Sputnik News - World News, Breaking News & Top Stories

19:41 GMT17 April 2021

The coffin of Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, is taken into St. George's Chapel for a funeral service, in Windsor, Britain, April 17, 2021.

15:36 GMT 17 April 2021 / updated: 18:21 GMT UK

UK Bids Final Goodbye to Prince Philip - Photos, Video

An FU custom upper receiver for an AR-15 style rifle is displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan

US Tops Global Lists for Gun-Related Violence, Mass Shootings

A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on November 4, 2019, shows the atomic enrichment facilities Natanz nuclear research centre, some 300 kilometres south of capital Tehran.

Iranian TV: Man Behind Recent Natanz Nuclear Facility Incident Identified

In this June 24, 2009 picture, the building of the Russian Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, is shown

Czech Republic to Expel Russian Diplomats Suspected of Working for Russian Intelligence

'Frexit' on Horizon? Ex-Brexit Chief Negotiator Barnier Reveals What May Prompt France to Leave EU

Latest
Most Read

News

all news

Top Stories

Last update: 16:00 GMT 17.04.2021
16:00 GMT 17.04.2021
Opinion
'He Puts His Country First': Congress Candidate on How Trump Inspired Blacks to Fight for Their Community
Although Trump is yet to announce whether he will run for president in 2024, some former members of his administration have pledged not to run against the 45th president. It has been more than three months since Trump left the Oval Office, but he is still perceived as the right man to lead America. What makes the Trump phenomenon so resilient?
Last update: 15:11 GMT 17.04.2021
15:11 GMT 17.04.2021
UK
Topless Woman Reportedly Detained Outside Windsor Castle During Prince Philip's Funeral Ceremony
Police officers led the woman away from Windsor Castle, where a solemn ceremony was taking place. Prince Philip died last week aged 99.
Last update: 18:37 GMT 17.04.2021
18:37 GMT 17.04.2021
Asia & Pacific
Fishermen Find 'Reconnaissance Device' Secretly Placed by Foreign Country in Chinese Waters: Report
A small unmanned ship was reportedly detected by a Chinese fishing boat in the Yellow Sea earlier this week and is thought to resemble a US-made Wave Glider vessel.
Last update: 19:34 GMT 17.04.2021
19:34 GMT 17.04.2021
World
Pakistan’s PM Urges West to Outlaw Disrespect for Prophet Muhammad Just Like It Does for Holocaust
Imran Khan has demanded that those taking jabs at Islam, under the pretext, as he said, of freedom of expression, apologise. Yet, days earlier, the Pakistani government banned its Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan party, which has of late staged multiple protests against what they claimed to be anti-Islamic sentiment in the West.
Last update: 19:35 GMT 17.04.2021
19:35 GMT 17.04.2021
US
US Lawmakers Who Voted Against Trump in Second Impeachment Reportedly Boosted Their Private Security
The shift in the lawmakers' security expenditures purportedly happened after an angry mob of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Congress building on 6 January demanding to cancel the results of the presidential election.
Last update: 13:05 GMT 17.04.2021
13:05 GMT 17.04.2021
US
Probe Launched Into Site of US Military Base in Guam After Human Remains Were Dug Up There
About a dozen human burial sites from between 1,500 BC to 1,000 AD, as well as caches of ancient pottery and tools have been dug up at a number of separate construction spots at Camp Blaz over the last year.
Last update: 09:34 GMT 17.04.2021
09:34 GMT 17.04.2021
Russia
Is Russian Defence Chief Out to Clone 3,000-Year-Old Warriors?
Sergei Shoigu recalled that Russia has conducted several expeditions in his native Republic of Tuva in southern Siberia, home to a number of prehistoric Scythian burial spots.
Last update: 04:48 GMT 17.04.2021
04:48 GMT 17.04.2021
World
Live Updates: COVID-19 Global Death Toll Exceeds 3 Million
The global coronavirus tally is now over 139 million cases, with the death toll from the pandemic approaching the 3 million mark, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University.