US Africa Command (AFRICOM) will be adding armed drones to their Nigerien arsenals to bolster their combat capabilities after the October ambush that left four US soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers dead.
A senior State Department official has announced a date of the meeting between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Police in the Washington, DC, have cleared the scene after an unconfirmed report of an active shooter near the 1400 block of I Street.
Tired of the ol' toupee and want to regrow some new locks? You might finally be in luck.
A high school student from Indiana's Kokomo High School was suspended Wednesday after filming a seconds-long video of a teacher and a student playing a game of hangman that spelled out the racial slur, "n***er."
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has pled guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with the then-Russian ambassador to the US in December 2016. White House opponents are all but dancing in the streets, but it may not be the slam dunk proving collusion between the president and Russian actors they think it is.
The US Air Force won’t be able to replace the engines on its fleet of 76 B-52 bombers until 2020 at the very earliest due to continued budget constraints, according to a new report.
Driving to work Thursday morning, commuters in Los Angeles were given a surprising reminder of Senator Al Franken's sexual misconduct thanks to Sabo, a well-known conservative street artist.
New images captured by commercial satellites show that the Jiangnan Shipyard in China is churning out more Yuyi-class “air-cushioned” seacraft, also know as hovercraft.
If approved, the new legislation will enable the country's security services to hack into any personal device connected to the internet.
The mysterious celestial world never fails to surprise scientists. A new planet named WASP-18b has left NASA scientists scratching their heads.
Previously, Hezbollah blamed Riyadh for the political crisis in Lebanon following the shock resignation of Prime Minister Hariri, who later postponed his decision.
The Muslim population in some countries of Western Europe could triple by 2050 claims a report by the Pew Research Center. Radio Sputnik discussed the report with Guglielmo Picchi, one of the founders of the Machiavelli Center and a member of the Italian Parliament and vice chairman of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly.
Indian police are investigating a case of medical negligence by a top hospital in the capital city of New Delhi after the family of a newborn complained they almost cremated the baby that was handed over to them by the hospital wrapped in a plastic bag after declaring it dead.
The planned deployment of Chinese warships at the Gwadar port in Pakistan threatens to make India’s worst fear come true. India suspects that China has been increasing its naval presence in the Indian Ocean region as part of a larger strategy to encircle India.
Previously, Ankara has announced that Washington had agreed to cease arms supplies to the Syrian Kurds, who have been fighting Daesh terrorists.
It is called the "beautiful" game as the World Cup brings people from all over the globe to come together to share their love of the game. Some believe it's all down to the luck of the draw — but even then it doesn't always go according to plan, with some amusing and embarrassing gaffes along the way.
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump had vowed to transfer the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, however, when he came to office, no such move followed.
The US and NATO have accepted Ankara's decision to acquire the Russian-made S-400 Triumf air defense system because Turkey remains one the alliance's most important strategic partners, which provides the bloc with the capability to strike at Russia from the south, Czech military analyst Martin Koller told Sputnik.
Russian lawmakers have visited North Korea amid Pyongyang's repeated missile launches, with the latest taking place on Tuesday.
Russian lawmakers have visited North Korea amid Pyongyang's repeated missile launches, with the latest taking place on Tuesday.
French President Macron’s “politically incorrect” outburst in Ouagadougou about Africans enslaving other Africans is horrifyingly true, but not only does he overlook the EU’s ideological complicity in encouraging illegal migration in the first place, he also conspicuously ignores NATO’s war on Libya that made this entire nightmare possible.
Given the refugee crisis and the steady increase in the Muslim population, the EU is likely to face three scenarios that will determine its future, RIA Novosti contributor Igor Gashkov writes, adding that none of them could prevent inevitable ethnic, cultural and religious changes on the Old Continent.
An English man has been convicted in the nearly 50-year old murder case of the brutal killing of his step-son in 1968, witnessed only by his brother who brought the case to police attention when he saw a Facebook photo of his brother with the killer in 2015.