The Palace of Westminster in London is in need of renovation and with the terrorism threat on the rise in the UK, Sputnik discussed the importance of making the new Parliament building secure with a counterterrorism consultant David Lowe.
Twitter is in trouble with its users after announcing that it banned advertising from all accounts belonging to Sputnik and RT. People flooded to the social networking service's official account to lambast it for forgetting the definition of freedom of speech.
Condemnation of President Trump among rebellious Republicans hit a crescendo this week, with two long-time congressmen berating the president on the same day.
In a report commissioned by Prime Minister, Theresa May, mental health problems cost the UK economy up to £99 billion (US$131bn) each year, with people suffering from long term mental health problems are leaving jobs at twice the rate of colleagues with no such issues.
Thai kickboxing champion Buakaw Banchamek has swapped the ring for the more sedate environment of a Buddhist monastery; internet users have responded to the news with a wave of fun memes that place Buakaw the monk in an array of incongruous situations.
As the solar power industry is gaining in importance, Russian scientists have taken a step closer to manufacturing an inexpensive next-generation material capable of turning solar energy into electricity.
The results of a poll commissioned by Sputnik and conducted by Ifop in the US have revealed that the majority of Americans believe that their mainstream media unfairly cover international and domestic events. Foreign journalists have explained why the MSM have lost the trust of their audience.
Thousands of civilians were reportedly killed by the US-led coalition's airstrikes on the Syrian cities of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, as well as the Iraqi city of Tal Afar. Sputnik interviewed several Raqqa citizens and Tal Afar refugees who lost loved ones during the bombings
It's been revealed Muriel Spark, the renowned Scottish author, worked for UK foreign intelligence service MI6 before embarking on her literary career. Spark is but one of many authors who tried their hand at espionage.
Margarita Simonyan has spoken out after the US-based microblog service announced it had made "policy decision" to off-board ads from Sputnik and RT. On Tuesday the company vowed "more transparency into who is advertising on Twitter" amid pressure from the US Congress.
Social media is awash with commentary after the official confirmation that US President George H.W. Bush engaged in patting multiple women on their backside in what he claimed was a "good-natured manner."
Observers may not realize the seriousness of events taking place in Poland. Some think the independence of Poland’s judiciary is under attack, the Polish government is becoming ‘populist,’ and Poland’s foreign policies are being leveraged to support certain autocratic policies.
Experts are of the opinion that the Indian Diaspora in America and other interest groups including the Indian Caucus are stronger lobbying tools and that the limited engagement of professional lobbying firm BGR would have no negative impact on Indian interests in the US.
Nordic scientists are ringing the alarm bell over bacteria getting the upper hand against antibiotics. The use of such drugs must be reduced, they argue, in order to prevent the development of antibiotic resistance, which would leave mankind powerless against infections.
With US President Donald Trump releasing previously unseen documents concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Sputnik spoke with John C. McAdams, author of the book JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think about Claims of Conspiracy, regarding his thoughts on the case.
According to Zeke Hausfather, climate change researcher at University of California, Berkeley, an imminent volcanic eruption in Bali may temporarily "reduce temperatures for 2018 down to 2014 levels."
Britain is considering selling front-line warships to foreign buyers amid severe cost-cutting measures - despite a warning by military chiefs that it will put the country's future naval power at serious risk.
Carles Puigdemont has delivered a speech as the Spanish government has opted for suspending Catalonia's autonomy.
The video, viral on YouTube, was reportedly shot in the southern Indian city of Mysore when a shopkeeper identified as Melahali Ramanna caught hold of a mouse that was allegedly feeding on his groceries at night and decided to teach it a lesson.
A pro-independence rally has begun in Barcelona as the Spanish government has opted for suspending Catalonia's autonomy.
New evidence has been unearthed of potential Western intelligence agency involvement in the 1961 plane crash death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.
The presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, answering reporters' questions, commented on the Russian position on the country's citizens fighting for militants in Syria, the explosion in the Ukrainian capital, journalist protection, cybersecurity issues and rumors about the pardoning of the senior members of Crimean extremist organization.
The Russian President's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov commented on the new US strategy towards Afghanistan at a press conference, following the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels.
The visit of the US former State Secretary and the 2016 presidential candidate to Russia could take place despite bilateral ties between the nations plummeting after Washington accusing Moscow of meddling in the latest presidential election.
An "uncharacteristic" outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 124 people since August, the authorities say; in contrast to other plague epidemics, most of the victims have been infected with the deadliest pneumonic form of the disease, which can spread via coughing from human to human.