Новости за 30.01.2017

President Donald Trump’s administration does not rule out adding new countries to the list of states banned from entering the United States, White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said in a press briefing on Monday.

Thousands of UK residents took to the streets of the British cities on Monday expressing their discontent with the travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries imposed by administration of new US President Donald Trump, local media reported.

The US authorities have revised upward their borrowing projections for the January-March quarter of 2017, intending to borrow $1 billion more than was anticipated in October 2016, the Department of the Treasury announced in a press release on Monday.

About 1,100 people, including militants and their families, left the settlements in the Barada Valley, in accordance with the agreements made with the Syrian army, a source familiar with the situation told Sputnik on Monday.

Astana may turn into a fixed venue for the future meeting of the Syrian opposition and Damascus since other platforms did not yield any noticeable results, Alexei Pushkov, member of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, told Sputnik on Monday.

The US state of Washington has filed a lawsuit to invalidate President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said at a news conference in Seattle on Monday.

The membership of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) could be reinstated prior to the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in South Korea if Russia meets the reinstatement criteria in full by that time, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said Monday.

Former President Barack Obama is "heartened" by the recent demonstrations in opposition to President Trump's controversial executive order that Obama's spokesman said discriminates against people "because of their faith or religion."

The African Union (AU) satisfied on Monday the Moroccan bid for restoring its membership in the regional organization, local media reported.

US Vice President Mike Pence and His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan met to discuss ways to accelerate the anti-Daesh campaign and promoting a political solution for resolving the conflict in Syria, the White House said in a press release on Monday.

A 25-pound female bobcat escaped her enclosure at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.

Argentina is tightening its immigration laws, according to a government bulletin, refusing entry to people with a criminal history and making it easier to deport foreigners that run afoul of the law.

President Donald Trump administration is cognizant that Iran conducted a ballistic missile test on Monday, White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said in a press briefing.

Amid heightening tensions surrounding US President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance, the possibility of a trade war and even physical combat between the world’s two largest economies has become a full-fledged "reality."

Humanity’s earliest known ancestor has been discovered, in the form of a bag-like sea creature smaller than a fruit fly that inhabited Earth’s oceans about 540 million years ago. The team behind the discovery claims that the identification of the tiny creature will help to close a huge gap in the evolutionary record.

The Trump administration has decided to include the CIA in the National Security Council.

As crocodile tears continue to flow as a result of the temporary travel moratorium imposed by US President Donald Trump, it could be asked where that emotion was while President Barack Obama bombed five out of the seven nations affected by the new restrictions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to visit with President Donald Trump in the United States on February 15, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in his press briefing on Monday.

US President Donald Trump will meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during a prayer breakfast in Washington, DC on Thursday, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in his press briefing.

Ыenior White House adviser Stephen Miller stated that the anticipated backlash to Donald Trump's newly implemented executive order that bans refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States from the public is a sign of a significant, substantial measure against a "failed orthodoxy."

A decision by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to refuse Russian athletes the access to qualifying events for 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in South Korea violates the Olympic Charter and all norms of international law, a senior Russian lawmaker said Monday.

This week, UK media reported that the HMS Diamond destroyer would be sailing to the Black Sea, with commandoes, marines, and advanced anti-aircraft missiles on board, in Britain's largest operational mission to the region since the Cold War. Speaking to RIA Novosti, military analyst Konstantin Sivkov explained why the UK was making its move now.

Theresa May has been urged to cancel the invitation after Donald Trump issued an executive order last Friday blocking refugees and nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman candidate Congressman Keith Ellison stated that US President Donald Trump broke core American value of tolerance by an executive order, "Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States," that block all refugees from coming to the United States.

The series will be broadcast on cable channel Defense TV and on YouTube, where the first episode will be available on Tuesday.