UN Disappointed by Trump’s Decision to Withdraw US From Paris Climate Deal UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the United Nations is disappointed by the decision of the US President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. 01.06.2017 09:17:00
EU Promotes Stability in the Balkans 'at the Expense of Serbia' The European Union has been inconsistent in its policy toward the Balkans and Serbia in particularly, if it truly wants to promote stability and security in the region, Serbia's former Ambassador to Italy Sanda Raskovic Ivic told Sputnik. 27.05.2017 07:45:00
Philippines crisis ‘transmogrified into invasion by foreign terrorists’ The Maute group confronting the Philippine army in Marawi City is no longer considered a local terrorist organization as it has been reinforced by jihadists of Malaysian, Indonesian and “other nationalities,” the country’s authorities have announced. 26.05.2017 05:47:41
Controlled Explosion Occurs in South Manchester Following Monday's Attack A controlled explosion took place in the south of Manchester following deadly Monday's terrorist attack. 23.05.2017 14:41:38
Repeating the Likes of 9/11': Tehran Slams Trump on Shocking Saudi Shift Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, advised US President Donald Trump that, rather than confronting Tehran, he should be discussing how to avoid another 9/11 attacks with his Saudi Arabian partners during an official visit to Riyadh. 22.05.2017 07:00:19
Erdogan Bodyguards Accused of Attacking DC Protesters Released US State Department officials announced that they briefly detained two of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s bodyguards following a violent incident in front of the Turkish ambassador’s residence on Tuesday while Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump. 19.05.2017 06:58:44
Russian Charity Doubling Efforts in Syria After Founder Died Helping Children Renowned Russian humanitarian and charity activist Elizaveta Glinka, widely known as Dr. 18.05.2017 07:01:00
War between 2 Koreas is highly possible, new S. Korean president warns Recently-elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in has stated that there is a “high possibility” of military conflict with North Korea. 17.05.2017 19:35:38
North Korean Problem: Washington Sees No Options 'Apart From Starting a War' It seems that unleashing a war against North Korea remains one of the White House's very few options to reign in Kim Jong Un, John Dunn, Professor Emeritus of Political Theory at Cambridge University, told Sputnik. 14.05.2017 15:52:04
European Union: A 'Superpower' Ruled From Across the Ocean Federica Mogherini's belief that over the last sixty years the European Union has become a superpower for peace, security, and democracy is nothing but wishful thinking, Igor Pshenichnikov, advisor to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), wrote for RIA Novosti. 12.05.2017 15:43:01
'A Better Future': Why Syria's French Voters Chose Le Pen Over Macron Syria became the only country in the world where French voters supported National Front leader Marine Le Pen during last week's presidential runoff in France, according to the results of voting abroad published the French Foreign Ministry. 11.05.2017 07:23:44
Syria’s Safe Zones: The Strategic Peculiarities of a New Peacekeeping Format As the plan to establish safe zones in Syria officially came into effect as of midnight Saturday, local time, the Russian media reviewed why these four areas on the Syrian map have been chosen for the new peacekeeping format and what their military and strategic peculiarities are. 06.05.2017 09:58:30
Signs of a Bargain? Why Russia is for the Establishment of 'Safe Zones' in Syria Following his talks with Turkish President Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday, President Putin commented on the initiative to create so-called "de-escalation" zones in Syria. 05.05.2017 12:26:04
No Cash for Fascists: US Congress Won't Fund Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that prevents the country from arming and training Ukraine's infamously ultra-nationalist Azov Battalion. 04.05.2017 18:00:28
Trump Stops Short of Calling China Currency Manipulator Amid North Korea Crisis US President Donald Trump said Saturday that it is not "the right time" to call China a "currency manipulator," as Beijing might help Washington to resolve the North Korean crisis. 30.04.2017 07:58:06
Why Brussels Teamed Up With Soros to Bring Hungary to Its Knees Brussels has exerted pressure on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his high education law, which allegedly targets American billionaire George Soros. 29.04.2017 08:00:00
'Ankara is Deepening the Rift Between Turkey and EU by Its Own Hands' The decision to restart monitoring Turkey, made by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on April 25, reflects the depth of the crisis simmering between Ankara and the EU, Oguz Kaan Salici of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) told Sputnik. 27.04.2017 07:17:00
Better Off Without You: Is Trump Giving Up on Poland by Slashing Aid by 100%? Poland is the only EU member state which is facing a suggested 100 percent cut in US financial assistance for 2018, joining other Central and Eastern European countries, such as Ukraine. 26.04.2017 09:09:01
Macron, Le Pen Advance to 2nd Round of French Presidential Vote Emmanuel Macron of the centrist En Marche! movement and right-wing National Front leader Marine Le Pen won the first round of French presidential election, thus triggering a run-off on May 7. 24.04.2017 07:53:01
Snap UK General Election Is a Desperate Attempt to Derail Scottish Independence British Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election bears all the hallmarks of a government in the throes of a continuing political crisis in the wake of last year's referendum result to rip the UK out of the EU, commonly referred to as Brexit. 21.04.2017 11:47:00
Tougher Times Ahead? How Turkey's Foreign Policy Could Change After Referendum Speaking to Sputnik Turkey, a number of Turkish experts commented on how their country's foreign policy will develop following last week's constitutional referendum in Turkey, in which President Erdogan claims to have received a majority "yes" vote to expand his presidential authority. 19.04.2017 09:26:08
Turkish Opposition CHP Party Plans to Challenge Referendum Results The Republican People's Party (CHP), one of the main Turkish opposition parties, announced an intention to challenge the results of Sunday's referendum on constitutional changes, Erdal Aksunger, the party's deputy chairman, said. 16.04.2017 09:30:00
Trump Refuses to Confirm He Authorized Use of Giant Bomb in Afghanistan On Thursday, US President Donald Trump declined to take responsibility for the use of the Pentagon's "mother of all bombs" that is said to be its most powerful non-nuclear weapon. 13.04.2017 19:29:44
Sweden Warming Up to Israeli Methods Against Terrorism The deadly recent truck attack in Stockholm has left Sweden in shock and prompted politicians and pundits to ponder ways of possibly putting an end to such attacks altogether. 12.04.2017 14:26:32
US Missile Strike 'Pushes Syria to the Brink of Afghanistan-Like Havoc' In response to the US missile attack on the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha'irat near Homs, a number of high-ranking Afghan politicians and experts interviewed by Sputnik have said that it resembles the scenario of the "punitive" US operation in Afghanistan back in 2001, which instigated havoc in the country and left the US bogged down there. 11.04.2017 08:05:50
