Helsinki/Sputnik: A court in Tallinn sentenced famous Estonian marine scientist Tarmo Kouts to three years in prison for leaking information to China, local media reported on Friday.

Islamabad: A Pakistani journalist, who is associated with a private news TV channel, has been gunned down in the country's Sukkur city, media reports said on Sunday.

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, who have tested positive with COVID-19,  are feeling "comfortable with mild symptoms".

Beijing: Despite a ban, demand for human placenta remains high in China, media reports said.

Kathmandu: Nepali Congress (NC), the main opposition party in Nepal, has claimed that the party would lead the next government with support from other opposition parties, reported the Him ...

Washington/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan had serious discussions with their Chinese counterparts in a second meeting in the sta ...

The new draconian social media law by the Pakistan government is a clear attempt to control and clamp down on the media in the name of national security, and religious sentiments, and thr ...

Toronto/Sputnik: The sentencing of the perpetrator of the deadly 2018 Toronto van attack has been put over until May 31, an Attorney General Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

Kabul: Five security force members and a pilot were among nine men who were killed after a helicopter that was carrying them crashed landed in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak on Thursday. ...