24.4.2019 23:9 Adios! Replica of Columbus' ‘La Niña' Sinks in Texas - Again (VIDEO, PHOTO)

A replica of La Niña, one of the infamous three ships Italian explorer Christopher Columbus took on the voyage that would lead him ‒ accidentally ‒ to the Americas, sunk shortly after midnight on Tuesday in the marina of Texas' Corpus Christi Bay.

24.4.2019 22:7 Outdated, Unimaginative: US Pilots Training With Old Tech, Irrelevant Foes

US military air training ranges aren’t up to snuff, a new report finds, noting that pilots have to train against outdated systems and are hampered by other archaic practices and situations that “did not replicate the threats pilots would face in combat.”

24.4.2019 22:4 Twitter Ignites as Hillary Calls Mueller Report 'Part of the Beginning'

During her appearance at the inaugural TIME 100 Summit, Hillary Clinton insisted that Mueller’s report is about holding accountable the foreign adversaries who allegedly attacked the US’ election, sovereignty, and democracy.

24.4.2019 22:3 Remains of Ethiopian Airlines Victims Still Scattered Around Crash Site

Families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10 in Addis Ababa are still not in possession of their loved ones’ personal effects and remains due to what they call inadequate recovery operations.

24.4.2019 22:3 Foreign Media Conducted Staged Filming of Family Death in Hama - Russian MoD

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Foreign media employees in the Syrian province of Hama conducted a staged filming of the "death" of a family due to alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian troops, Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin, head of the Russian Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, said at a briefing Wednesday.

24.4.2019 21:56 New Zealand, France Want Tech CEOs to Curb Online Extremism

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were forced to defend their practices last month after 1.5 million copies of the video of New Zealand's Christchurch shooting were shared online. Debate about online extremism resumed this week after the deadly attacks in Sri Lanka.

24.4.2019 21:52 GNA Says Egypt's Statements on Libya Misrepresent True Situation

On Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi, who is the current president of the African Union, convened an unscheduled African summit to discuss the political crisis in Libya. However, Sisi did not outline a definite position on the issue and refrained from condemning Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan National Army.

24.4.2019 21:35 Former State Dept. Employee Admits Conspiring With Chinese Agents

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A former State Department employee on Wednesday admitted in federal court that she took part in a conspiracy in which she gave Chinese foreign agents internal documents in exchange for cash and gifts, the Justice Department said in a press release.

24.4.2019 20:51 Masked Men Open Fire at Cafe in Northern France, Flee Scene in Van (VIDEOS)

Law enforcement agencies are conducting an operation after a shooting incident in the French city of Tourcoing in the Nord department.

24.4.2019 20:26 LISTEN to Macron Get Trolled by Prankster He Thinks is Ukraine's President-Elect

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won Sunday's presidential runoff race with 73 percent of the vote, blowing out incumbent President Petro Poroshenko. Russian telephone trolls Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Alexei “Lexus” Stoliarov spoke to the French president by phone posing as the president-elect to gage his reaction.

24.4.2019 20:21 Ex-White House Counsel May Use Exec. Privilege to Defy Subpoena - Trump Adviser

The Judiciary Committee's subpoena demands McGahn provide the Judiciary Committee with documents related to its investigation by the morning of 7 May and to testify before the committee on 21 May.

24.4.2019 20:17 Ankara Mulling Over Swap Deal With Russia, Embraces Mir Cards – Turkish Minister

On 8 April, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the eighth meeting of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council. Speaking to Sputnik, Turkey’s Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan emphasised the importance of switching to local currencies in Russo-Turkish bilateral trade.

24.4.2019 20:16 Iraq Defence Official Says US Troops Not Involved in Any Military Operations

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US troops in Iraq only assist the country’s army in fighting Daesh* and do not carry out any military operations, Muhammad Abadi, general secretary of the Iraqi Defense Ministry, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

24.4.2019 19:56 US Adds 2 Individuals, 3 Entities to Sanctions List Over Links to Hezbollah

In early November 2018, the United States, which designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, imposed a batch of sanctions against several individuals over their alleged links to the group, as well as the Gaza-based Hamas.

24.4.2019 19:38 Erdogan Offers Condolences to Descendants of Armenians Killed in Ottoman Empire

Armenia and Turkey have strained relations due to their different views on WWI history. Armenia says that around 1.2 million of its people were killed or starved to death by the Ottoman Empire during the war. Turkey has repeatedly denied accusations, claiming that the victims of the mass killings were both the Turks and Armenians.

24.4.2019 19:23 Day After Official Visit Confirmed, President Trump Claims UK Spied On Him

The US president is set to visit the UK on 3-5 June for an official state visit, following his working visit last year.

24.4.2019 19:11 US Judge Denies Yaroshenko's Request to Reduce Jail Sentence to 15 yrs - Lawyer

In 2011, Russian pilot Yaroshenko was sentenced to 20 years in prison for allegedly conspiring to smuggle drugs into the United States. He was captured in Liberia in 2010 and transferred to the United States without an official extradition procedure, prompting protests from Russia.

24.4.2019 19:8 YouTube Upholds Hosting Islamist Preacher Videos After Deadly Sri Lanka Attacks

Authorities suspect Islamist preacher Zahran Hashim of inspiring those who were behind the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, which killed more than 300 people.

24.4.2019 18:59 Manchester United Legend Eric Cantona Shocks Instagram With Bizarre Penis Video

Eric Cantona won countless Premier League titles with Manchester United and turned to acting after quitting his football career.

24.4.2019 18:37 Irish Dissident Republican Group Linked to New IRA Banned from Social Networks

An Irish republican dissident group, Saoradh, is considered to be the political wing of the New IRA, which claimed responsibility for the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Northern Ireland last week.