Новости за 17.04.2017

he Turkish Cabinet backed the extension of the state of emergency in the country for another three months.

The Ukrainian and Moldovan customs services plan to establish 13 joint check points at the border with the self-proclaimed republic of Transnistria, local media reported Monday, citing a Moldovan government decree.

A British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas well in Northern Alaska blew out on Friday morning and spewed its contents into the air through the weekend, as the company was unable to put a stop to the leak due to severe weather conditions.

In response to North Korea’s work on developing ballistic missiles capable of reaching the Hawaiian islands, the state’s House Public Safety Committee unanimously passed a resolution Thursday calling on officials to better prepare the state for a nuclear attack.

Donald Trump reportedly congratulated in a phone call on Monday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a constitutional referendum.

An airstrike by international coalition forces destroyed an Islamist drone factory in western Mosul, Iraqi military intelligence said in a statement cited by local media.

Following three explosions near a tour bus carrying players for the Borussia Dortmund football team, investigators have revealed that materials used in the bombs are likely to have been acquired from the German armed forces.

Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak claims that it is too early to say weather Ukraine could become a member of the European Union.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that the outcome of a referendum on moving to a presidential system was achieved despite the opposition of "those with the worldview of crusaders."

Iranian-Russian trade relations are set to rise further this year after increasing almost twofold in 2016, Alexander Maksimov, honorary representative of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Iran, told Sputnik.

Pakistan's deputy foreign minister commented on the Islamabad-Moscow ties and Washington's possible role in mediating the relations with New Delhi.

Pakistan calls on all countries to show restraint amid the US missile strikes in Syria and urges the United Nations to launch a proper investigation into the chemical weapons incident in Syria’s Idlib province, which was used as pretext for the strike against the Ash Sha’irat airbase, Pakistani Deputy Foreign Minister Tasnim Aslam told Sputnik.

No evidence has been found to prove that Afghan refugees in Pakistan had been forced to return as a result of a campaign of intimidation and police extortion, Pakistani Deputy Foreign Minister Tasnim Aslam told Sputnik, commenting on a human rights watchdog's report alleging that almost 600,000 Afghans were forcefully repatriated.

The Russian city of Krasnoyarsk celebrated the outgoing ski season in a very odd way. On April 16, the city park “Bobrovy log” (“Beaver den”) hosted "Gornoluzhnik," a fun annual competition among downhill skiers and snowboarders who try to jump over the 25-meter puddle.

NATO kicked off its 'Summer Shield' exercises in Latvia Monday, with 11 alliance members plus Sweden to drill until the end of the month. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, military observer Boris Podoprigora suggested that even more significant than their military component was the drills' role in support of Western powers' propaganda war against Russia.

Russia sent humanitarian aid, timed to coincide with Orthodox Easter celebrations, to the residents of the Orthodox town of Muhradah in Syria's western-central Hama Governorate.

A team of scientists at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) came up with a remedy for a highly lethal and contagious shrimp disease that could save millions for farmers. Injections of silver nanoparticles were successfully tested in Mexico, where the shrimp epidemic has been a huge problem for several years.

Pyongyang is ready to respond in the event Washington decides to use force against North Korea, its UN envoy said. However, tensions will disappear if Washington abandons its hostile policy toward the country, he added.

The reinstatement of the death penalty in Turkey will mean the end of negotiations on the country's accession to the European Union, Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Monday.

There will be enough food for the population in Yemen only in the coming four months if the solution to the worsening military conflict in the country is not found, Magne Barth, the head of the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Moscow, said Monday.

The constitutional amendments referendum in Turkey will not provide stability and guarantee Ankara's collaboration with the United States on combating global terrorism, US think tank Bipartisan Policy Center National Security Director Blaise Misztal said in a press release on Monday.

New US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania continued the tradition of opening the White House's gates for the White House Easter Egg Roll.

WikiLeaks' exposure of the CIA's virus control system HIVE shed new light on the intelligence agency's cyber-espionage practices. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, security expert John Safa characterized the technology as "very sophisticated" highlighting that the CIA tools are unnervingly similar to those used by Longhorn, a cyberespionage group.

The Philippines and the US will hold military drills next month. The news comes just a day after outspoken President Rodrigo Duterte heaped praise on President Donald Trump. Radio Sputnik asked political scientist Dr. Jay Batongbacal to comment on this dramatic shift in the kind of rhetoric toward Washington that's now coming out of Manila.

Washington is likely behind the failure of a recent North Koran missile test, a former CIA officer suggested.