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The United Nations hopes that the inauguration of the new US President Donald Trump will become a start of productive relationship between the United States and the United Nations, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.

A Turkish national attempted to burn himself near the Turkish embassy in Almaty, Kazakhstan, local media said Friday.

Despite the controversy surrounding newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump, the turnout for his inaugural ceremony is considerably lower than parades in the recent past.

President Donald Trump is participating in the inaugural parade from the US Capitol to the White House after being sworn in as the forty-fifth US president earlier on Friday.

Increase in Saudi Arabia's shale oil output in 2017 is estimated to be at up to 300,000 barrels per day, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Falih said Friday.

French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron, now projected for the third place in the race for Elysee Palace, will visit Lebanon next Monday and Tuesday and meet the country's president and prime minister, the press service of his movement En Marche! said on Friday.

Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said Friday that Russia's economy has been "cured" of dependence on oil prices and reached the stable macroeconomic situation and low inflation rates.

An anti-Donald Trump protester told Sputnik on Friday she was injured by law enforcement officers with tear gas and pepper spray during demonstrations in Washington, DC on Inauguration Day.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is committed to eliminating former President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan to negate its harmful policies and improve the lives of American workers, according to the America First Energy Plan released by the White House on Friday.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as the US president and expressed hope for close cooperation between the Alliance and the United States.

A group of unidentified assailants fired a grenade launcher rocket at an office of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Istanbul on Friday, local media reported.

Humorous memes and GIFs of former first lady Michelle Obama looking irritated at the Inauguration spread quickly across the internet on Friday.

The Gambia's longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down amid Senegalese and Nigerian military intervention in the West African country, Gambian President Adama Barrow said Friday.

A New York Post sports writer has tweeted a comparison between the election of Donald Trump and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington DC. He has since apologized for the tweet and deleted it.

Anti-Trump protesters are expected to disrupt inaugural celebrations in the US capital throughout the day, the Metropolitan Police told Sputnik on Friday.

US President Donald Trump's administration will uphold citizens’ legal right to bear arms to protect themselves as outlined in the Second Amendment of the constitution, according to the America Law Enforcement Policy plan released by the White House on Friday.

Riot police have formed a wall to block protesters from advancing down K Street in Washington, DC. Stun grenades, pepper spray, concussion grenades, and tear gas have been the primary method of quelling the protests.

On Friday, Donald Trump was sworn in as 45th President of the United States. During his inaugural speech, Trump stressed that the US should not impose American values on other nations, but rather lead by example. Speaking to Sputnik, former Rand Paul advisor Brian Darling recalled that President Obama came into office with a very similar promise.

Law enforcement authorities in Washington, DC are prepared to handle unrest by demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump and his proposed policies, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent told Sputnik on Friday.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated that US President Donald Trump the first three documents: a waiver for Secretary of Defense nominee Gen. James Mattis; official nominations to the US Senate; and a pronouncement for a National Day of Patriotism.

This brave bird took the game of Marco Polo to the next level!

US President Donald Trump's administration will collaborate with the country's international allies to stop funding for radical terrorist groups and improve the intelligence sharing, according to a defense plan released by the White House on Friday.

The yield of US 10-year treasury bonds and the price of gold have grown during US President Donald Trump's inaugural speech.

Washington has reasons to distrust Havana and keep the anti-Cuban embargo in place, Sebastian Arcos of the Cuban Research Institute told Radio Sputnik. According to the policy specialist, Cuba continues to have a significant influence on left-wing forces in Latin America despite the collapse of the Soviet Union.

US President Donald Trump's administration will focus on developing both defensive and offensive capabilities in cyber space to ensure the resilience of the US national security systems, according to a new defense plan released by the White House on Friday.