Новости за 05.02.2017

On Sunday,the Ukrainian forces resumed heavy shelling of the residential areas in the embattled Donbass city of Donetsk, pulling additional troops closer to the borders of the self-proclaimed republics in the east of Ukraine.

Marine Le Pen, the French presidential candidate from the National Front (FN) party, has called on the government to deprive dual citizens that could pose threat to the national security of French passports and send them back to their home countries.

Posters plastered across Rome Friday night asked Pope Francis "Where's your mercy?"

Bernie Sanders has shown himself to be a political inspiration to many. But to call him a fashion inspiration – well, that would have been a stretch. Until now.

Germany's new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, stepped on Sunday that the potential thaw in relations between Moscow and Washington will be good for resolving of conflicts brewing around the worls, including those in Ukraine and Syria.

The US speaker of the House said in an interview aired this morning that despite tough talk on the campaign trail, the Iran nuclear deal put in place by the Obama administration would probably remain intact.

Last month, a day after Donald Trump's inauguration, the anti-Trump movement got a new symbol: the pink 'p****hat', worn by protesters at the Women's March. Russian observers, well-acquainted with the color revolution technology that the US once meticulously exported to Eastern Europe, are surprised to see the formula returning home to the US.

US Vice President Mike Pence said that Iran's ballistic missile test was a direct violation of the UN Security Council resolutions and "defiant behavior to the world community".

A schoolgirl in Italy's Lombardy region fought off an attack by three North African immigrants using her jiu-jitsu skills, Il Giorno reported.

Ex-Georgian President and former Odessa Region Governor Mikheil Saakashvili has some advice for the EU, saying Brussels owes Kiev a huge debt of gratitude for Ukraine's valiant defense of the continent against Russia. As for Ukraine, Saakashvili predicts that the country will become a "European superpower" in the next 5-15 years.

The Japanese public has been afforded a better insight into the mentality of the new President of the United States thanks to a 17-year-old student who translated Donald Trump’s tweets.

Iran will continue to supply handmade carpets to the United States despite the possible tightening of import rules by the new US Administration, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.

A 3-year-old girl has been miraculously saved by passersby in China after she fell into the gap between a train and a platform while her accompanying adult was distracted by the scenes in the train carriage.

Apparently heedless of the danger he's in, this man swims amid the crashing waves as Storm Doris hits Britain.

Left-wing presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon said that Russia was France's partner.

The successful resolution of all issues related to the reopening of the Mitrovica Bridge between Serbia and Kosovo is a crucial step forward in Belgrade-Pristina negotiations on regional cooperation, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Sunday.

US Vice President Mike Pence stated that Washington is concerned about the recent escalation in Donbass and expressed confidence that Moscow and Washington would continue to maintain contacts on the issue of the Ukrainian crisis.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stated that there is no linkage between the refugee resettlement deal between Washington and Canberra and military assistance requirements.

Syrian President Bashar Assad extended a decree on amnesty for militants who surrender and hand over their weapons until the end of June.

Beijing signed a cooperation agreement with Damascus on Sunday to provide the Syrian people with $16 million worth of humanitarian aid.

A Chinese couple, who are currently on a round-the-world trip, started their journey by flying a light plane to North America via the Russian Far East, according to Sputnik China.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani stated that political trilateral initiative and the negotiations that took place in Kazakhstan’s Astana is a successful method that can be used as a pattern to end the Syrian crisis.

The potential revision or dissolution of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Washington's possible noncompliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules could spell trouble for the global free trade, Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexico’s economy minister, told the Financial Times newspaper on Sunday.

Commenting on the recent intensification of fighting in southeast of Ukraine and Poroshenko's explanations, Russian political analyst Vladimir Lepekhin has explained why the "room to manipulate the opinion of western politicians" is drastically shrinking for Poroshenko and why Ukraine has become a 'poisoned arrow for European unity.'

NASA's Robonaut 2 is used to working with astronauts on the International Space Station. Now, however, it has applied its skill to refereeing American football.