Новости за 20.01.2017

The United States will begin cracking down on nations that violate trade agreements and will reject and rework failed trade deals, according to the Trade Policy plan released by the White House on Friday.

US President Donald Trump is committed to building a border wall with Mexico to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into US communities, according to the America Law Enforcement Policy plan.

50 anti-Donald Trump protesters were arrested in Washington, DC, after some 500 anti-Trump protesters confronted 100 police officers, according to local police.

The Trump administration is going to "embrace the shale oil and gas revolution to bring jobs and prosperity to millions of Americans".

US President Donald Trump has said he wants to improve relations with Russia, because of his understanding that the growing relationship between Moscow and Beijing presents a threat to the geopolitical status of the US, Professor of Economic History Giulio Sapelli told Sputnik Italia.

Trump's White House wasted little time in outlining its goal to "develop" more defense systems to prepare for missile-initiated attacks from Iran and North Korea.

Illegal immigrants with a violent criminal record will be deported from the United States.

The Syrian government and representatives of over a dozen armed opposition groups will meet in Astana, Kazakhstan on Monday for peace talks brokered by Russia, Iran and Turkey. Speaking to Sputnik, Iranian political scientist Hossein Ruyvaran said that the negotiations were no place for powers that are dead set on toppling the Syrian government.

Reporter of RT, who was covering the march of anti-capitalist nature held in the US capital on the day of Trump's inauguration, was detained by police, according to the media outlet.

On Inauguration Day, pro-marijuana advocacy group DCMJ handed out over 4,000 free marijuana cigarettes in Washington DC. The organization is campaigning for the legalization of marijuana in the district, under a regulation called Initiative 71, and were passing out up to two ounces of weed in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighborhood.

In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s ascension to power, a peaceful transition honored by President Barack Obama features new twitter accounts for the top brass of the Trump administration.

US President Donald Trump will end the defense sequester and submit a new budget to Congress outlining a plan to rebuild US military, according to a defense plan released by the White House.

The United States will withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal and renegotiate the North American Free Trade agreement, according to a new US trade plan released by the White House on Friday.

Russia and Syria signed all necessary documents on development and modernization of Russian naval base in Syrian Tartus.

The Donald Trump administration will try to reach independence from OPEC and any country going against US interests, the White House said.

In a 16-minute speech, new American president Donald Trump claimed that the American people had been taken advantage of by both its leaders and foreign powers. He pledged to put an end to that and usher in a new era where the interests of the American people come first.

The United Kingdom's desire to leave the EU single market and partially leave the customs union but to keep tariff-free relations with the bloc is a negotiation strategy employed to examine Brussel's readiness for the dialogue on Brexit, the secretary general of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, told Sputnik Friday.

23 alleged members of a smuggling network based out of Turkey's Agean region were detained by a special unit of the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch of Izmir police, according to local media.

A rocket was fired at Istanbul Police Department building but missed it, Reuters reported.

A fifth of spending on health in countries within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) group is at best "ineffective" and at worst "wasteful," a report has found.

Vienna believes Russia made a positive step when announced its decision to ease visa restrictions for Austrian tourists, Austrian Ambassador to Russia Emil Brix told Sputnik on Friday.

India is trying to loosen Pakistan’s strategic proximity with Gulf countries by promoting greater emphasis on defense and security cooperation.

Donald Trump is officially the 45th President of the United States after taking the oath of office at his inauguration ceremony at the steps of the US Capitol building on Friday.

US counterterrorism strikes in western Syria have eliminated some 100 members of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, US media reported on Friday.

The Indian PM has 76 million followers on social media. As Obama steps down from the popularity charts, Modi has to make a huge effort to become number one.