MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Sputnik international news agency is moving the UK-based activities of its English edition to the United States and Russia as part of a reorganisation, while the coverage of news related to the United Kingdom will continue as normal.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The photograph "Wrangel Island" by journalist Yury Smityuk from Russia's Far East has won the online voting of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2020.

SAO PAULO (Sputnik) - Russia's Sputnik news agency, which is a part of Rossiya Segodnya International Media Agency, and China's Xinhua have signed an agreement on exchanging content in Spanish and Arabic.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Afghan authorities have condemned the mosque blasts in eastern Nangarghar province, Sediq Sediqqi, the spokesperson for the country's president, said on Friday, putting the blame on Taliban.

MOSCOW (Sputnik Press Service) – International News Agency and Radio Sputnik has joined the United Nations’ SDG Media Compact.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iraqi boy Qassem Qadim, 13, who became a hero after being featured as the main subject of an award winning photo of the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, has arrived in Moscow again to receive medical treatment.

On 23 June, The Mother of All Talk Shows, a radio show hosted by British politician George Galloway, returns after a month-long hiatus in a new format on Sputnik

ATHENS (Sputnik) - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency Dmitry Gornostaev, who is attending the Global Editors Network (GEN) Summit in Athens, has spoken about the linguistic versatility of the Sputnik news agency.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency on Thursday became a general media partner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the national Olympic team.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest has published its shortlist of 2019 winners, the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency announced on Thursday.

MONTEVIDEO (Sputnik) - The exhibition of more than 30 photographs by the finalists of the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest has opened in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo at the parliament building.

MONTEVIDEO (Sputnik) - An exhibition of over 30 photographs by the finalists of the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organized by Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency under the aegis of the Commission of Russia for UNESCO, is set to open in Uruguay on Wednesday.

On 30 May, the International Children’s Social Programme of PJSC Gazprom’s Football for Friendship Forum 2019 was held in Madrid. The seventh forum brought together experts from around the world – football coaches, doctors of children’s teams, celebrities, journalists, and representatives of international football academies and federations.

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - On Friday, the International News Agency and Radio Sputnik, together with its Indian hub, held the first in-person lecture for students from the Delhi School of Journalism as part of the SputnikPro project.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A charity foundation for children of the Russian Spartak football club will take charge of the costs of replacing a missing leg of Iraqi boy Qassem Qadim, a hero of an award-winning photo of the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, with a prosthesis, the charity's chairman Andrey Fedun said.

MOSCOW – Sputnik press service. Sputnik News and Radio is welcoming another group of participants to the SputnikPro project.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iraqi boy Qassem Qadim, who is captured on the photograph titled "Desire for Life" that won gold in the Sports category of the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, attended on Sunday a Russian Premier League match between Spartak and Ufa football clubs.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iraqi boy Qassem Qadim captured on the photograph titled "Desire for Life" that won gold in the Sports category of the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest arrived in Moscow on Saturday.

MOSCOW - Sputnik press service. Sputnik news agency and radio has entered into a cooperation agreement with United News of India (UNI), a leading player on the Indian media market. The document was signed by First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Sputnik Sergei Kochetkov and UNI Editor-in-Chief Ashok Upadhyay.

SHARJAH (The United Arab Emirates), (Sputnik) - Sputnik News Agency and Radio and the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) WAM news agency have signed a memorandum of understanding that provides for the exchange of information about events in the region and the world, Sputnik's press service said on Thursday.