscow has commented on the newly adopted UN resolution imposing more sanctions on North Korea.
The UK confirms its commitment to continue cooperation with the European Union, especially as regards sanctions policy.
An investigation has been launched to ascertain the reason behind the malfunction. Firing trials have been stopped until investigation report is submitted.
The Iraqi Kurdistan government commented on the upcoming independence referendum.
Danish archeologists have sensationally discovered the remains of an historic hamlet from the Middle Ages that disappeared from the country's map centuries ago.
Violence has erupted during the protests in Paris against new labor reform proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.