Новости за 16.01.2017

Oman has taken 10 former prisoners of the US's notorious Guantanamo Bay facility, its Foreign Ministry announced.

At least six people were killed in an attack by militants on a police checkpoint in the New Valley province in southwestern Egypt on Monday, Egypt's state television reported.

President of the Venice Commission Gianni Buquicchio voiced Monday concern over the situation around Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, saying that the court is subjected to pressure from political majority.

United Nations welcomes the one-year anniversary since the beginning of the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said at a UN press briefing on Monday.

Information about the situation in the sphere of human rights in Russia contained in the report issued by Human Right Watch (HRW) is false, Russian Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov said Monday.

The wife of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub in June, has been arrested by the FBI.

Iraqi Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani announced he could leave his post in order to overcome differences between various political forces in the autonomous region, the president’s press secretary Kefah Mahmud told Sputnik on Monday.

President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor is going to make an official visit to Russia on February 10-11, Slovenia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Dejan Zidan told Sputnik on Monday.

The US and Japan signed a treaty that will limit Status of Forces protections for some US contractors working in Japan.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini voiced concern on Monday over the escalation of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, following the incident with the Serbian passenger train, and called on the parties to engage in dialogue.

US President-elect Donald Trump’s attempts to influence policies of other countries are inappropriate, US Secretary of State John Kerry told the CNN broadcaster on Monday.

A day after Hamas authorities said Turkey would donate fuel to ease Gaza's crippling power crisis, Qatar has also stepped in, donating $12 million to buy fuel for the Palestinian enclave's only power plant.

European countries, including Germany, should engage in dialogue with US President-elect Donald Trump to influence further development of his economic plans, Clemens Fuest, president of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, said in a statement on Monday.

After a six-year hiatus, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT) has signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority's Minister of Civil Affairs to relaunch meetings of their Joint Water Committee.

The Dakar 2017 motorbike rally has seen some exciting moments. One of them was when Russian pilot Anastasia Nifontova together with her bike toppled over in the middle of high plains and was unable to lift the heavy bike all by herself. None of the other pilots stopped to help her, except for one “true gentleman.”

Greece currently does not meet the conditions necessary to accept asylum seekers under Germany’s plan to start sending back migrants who entered the European Union through the Greek border, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson in Greece, Roland Schonbauer, told Sputnik Monday.

Monday: The World Economic Foundation’s annual report has warned that rising wealth inequality; Manuel Valls seems to have suffered a blow following the first televised debate in the French election campaign and we examine the Trump dossier with former MI5 intelligence officer, Annie Machon.

Almost one third of Russian CEOs are confident in the growth of their companies throughout 2017, which is 5 percent more than in 2016, PwC said in its Annual Global CEO Survey presented in Davos on Monday.

Moscow Cautiously Reacts to Trump's Idea on Lifting Sanctions in Exchange for Nuke Reduction

"Muslim NATO," a new military alliance led by Saudi Arabia has been making waves in the news lately. Sputnik discusses how effective this alliance will actually be in fighting terrorism, with Iranian regional policy expert Farzad Ramazani Bonesh.

An instant messaging company has registered more users in India than the population of Russia. After its merger with Facebook, the top Indian court has asked them to clarify their data sharing policy.

Financial institutions in the Asia Pacific region are seeking to hire more tech specialists than investment bankers this year. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with Rajiv Biswas, Senior Director and Asia-Pacific Chief Economist at IHS Economics and Country Risk.

The first images of the Ruby Seadragon were recorded by scientists on the Point Culver cliffs of the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia, using a small remotely operated vehicle, miniROV.

The shortage of cash after Modi declared 86% of India's currency worthless has toppled India from its top position as the world's fastest growing economy.

Days ahead of the World Economic Forum where the global elite called "Davos Men'' will brainstorm on the health of the world economy, a rights group says inequality and income disparity continue rising fast in India.