Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey issued a joint declaration after their summit in Istanbul on Saturday, supporting Ukraine's NATO membership prospects

Turkish-Ukrainian defense cooperation is not directed against third countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday

Jihadists from at least four countries were involved in last month's days-long assault on Mozambique's gas town of Palma, a national security source told Sputnik

The UK government's plan to gradually reopen the economy through the rollout of free rapid lateral flow COVID-19 tests and a domestic vaccine passport scheme may push more businesses in the ailing hospitality and tourism sectors to the brink of ruin, business leaders and legal experts told Sputnik, amid growing calls for the government to provide greater clarity

The United Nations believes it is moving closer to deploying a technical mission to the decaying Safer oil tanker moored off the Yemen coast, following the recent discussions with the Houthi authorities who are to give the green light to access the vessel, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said in a press briefing on Friday

President Joe Biden's is asking Congress to approve $1 billion to improve border security infrastructure but it does not include additional funding for more border wall, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said on Friday

The White House's initial budget request for discretionary spending seeks investment in the development and testing of US hypersonic strike capabilities, according to the budget request document on Friday

Johnson & Johnson's deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine in the United States will drop by about 86 percent next week, compared with the nearly 5 million doses it allocated this week, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed on Friday

The Pentagon when contacted by Sputnik on Friday could not confirm reports that the United States has notified Ankara that it will send two military vessels through the Bosphorous on their way to the Black Sea next week