Progress on lifting the European Union's sanctions against Russian can be reached in 2020 if there is a positive outcome from the upcoming Normandy format talks, Ralf Stegner, a co-chair of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and its leader in Schleswig-Holstein, told Sputnik on Thursday

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam has been heckled by opposition lawmakers for a second day as she tried to answer questions in parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that his country had started a long-promised military operation, dubbed Peace Spring, in Syria, that aims to clear the border area of Kurdish fighters

The former mayor of Daugavpils in Latvia was detained on Wednesday by the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau, a source in the city council told Sputnik