Strained US-Russia ties have culminated in a new dispute concerning the multilateral Treaty on Open Skies after the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday US officials are set to limit Russian observation flights over US territory during the Open Skies consultative commission meeting in Vienna.
Complaining about her unsatisfying work life, Joanne Wickenden, a British Airways flight attendant, was fired Tuesday after she posted a racist rant against Nigerian passengers on Snapchat.
The main pillars of the Indo-Russian relationship established under Singh were strategic congruence, defense ties, nuclear power, trade and hydrocarbons.
Qayoom was most wanted with a reward on his head for his involvement in several attacks on civilians as well as political leaders in Sopore and Handwara of Kashmir.
The upcoming visit of Saudi King Salman Al Saud will demonstrate the extent of bilateral relations between Moscow and Riyadh and can definitely be called historic. Both countries being oil producers work closely in the energy sector and seek to enhance investments.
On Friday, Egyptian security officials charged seven people with “inciting immorality” at a concert when they raised the LGBTQ rainbow flag in support of gay Egyptians.
Famously brash Republican strategist and US President Donald Trump supporter Roger Stone delivered explosive testimony before the House Intelligence Committee (HIC) Tuesday, accusing the committee and others of spreading falsehoods to prop up the story of alleged Russian interference into the 2016 US presidential election.
Kaur had taken up athletics eight years ago at the age of 93; she went on to become victorious in several national and international championships.
Announced Tuesday, Saudi Arabia will now be allowing women to drive, but the change won't take effect until June of 2018.
Satellite images from Saturday show a new 100-square-mile iceberg breaking off from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. The chunk shattered into smaller icebergs, raising concerns about future sea level rises.
The impending volcanic eruption on Bali has prompted numerous people to turn to Twitter, discussing how real is this threat and how it might affect the tourists who apparently continue to flock to the island.
Microsoft, Facebook and telecoms infrastructure company Telxius recently completed building the highest capacity undersea cable ever cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Although the Category-4 Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico nearly a week ago, only after San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz tweeted about the humanitarian crisis on the island did US President Donald Trump finally announce Tuesday that he would be heading to the hurricane-ravaged US territory.
President Donald Trump's Twitter war with the NFL and the NBA over their alleged lack of patriotism is all the rage, but isn't the first time that pro athletes have used their positions to attract attention to political and social issues. Sputnik looks back at the loudest, proudest, and most controversial political protests in sports history.
A full-size shape shifting statue of a giant combat robot from hit Gundam anime series was installed outside the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza mall in the Japanese capital.
The UK government is continuing its "hostile environment" policy toward undocumented migrants, including those from the European Union, with such measures as planned freezes of bank accounts that are believed to be owned by them and deportations of those who sleep rough, members of various non-governmental organizations told Sputnik.
Iran is determined to stand its ground, knowing that the US will only increase its pressure on a retreating opponent, Iranian political analyst Emad Abshenas told Sputnik, commenting on the demonstration of Tehran's new ballistic missile which took place after Donald Trump's rant against the Islamic Republic at the UN General Assembly.
India’s newest warship, the INS Tarasa, is equipped with shoulder-launched Igla surface-to-air missiles for low-altitude anti-air warfare. The main gun fitted on the bow deck can fire 550 rounds a minute for a maximum range of 4,000m.
Experts say it would not be logistically possible for India to deploy its troops in land-locked Afghanistan and that it would best suit India to continue developmental assistance to the war-ravaged country.
The Russian Strategic Missile Forces successfully tested on Tuesday an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Defense Ministry said.
Some 91.83 percent of voters in Iraqi Kurdistan supported the idea of independence from Baghdad, as 3.4 million ballots were counted, the referendum commission said on Tuesday.
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on nine North Korean banks and 26 individuals over alleged links to the DPRK regime, according to US Treasury's website.
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army has disclosed plans to launch a fresh ambush on Myanmar military similar to the one on August 25 this year.