Новости за 06.02.2017

The Canadian Defense Ministry said that Canada has started the acquisition process for small arms and light support weapons for the Kurdish fighters in Iraq and intends to deliver the equipment as soon as possible.

Speaking at an event in Tokyo, US Defense Secretary James Mattis suggested that diplomacy, not violence, ought to be Washington’s top priority in regarding ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

The United Kingdom will be excluded from impending EU roaming charge caps after starting the Brexit process, an EU Parliament memo, cited by the Independent newspaper, said Monday.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the US District Court Judge in the state of Washington that put a hold on the enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration went rogue.

A Deputy Coordinator for Cyber Issues from the US State Department said that the United States is willing to hold a high-level bilateral meeting with senior Russian officials to discuss cybersecurity issues.

The International Association of Athletics Federations said that a total of 35 Russian athletes have applied to compete in international events in 2017.

Syrian President Bashar Assad stated that certain European politicians used Syria to pursue own electoral agendas and not the interests of their compatriots.

With the death toll in Yemen now over 10,000, Liam O'Hare looks at the roots of this devastating conflict and the war crimes committed by a Saudi-led multinational coalition sponsored in part by the United Kingdom.

A hacking group allied with Anonymous has infiltrated and shut down the servers of Freedom Hosting II, a Tor web host favored by creators and distributors of child pornography - however, a cybersecurity expert has told Sputnik law enforcement agencies may attempt to crack down on hackers as a result.

Francois Fillon, the candidate of France’s The Republicans party in the upcoming presidential elections, stated that his wife’s "salary was perfectly justified because her action was indispensable."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that he did not think that the US administration had plans to completely withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, but would probably adhere to its current position critical of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Commenting on the recent remarks of new appointees in the Trump Administration, Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Mattis weighed in on the situation in the South China Sea and further US relations with China. Chinese social scientist Tao Wenzhao explained to Sputnik why the US does not have a unified position on the issue yet.

As Kiev's latest military escalation in the country's restless eastern Donbass region has attracted the attention of global powers, analysts around the world are beginning to speculate what exactly the Ukrainian leadership hopes to gain from this move.

The Aegis system is central to NATO’s increased deployments in Europe that are intended to counter perceived threats.

Kuwaiti authorities have formally debunked earlier erroneous claims about the country allegedly imposing visa restrictions against select countries.

Mayors around the United States will join their efforts to oppose any President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies that may threaten American citizens, according to the spokesperson for New York City mayor's office, Rosemary Boeglin.

Tehran transferred to the Russian side in December 2016 the first tranche to finance the project to build the second stage of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan told Sputnik.

The Russian part of the joint Russian-Turkish commission on issues related to violations of the Joint Agreement registered eight violations of Syria's ceasefire over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has registered seven violations, according to the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry.

With the latest input from Bangladesh, it has now dawned upon Indian security agencies that the radicalization of the Rohingya migrants is happening at a faster pace and on a scale much larger than what they had earlier anticipated.

Russia' ambassador to Iran welcomed the Trump administration's aspiration to fight terrorism together with Moscow.

In provoking conflict in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, the current Ukrainian government is trying to shore up its position amid record unpopularity, political analyst Konrad Rekas told Sputnik Polska.

Several documents have been discovered by the Iraqi army in an abandoned Daesh safe haven in the Nineveh Plain outside the city of Mosul; they contain a list of cars that were used by the terrorists.

Ankara has extradited only one individual out of 12 requested by Moscow over two years. In its turn, Russia has extradited 10 out of 11 persons at Turkey's request.

India's push for cashless payments has made e-wallets and other digital payment systems an instant hit. However, with more people joining the movement, the probability of cyber-criminals taking advantage of the situation has also risen, warns Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky.

Moscow is concerned over the escalation of rhetoric between Washington and Tehran and will do everything in its power to lower the tensions, Russian ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan told Sputnik.