Новости за 06.04.2017

The Colombian government and ELN insurgents have agreed to carry out humanitarian mine clearing operations.

Mainstream media and their social media tendrils found the latest thing to get collectively outraged about on Thursday after US Strategic Command tweeted a link to a Breitbart article about the nuclear triad being outdated.

John McCain claims that the United States should lead an international coalition to ground Syrian President Bashar Assad's air force as part of comprehensive measures in response to reported chemical attack against civilians.

Leading opera soloist at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater said that he could be forced to skip performing at this year's Glyndebourne Festival Opera after being refused a UK visa twice in a row.

US Marines deployed to Australia will soon be joined by a group of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for their annual six-month rotation. More than 1,200 of the California-based troops will use the versatile aircraft as they move across Australia’s Northern Territory.

A source in the Office of the Government said that Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his belief that the international community should complete the disarmament of chemical weapons in Syria during a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A member of US Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail is facing disciplinary action after being caught attempting to covertly access the services of a sex worker at a Maryland hotel.

The Russian mission to the United Nations called UN Security Council consultations on Idlib chemical attack resolution.

Following Wednesday’s announcement that Sputnik News has hired Lee Stranahan, former lead investigative reporter from Breitbart, the US liberal media went into a frenzy – but failed to note that the radio show will feature a progressive co-host as well.

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A Pentagon spokesman says that the department’s $36-billion ground-based missile defense system may conduct its first intercept test in three years, come late May.

On the eve of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters that the US is convinced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be held responsible for the recent chemical attack in the Idlib province of Syria.

According to a senior US Department of State, Russia can help pressure North Korea on its nuclear program with sanctions.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone following the recent chemical attack in Syria, a senior Department of State official said on Thursday.

Faruk Logoglu, former Turkish ambassador to the US spoke to Sputnik Turkey about the Idlib incident saying that it was aimed at undermining the Syrian government and the peace process.

In an interview with CNN, US Congressman Thomas Massie said he doubted that Syrian President Bashar Assad was involved in a chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib.

The ongoing anti-Russian campaign in Washington paralyzes the White House's foreign policy, Russian political analyst Viktor Olevich told Radio Sputnik, denouncing the situation as absolutely abnormal. Meanwhile, Trump's opposition calls upon Rex Tillerson to postpone his visit to Russia over the suspected chemical attack in Syria.

The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) support US military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad in response to an alleged chemical attack in Idlib, HNC chief coordinator Riyad Hijab told Sputnik on Thursday.

The Missile Defense Agency has ordered gallium notate technology (GaN) upgrades to its X-band radar upgrades to gallium nitride technology, Raytheon announced in a news release on Thursday.

On April 6-7, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a personal meeting for the first time. The talks won't be easy: while Washington criticizes Beijing for its lax stance toward North Korea, China is concerned about the deployment of a US anti-missile system near its borders.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis plans to brief President Donald Trump on possible military options against Syria following a chemical attack on civilians in that country, CBS News reported on Thursday.

The United States is open to having a dialogue with Russia and China on space data sharing, US Strategic Command commander Gen. John Hyten stated on Thursday during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered military personnel to occupy Manila-claimed islands and reefs in the disputed South China Sea. His plan to build structures and raise the Philippine flag on some of the disputed islands is unlikely to sit well with China, which lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea.

The first large-scale rehearsal for the 2017 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held at the Alabino military polygon in Moscow Region on April 5.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is prepared to broaden cooperation with Russia, Director-General Jan Woerner told Sputnik.