Новости за 13.01.2017

China might be supporting independence and protest movements in Okinawa in the hope of driving US naval bases from the island. However, if Okinawa really obtained independence from Japan, its future as a Chinese protectorate would not differ much from its present one under Japanese suzerainty.

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Friday inspected the US military bases located at the Pacific island of Guam ahead of the forthcoming transfer of thousands of US marines from the Japanese Okinawa.

Less than a tenth of the agreed 106,000 asylum seekers have been distributed across the EU bloc a year into its relocation program, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday.

Lebanon's special task forces arrested a group of Daesh recruiters.

Growing disillusionment with the EU spreads its shadow over Ukraine. Although Brussels pledged to grant Ukrainians visa-free travel to the EU Schengen Zone in 2017, some in Ukraine have doubts that Brussels is prepared to fulfill its promises.

The last year has taught us, with Brexit, the US elections, growing anti-EU sentiment on the continent of Europe, that ignoring national interests, which are more and more often expressed in terms of national culture and identity, is not possible anymore. Will this translate through into the reconstruction of economic protectionism?

Palestine at the upcoming conference in Paris will promote the two-state solution as the main means of settling the conflict with Israel, and will try to convince other attendees of its necessity, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) secretary-general Saeb Erekat said Friday.

Donald Trump slammed his former rival Hillary Clinton as being "guilty as hell."

Tobias Boelter, a security expert at the University of California, Berkeley, revealed that WhatsApp has a security flaw meaning that both Facebook and the US government are able to access your messages.

Khadi – a campaign to promote hand-spun textile was launched in 1920 as a political weapon in the Swadesi Movement of Mahatma Gandhi. Critics are accusing PM Modi of trying to hijack the legacy of Gandhi- considered the father of the nation by Indians.

Of all the Nordic countries, Finland has the smallest proportion of Muslims. Nevertheless, it also runs the risk of exposure to radical Islamism, which can result in violence, terrorism and discrimination, a renowned Finnish Islam researcher warned.

Barack Obama has delivered his farewell address to the nation, ending his final speech with the very same motto he used during his presidential campaign: "Yes We Can." However, media reaction to his speech was quite the opposite. Sputnik discussed Obama's legacy with Paris Dennard, political and social commentator and former White house staffer.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has conducted a review of all scientific research on the health impacts of cannabis and cannabis-derived products published since 1999, finding much to support claims of both the plant's positive impact on health, and its hazardous implications for mental and physical wellbeing.

Watch a massive truck succumb to the 80-plus-mph winds on a Colorado highway. Luckily, no cars were in its way.

Moscow will likely send experts in order to check foreign companies that want to supply food products to Russia after the food embargo is lifted.

The Geneva-based World Economic Forum annual meeting is traditionally held between late January and early February in Davos.

A British lawyer has filed papers in an Irish court starting the process of a legal challenge over UK sovereignty ahead of Britain triggering the process of leaving the European Union, accusing the EU of "flagrant disregard of its obligations" over the issue.

Chief mufti of the Tatarstan republic Kamil Samigullin said that Muslim communities of Russia and Syria continue cooperation despite crises in the Middle East and civil war in Syria.

India is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world, almost double the pace of China. Aircraft manufacturer of Russia and Japan plan to enter the $300 bn Indian market which is dominated by Airbus of France and Boeing of the US.

A teenaged Indian has signed a Rs 5-crore contract with the Gujarat state government for production of drones designed by him. Harsh’s drone’s claim to detect and defuse land mines.

A number of Russian cities, including St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi, can host the 2028 Olympics if Russia participates in the bidding process.

The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) forces entered the campus of Mosul University during the operation to retake Mosul from the Daesh terrorist group, according to media reports.

The Russian President is long overdue for a visit to one of the centerpiece regions of the emerging Indo-Pacific century, and the overlap of infrastructure, trade, and institutional interests there should give President Putin more than enough reasons to seriously consider taking a trip to South Asia.

The Amnesty International launched a hot air balloon with Edward Snowden's portrait above the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Head of the Dutch Eurosceptic think tank Forum for Democracy Thierry Baudet stated that there is no compromise possible with the European Union on the ratification of the EU-Ukraine association deal.