Новости за 06.05.2017

Approximately 3,000 undocumented immigrants en route to Europe were saved in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday, the Italian Coast Guard said.

Over the weekend, hundreds of South Korean protesters stationed themselves along a road to the golf club on which the powerful US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is based.

French citizens unite to fight abstention in the upcoming second round of presidential election, with spontaneous civil initiatives flourishing throughout the country.

Iraq's prime minister has said there will be no lingering US combat troop presence in his country after the battle to remove Daesh is finished, contradicting earlier reports.

Members of the Republican-controlled Congress have announced an investigation into whether terms of the 2016 Iran nuclear deal set by the Obama administration and involving the release of several Iranians from prison threatened US national security.

Two separate rallies – one against immigration, the other welcoming more migrants – were held in southern London on Saturday.

The US controversial spying program on Brazil and other South American countries probably continues to this day, despite the outrage of then-President Dilma Rousseff, US journalist James Bamford told Sputnik at a cyber-security conference in Sao Paolo.

According to recent polling, 40% of Russians plan to participate in the Immortal Regiment campaign commemorating Soviet soldiers who fought in the Second World War. 96% approve the campaign. Russian political scientist Bogdan Bespalko explains the significance of the grassroots initiative, and who in the post-Soviet space is trying to stop it.

The creation of four de-escalation zones in Syria, backed by Russia, Iran and Turkey, offers the conditions for political reconciliation, but US backing for "moderate opposition" groups is an obstacle to political resolution, military expert Viktor Murakhovsky told RIA Novosti.

Former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton remains in denial that she destroyed her campaign with her own hands, political scientist Gevorg Mirzayan wrote for RIA Novosti, commenting on Clinton's claim that it was FBI Director Jim Comey, WikiLeaks, and Russia behind her defeat.

Khaled Meshaal, the head of Palestinian Hamas movement, announced that Ismail Haniya, the president of the political bureau of the movement, was elected as his successor.

This week, the US territory of Puerto Rico declared bankruptcy. Two months earlier, Natalia Jaresko, the US-born Ukrainian investment banker once charged with restructuring Ukraine's economy, had been tasked with steering Puerto Rico out of its debt crisis. Ukrainian observers couldn't help but sympathize with their Caribbean 'fellow victims'.

Responsibility for observance of the memorandum on safe zones in Syria lies upon Russia and Iran, while the Syrian regime relies on their support, according to the German Foreign Ministry.

There is a striking resemblance between the previous demonization of Iran and the ongoing media fuss over the North Korean crisis, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts wrote on his blog, suggesting that both episodes are smokescreens for deploying the US' anti-ballistic missile systems in close proximity to Russia and China.

The Syrian army and its allies have driven militants from a stretch of land along the 113 kilometers long (70 miles) section of the border with Lebanon, media reported Saturday.

While sneaking around a factory, this man has accidentally stumbled upon an underground area which looks like a fallout shelter.

Russian engineers are designing new advanced airships which may become a potent element of the country’s anti-ballistic missile defenses.

Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered 15 ceasefire violations in Syria, while 11 violations were registered by the Turkish party of the commission, with non of them confirmed by the Russian side, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Prince Trubetskoy said that he would vote for right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of French presidential election.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reports that jihadist groups in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus in Syria, have attacked a hospital there, causing the organization to stop its aid work because of the security situation.

President Trump is preparing to reverse the Obama-era policy banning the sale of advanced guided missiles to Saudi Arabia. However, Russian observers say if the deal goes through, it will be a crushing blow to Grom-2, a Ukrainian program to create an analogue to Russia's Iskander short range ballistic missile system.

A descendant of a Russian Imperial Guard officer, Secretary General of the French Association of Russian Imperial Guard Commemoration, Georges Van Veen, said that he will cast an empty ballot during the second round of French pressidential elecions in order to demonstrate a disinterest in the remaining candidates.

Rossiya Segodnya reporter who had been accredited for the Eurovision Song Contest was denied entry to Ukraine.

The world’s attention is glued to France as the country is set to choose its next president on Sunday from the two candidates, right-wing Marine Le Pen and independent candidate Emmanuel Macron, whose political programs strongly differ on every issue.

The filming of staged attacks with the use of "poisonous substances" is being reported by Syrian residents and the opposition, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said on Saturday.