More Than 1,000 Ceasefire Agreements Signed in Syria in 2017
The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation reported that leaders of illegal armed formations have signed 140 ceasefire application forms.
The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation reported that leaders of illegal armed formations have signed 140 ceasefire application forms.
A man has opened fire in the centre of Moscow, local police reported. According to the interior ministry's press service, two people were wounded in the shooting and the police is still searching for the suspect.
Effective January 1, 2018, China will ban the mainland domestic sale of elephant ivory and related products, a significant move toward slowing the annual slaughter of the largest land animals on Earth.
The decision by Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to pardon Alberto Fujimori, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2009, has raised questions, David Sulmont, a professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, told Sputnik, dubbing the move "an exchange of courtesies" between the incumbent leader and Fujimori supporters.
Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has outlined the alarming implications of the state censorship promoted by social networking giant Facebook when it deletes accounts of politicians and activists whose content the US and Israeli governments don't happen to approve of.
This footage once again confirms conventional wisdom that being an adult predator does not always mean having courage and being intrepid.
Don’t think the crazy Russophobia of 2017 can be surpassed? I’m not so sure. Let’s take a look at our special Sputnik crystal ball to see what 2018 has in store….
Erica Garner was an outspoken activist for social justice and police reform, whose father, an African American, was killed in a chokehold by a white policeman. His death and court ruling sparked a wave of protests across the US.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the United States had initiated the visa crisis between Ankara and Washington, which ended this week.
A spate of deaths on Mount Everest has prompted the government of Nepal to review its mountaineering regulations and ban solo, double amputee and blind climbers attempting the summit.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kuwait's airlines have resumed flights over Iraq for the first time in three years as the Iraqi airspace has become completely safe, the Iraqi transport ministry said Saturday via its Telegram channel.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues its advance on the terrorists using both military and diplomatic measure. SAA Brig. Gen. Heitham Hassun, reported that al-Nusra Front militants agreed to flee from the villages of Mugr al-Mir and Mazaria Beit Jinn in southwestern Syria, thus undermining Israel's plan to maintain control over the region.
The Turkish president has reiterated his adamant opposition to Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and underscored that the ancient city is too "precious" for Muslims.
With 3.5 million refugees, mostly from neighboring Syria, Turkey has the highest refugee population in the world, according to the UN.
The damning video evidence and testimony adds further questions over what the US-led coalition is really up to in Syria.
CAIRO (Sputnik) - Egypt's criminal court sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi and his 18 supporters to three years in prison over insulting judges, local media reported Saturday.
India’s northeastern state of Assam is releasing a draft citizens' list on January 1. The state is home to at least two million Bangladeshi immigrants. While India plans to award citizenship to illegal immigrants of other religious backgrounds, Bangladeshi Muslims would have to go back.
The family of Prince Harry's future wife, Meghan Markle, are displeased after he told an interviewer that spending Christmas with the royals was like being part of a family "she's never had." Her half-brother Thomas Markle told the press that Meghan's father Thomas is "extremely hurt" by the comment.
On Saturday afternoon a man claiming to have explosives took 11 hostages in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, according to police spokesman Yaroslav Trakalo.
BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The Syrian government troops, with the support of the allied forces, pushed militants of the Jabhat Fatah al Sham terror group (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra or Nusra Front, banned in Russia) from eight villages and settlements in the north of Hama province, a Syrian military source told Sputnik on Saturday.
To say that 2017 was an eventful year would be an understatement, with the Internet literally being flooded with viral videos that captivated the attention of viewers around the world.
As Austria's new right-wing government takes office, editor-in-chief of the Austrian magazine "Frank & Frei" Werner Reichel tells Sputnik Deutschland why the left is going through a period of unpopularity in the Alpine nation.
British-born astronomer Caleb Sharf has come up with a theory which suggests that planets with a biosphere usually rotate faster than lifeless celestial bodies of similar age and size.