Новости за 23.04.2017

An exit poll carried out by Belgian RTBF channel shows that independent candidate Emmanuel Macron is leading with 24 percent of votes, while far-right leader Marine Le Pen gained 22 percent.

At least three people were injured after a Palestinian man attacked pedestrians in the central part of Tel Aviv, the police said Sunday.

Pyongyang vowed to sink the USS Carl Vinson in what it described as a "show of military force," Reuters reported citing the the newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party.

US President Donald Trump's change of heart towards Syrian leader Bashar Assad indicates that the new US presidential administration seems to continue Barack Obama administration's plan of dividing Syria, Italian activist Patrizio Ricci told Sputnik.

The French government has taken all possible measures to provide security at the ongoing presidential election in order for the French citizens to safely fulfill their fundamental right, incumbent French President Francois Hollande said Sunday.

Iran wants to buy a number of upgraded Russian Orion-20 amphibious planes, which can land and take off on water and ice by making use of ground effect, the extra lift of large wings when they’re used in proximity to the water’s surface.

The Second World War was largely a war of technology, and the Great Patriotic War is no exception.

An oil spill occurred after a ship hit a quay on one of the Spanish islands, local media reported on Sunday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin called on Sunday for a thorough investigation into the OSCE SMM's car explosion.

Left-wing presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon appears to be gaining the majority of votes in at least three French overseas territories in the first round of the election, according to Belgian media reports.

France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen and The Republicans' nominee Francois Fillon are projected to advance to the second round of the French presidential elections, a fresh poll revealed on Sunday.

Several explosions hit on Sunday a military camp in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, leaving at least 10 people dead, according to media reports.

Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson harshly criticized Iran’s policy and the final agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) does not achieve its goal of keeping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, Tillerson told reporters on Wednesday.

The US-led coalition strikes in Iraq’s western province of Anbar have killed 21 members of the Daesh terrorist group (outlawed in numerous countries), including its leaders, local media reported Sunday, citing a military source.

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Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have establish control of all strategic highways leading to Daesh's de facto capital of Raqqa, the SDF press service said.

Ukrainian authorities seem to be willing to fuel tensions further in relations with Russia. Kiev is attempting to seize the property of Russian energy giant Gazprom in Ukraine, and this can only mean one thing - the confiscation of the gas transferred through the transit pipeline to Europe.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a wife of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, urged the French citizens to vote in the country's presidential elections on Sunday.

The German weekly newsmagazine Focus has named Russia among the world’s top three most powerful nations. It also went on to explain way Russia’s ground forces are the strongest around.

Have you ever been bothered by a drone? Wanna know how to shoot it? Chinese inventors know how to do it for sure as Beijing increases restrictions on unauthorised drone flights over public safety fears.

The Russian Navy is set to receive the biggest nuclear submarine in the world which would even surpass the legendary Typhoon underwater cruisers.

Possible Frexit is not likely to happen due to country’s parliament will not approve the transition, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said.

French security forces are maximally mobilized amid the first round of presidential election, which is taking place on Sunday, French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said.

In an interview with Sputnik, Syrian President Bashar Assad said that Damascus is interested in buying Russian advanced air defense system. Currently, the Syrian Army has in service Soviet-made S-200 air defense systems.

A senior lawmaker from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan thinks that Japan should enhance its military power in order to respond possible provocations from North Korea.