The Pentagon's claim that the coalition it leads has liberated most of the territory reclaimed from the Daesh terrorist group is "the opposite of the truth," and an attempt to justify its indefinite military presence in a country where it has no legal basis to be, Peter Ford, a former UK ambassador to Bahrain and Syria, told Radio Sputnik.
Nine US Democratic Senators have called for their colleague, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to resign after a seventh woman came forward on Wednesday accusing him of sexual misconduct. Seven female and two male Senators posted, one after another, that Franken should resign his seat.
US President Donald Trump’s scheduled announcement on December 6 that the American embassy in Israel will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has attracted condemnation from Twitter users across the globe.
A UK government minister has warned Facebook to stay away from his children, after launching a controversial app for users as young as six.
Theresa May attempted December 6 to paper over differences between her and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster, which derailed UK PM's attempts to finalize an agreement with the European Union two days prior.
More than 300 of the most viewed videos from the outgoing year were featured in a mesmerizing mix made by Canadian filmmaker Luc Bergeron for the tenth time.
At the core of one of the most stringent gun control measures in effect in the US is a potentially dangerous legal grey area, allowing people barred from buying guns to do so.
The Russian Olympic Team's suspension from the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea is an orchestrated and politically-motivated decision, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
What's the secret to collecting over 570,000 subscribers to your Instagram account? Well, being the most beautiful child in the world certainly won't hurt your chances.
A British female Twitch streamer took part in a broadcast wearing next to nothing except for several layers of body paint that made her look like a video game character.
New polling conducted and led by Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University published December 6 showed British society remains more or less even on whether the move to leave the European Union is the right one - but a clear majority are not optimistic about the result to the negotiations with Brussels.
Over the past months, the Syrian government forces have achieved a major breakthrough in the province of Deir ez-Zor, and now the remaining terrorist units have been expelled from the Euphrates River Valley.
US President Donald Trump apparently disagrees on at least one issue with his VP Mike Pence, and that issue is pets.
A UK taxpayer-funded project, which has recently been suspended over allegations it bankrolled jihadists in Syria, is an example of Western governments using aid and security contractors "to avoid accountability and responsibility," Dr. Philip Cunliffe, Senior Lecturer in International Conflict at University of Kent, told Radio Sputnik.
After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to take part in Russia's 2018 Presidental elections, the Russian ruble has slowed its decline against the US dollar and the euro.
In a sign of the deteriorating security situation on the Korean peninsula, Chinese newspaper Jilin Daily has published a full-page article featuring instructions on how to survive in the event of nuclear war.
People around the world worry too much and "get a lot wrong," when it comes to knowing about global issues and what's really happening in their neighborhood.
The incident involving an AirBaltic plane, a Latvian airline, resulted in the closure of one of the two runaways in Moscow Sheremetyevo airport.
Twitter released new statistics, revealing the most shared and liked posts of 2017.
The Silence Breakers who started the anti-harassment movement spurred on by the hashtag #MeToo have been named by TIME as its Person of the Year 2017, triggering various responses online.
The invasion of huge serpent-like “monsters,” reaching more than 20 meters in length, left villagers on to the Chukotski Peninsula puzzled and scared. However, when specialists studied these “sci-fi horror movie creatures” to find out their origin, the answer turned out to be terribly trivial.
The majority of Americans have a negative opinion of US President Donald Trump's work. However, something has changed in their relation to him, a newly published poll on Wednesday proved it.
The new method is set to significantly enhance existing archeological research techniques, as it allows the researchers to carry out extensive tests without the risk of physically damaging the artifacts.
On December 6, 2008 Alexis Grigoropoulos, age 15, was hanging out with his friends, when two officers approached the group of boys, allegedly trying to provoke them. Verbal assaults initiated by the police resulted in Alexis’s murder.
The Trump Administration is facing a housing crisis that has emerged as a result of recovering economic growth in the aftermath of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.