The US Navy’s ultra-secretive USS Seawolf submarine has been spotted for the second time in as many months, mulling around the North Atlantic.

Beijing will soon lose the ability to access its weather and earth-monitoring satellites via ground station locations affiliated with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in Sweden, Chile and Australia.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Two Russian fighters MiG-31 were scrambled to escort a UK spy plane over the Barents Sea, the national defence control centre said Monday.

Monday's abrupt outburst by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte against thrill-starved football supporters was all over social media within hours, with the #gewoonjebekhouden hashtag trending widely on Twitter.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union’s foreign ministers insist on an international investigation into the situation with Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, with the involvement of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said on Monday.

Leaders from Albania, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Turkey, Iceland, the Netherlands and numerous others co-signed the letter, despite declining to join the Treaty, citing the need for nuclear weapons from the United States being essential to their security.

Previously, Minsk had accused the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) of meddling in Belarus' internal affairs.

As authentic runestones are few in number, the spectacular find marks a new milestone for local lore and language research, as it sheds new light upon the the Viking era.

Sweden, whose outlier no-lockdown herd immunity strategy has been criticised and even vilified by pundits and medical professionals, has been doing remarkably well recently, whereas other European countries are bracing themselves for a second wave of infection.

The Finnish National museum explained that while it was not illegal to bring these objects to Europe, the significance of the tombs for the indigenous people and their heritage hadn't been taken into account.

Media figures on the British left have already raised suspicions over Labour leader Keir Starmer's newfound commitment to Brexit. His vocal support for an unpopular second referendum is seen as costing Labour defeat in the 2019 general election which forced left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn's resignation.

MINSK (Sputnik) - Belarusian security forces have strengthened measures near the Palace of Independence in Minsk, the working residence of President Alexander Lukashenko, on Sunday during the latest day of opposition protests in the Belarusian capital.

MINSK (Sputnik) - More than 10 people were arrested during anti-government rallies in Minsk alone, likely many more cumulatively as reports about arrests keep coming from other regions of Belarus, Belarusian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Olga Chemodanova told Sputnik on Sunday.

Earlier this week, the Greek police launched an operation to transfer residents from the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, which was devastated by a powerful blaze, to a new tent city in Kara Tepe.

In March, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a series of restrictive measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, although these have been gradually eased nationwide since then.

LONDON (Sputnik) - UK Health Minister Matt Hancock urged people on Sunday to follow social distancing restrictions to avoid another national lockdown, as the United Kingdom is on the brink of a second wave of COVID-19.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union is putting together a new legislation to challenge the market dominance of big tech companies by means of tougher regulations on content and data privacy, Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton.

As some German politicians have voiced calls to draw a line under or temporarily suspend the $10.5 billion Russian-European pipeline venture over the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Angela Merkel has weighed in, urging the international community to look upon the mutually profitable project in isolation from the incident.

Ankara earlier accused France, and the EU at large, of hampering solving problems in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean, where both Turkey and Greece claim energy exploration rights.

The investigation was launched by the Belgian security services, focusing on the former diplomat's alleged ties to Chinese reporters who are claimed by security sources to be working for the Chinese Ministry of State Security and the Chinese military.