Новости за 19.05.2017

The German parliament passed a law making it easier for the authorities to detain asylum seekers who were not allowed to stay in the country, the parliament’s statement said.

An independent team searching for habitable and inhabited planets outside of our solar system has launched a Kickstarter to help fund the advanced telescope they’re midway through building – one with some pretty sweet rewards.

Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to trading sexual messages with a 15-year-old girl on Friday, tearfully telling a Manhattan court about the “destructive impulses” that shattered both his political career and his marriage.

Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a spokesman for Iran's Guardian Council, said that the council has noted a large number of reports about violations during the presidential election in the country.

The German Military Counterintelligence Service President Christof Gramm said that MAD was receiving many reports about soldiers with far-right beliefs.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said that a appellate court decision striking down rules that required drone owners to register their aircraft with the US federal government has sent officials scurrying for options in an effort to ensure airline safety.

US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein to help overcome "obsession with Israel" at Human Rights Council.

The deluge of controversy and misdirection that has defined the early days of US President Donald Trump’s administration has pushed his poll numbers further down the drain.

On Thursday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson implored North Korea to help foster an atmosphere conducive to talks by ceasing its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons tests, asking them instead to “trust” the US’ pledge of no hostility.

"That was a complete surprise."

A new video has emerged online that shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calmly looking on as his bodyguards start a street brawl with protesters outside the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC on Tuesday.

Austria emerged as the victor of a recent challenge between six national tank platoons that were tested on their ability to execute offensive and defensive ground operations.

Political allies are deserting Brazilian President Michel Temer as he faces calls to resign amid a corruption scandal, Sputnik Brasil reports.

Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, a member of the European parliament, stated that Ukraine today is a weapon which some warmongers use to polarize Europe.

Asked to comment on US coalition forces' attack on a Syrian pro-government militia convoy in southern Syria, respected Russian military analyst Igor Korotchenko said that the attack made absolutely no sense from a military standpoint, and would only serve to hinder the Syrian peace process.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis stated that the US-led coalition strike on Thursday targeted Iranian-directed forces near Syria's al-Tanf.

The order to directly arm the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighting the Daesh terror group (banned in numerous countries) in Syria was made by President Donald Trump, US special envoy to the coalition against Daesh Brett McGurk said in a briefing on Friday.

Alleged Russian hacker Roman Seleznev is facing federal cyber fraud charges in the United States over the 2008 attack and theft of banking credentials from the US-based company RBS Worldpay, the US Department of Justice said in a release on Friday.

The election team of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi claimed violations during the country's election, local media said Friday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the latest US-led coalition airstrike against Syrian pro-government forces in southern Syria "violation of Syria’s sovereignty."

Russia must have a clear plan for economic and social development for the period from 2017 until 2025, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

US President Donald Trump is leaving Washington for Saudi Arabia, the initial destination of his first foreign trip. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Russian political scientist Igor Shatrov suggested that Trump's decision to visit the centers of world religion indicates the White House's foreign policy priorities.

On the anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's birth, his former bodyguard shares a story about Vladimir Putin's trip to Hanoi, in which the Russian President got acquainted with the first leader of independent Vietnam and invited his former bodyguard to Russia.

After meeting with officials from NATO member nations in Belgium, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said in a briefing on Friday he felt all of them are prepared to commit to a continued presence in Afghanistan.