Facebook has suspended the use of user-reported fields after it turned out that some racist and anti-Semitic categories were generated in the social network's advertising system, media reported.
France and Germany have proposed to restart border controls within the Schengen visa-free zone in a bid to curb the continuing terrorist threat, according to an unofficial document seen by The Guardian. The idea has reportedly been backed by the EU’s migration chief.
A day after the EU extended sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has commented on Moscow's response measures.
A black-clothed attacker shouting 'Allahu Akbar' assaulted two women in the center of Chalon-sur-Saône to the north of Lyon, according to the Saône and Loire Prefecture. The victims are in critical condition.
The CEO of the Russia-base Kaspersky Lab software company said the would give testimony at a US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on September 27 if he received an expedited visa. Sputnik asked the US embassy in Russia to comment on the issue.
The EU Commission Vice-President urged Catalonia, seeking independence from Spain in a unilateral referendum on independence on October 1, to "respect the constitutional order of the member state they are part of."
The matter caught the Delhi police’s attention after the video of the incident shot by a passerby went viral on social media with most Indians deploring the woman’s disrespectful behavior towards the soldier.
On the same day a London underground station was rocked by an explosion of an IED, UK police have arrested a knife-wielding man near a railway station in Birmingham.
The European Union is officially wedded to the doctrines of religious freedom, and protection of religious belief - but recent cases, including an ongoing battle by a Christian midwife not to be compelled to perform abortions, raise serious questions over the bloc's dedication to the principles.
The Europa Press news agency reported Thursday that Spanish police had dispersed protesters, who opposed the construction of high-speed rail tracks in the city of Murcia.
After US President Donald Trump has called for a tougher stance on immigration in the aftermath of the London underground explosion, the New York state governor said that the security in public places would be enhanced.
UK police have reportedly identified the suspect responsible for the morning blast at Parsons Green station in London tube with the help of CCTV footage, Sky News reported citing sources.
The organization has analyzed fire-detection data, satellite imagery and photos and videos from the ground. According to Amnesty International, the evaluation of its information has revealed that an orchestrated campaign to burn the villages of the Rohingya Muslim minority has been ongoing across the region for almost three weeks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call discussed the Ukrainian crisis, implementation of the Minsk agreements, deployment of UN peacekeepers in Donbass among other global issues.
A scandal involving a convicted child rapist's links to Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has triggered the collapse of Iceland's ruling coalition.
A Harvard dean, Douglas W. Elmendorf, said Friday that he was withdrawing his invitation to former US soldier and WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning to be a visiting fellow after CIA Director Mike Pompeo refused to hold a speech on campus and former CIA acting Director Mike Morell resigned from his senior fellowship post in protest.
US Senator Ben Cardin has said the deal between Ankara and Moscow on delivering S-400 air defense systems to Turkey allegedly violates the US legislation on anti-Russia sanctions and might entail an appropriate response to the NATO member's move.
Security measures have been increased across the UK capital, the security services are making fast-time inquiries to establish who was responsible for the blast at Parsons Green station.
In its relentless drive towards political correctness, Sweden has replaced several established names of local plants, which were believed to have "anti-Semitic" connotations and regarded as offensive to Jews. Remarkably, Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich were blamed for the uncomfortable undertones.
NATO’s unwillingness to consider a Membership Action Plan for Ukraine reflects its fears that accepting a country engaged in an internal armed conflict could unravel the entire system of European security and harm the alliance, Ukraine and other non-NATO countries as well, political analyst Vladimir Kozin told Sputnik.
At a time when 100 mph winds have devastated large swathes of the Southeastern United States, sweeping away lives, livelihoods, properties and futures, should we connect the dots between extreme weather patterns, which we are indeed witnessing, and climate change? Joining the program to get to the bottom of this is geographer Ross Hunter.
This is not a drill… I repeat, this is not a drill… It’s a war game! The Russia-Belarus Zapad 2017 joint strategic military exercises started September 14 on the territories of the two allied countries.
A senior Russian official told Sputnik that the UN idea of creating a commission to investigate alleged violations of human rights in Venezuela was counterproductive, adding that only an internal dialogue could solve the crisis in the country.
As the Russia-Belarus planned drills have prompted several eastern NATO member states' claims that the war games allegedly pose a "threat" to their security despite the fact that the alliance's military observers have been invited to the exercise, the Kremlin has commented on Putin's upcoming visit to the Zapad-2017 training ground.
The German government expressed concern over the London tube explosion that had occurred earlier this day.