The Prime Minister of Singapore has traveled to Beijing to try to smooth relations over between the tiny city-state and China, which have clashed in territory disputes in recent years over the South China Sea.
The Saudi-led coalition has sent reinforcements with artillery and rocket launchers to the Yemeni province of Marib, a source familiar with the situation reported.
The US-led coalition to fight Daesh rained 5,775 bombs, shells and missiles down on Raqqa in August in their effort to oust the group from Syria, Airwars reported Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the recent US threats to "totally destroy" North Korea if forced to defend the United States or its allies.
Hurricane Maria, the first Category 4 storm to hit Puerto Rico since 1932, is tossing all it has at the island nation after making landfall Wednesday morning.
Before Hillary Clinton decided to include “Russian hacking” on her long and growing list of excuses for losing the 2016 US presidential election, back when she was US secretary of state, Clinton’s foundation sent an invitation to then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to attend the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative summit in New York.
Increased lightning strikes along busy maritime routes are being caused by ships releasing soot into the air, according to researcher Joel Thornton at the University of Seattle and his team, who analyzed lightning strike records between 2005 and 2016 collected by the World Wide Lightning Location Network.
The US Air Force has announced that they will be increasing their fighter capabilities in Afghanistan to bolster air power as part of the US’s new strategy in the country’s longest running war: to destroy terrorist networks in the Central Asian nation.
Trump's recent statements are far from those that one would expect from a leader of a global power, Chinese expert Zhou Yongsheng said, commenting on a recent UN speech by the US president, during which he labelled Venezuela and Iran as dictatorial countries and threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if it doesn't stop its nuclear activities.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder commented on the recent deployment of 450 Bundeswehr soldiers in Lithuania, urging to understand Russia and its president.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is running out of effective antibiotics thanks to growing global drug resistance.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if Pyongyang does not stop its nuclear and missile tests. In fact, the US missile defense system is incapable of shooting down North Korean missiles, according to American expert on nuclear weapons Joe Cirincione.
Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss Trump’s 'America First' address to the UN, touch on the natural disasters impacting Mexico and Puerto Rico, and go in-depth with guest William Craddick discussing the Atlantic Council.
Former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller condemned Warsaw's war on the Soviet-era monuments and lambasted the desecration of Red Army soldiers' graves in Poland. Speaking to Sputnik the politician bemoaned the fact that Russophobia has emerged as an official doctrine under the Andrzej Duda administration.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani commented on the possible US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, saying that all countries would condemn it.
Social media exploded with "facepalm"-like reactions after striker Karim Benzema reportedly extended his contract with Spain's Real Madrid football club until 2021.
Beijing is interested in restoring stability in Myanmar, which is currently being engulfed by the Rohingya crisis, experts told Sputnik. China's concerns about the potential upsurge in Islamic extremism in the country have geopolitical grounds as Myanmar serves as an alternative energy route for Beijing.
Morgan Freeman's latest publicly stunt permanently stained his legacy after the famous actor decided to join the fake news industry by passing off a blockbuster script as a true story.
Despite the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, the country's business community and local authorities continue to support climate action to meet the requirements set out in the Paris accord.
As France apparently wants a greater role in the Syrian settlement, experts reached by Sputnik expressed skepticism over the new proposal by Paris on the issue. At the same time, Paris could contribute to the diplomatic efforts under certain circumstances.
It's time to go home, but this adorable Husky named Dakota simply refuses to leave the park. Watch the stubborn dog throwing a hilarious temper tantrum!
Obama as President, Beyonce and other tempting offers that would make people want to immediately join the horrendous clown from “It.”
Three Democratic congressmen have recently raised the alarm over Radio Sputnik's allegedly using "US airwaves to influence the presidential election" back in 2016, apparently being uninformed that the broadcaster went on the air on the 105.5 FM frequency in Washington on July 1, 2017, almost eight months after the vote.
The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs does not beleive Iran strictly enforces the nuclear deal.
UN-backed human rights advocates worldwide experience intimidation, harassment, threats online and offline, derogatory media campaigns, travel bans, arbitrary arrests and detention, according to the new report by the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights.