Новости за 20.05.2017

Fired FBI Director James Comey's dad is taking issue with the US president's characterization of his son. It's not his son who's the nut job, J. Brien Comey told North New Jersey newspaper The Record. It's Donald Trump.

Recent statements from the top diplomats of the US and China suggest that the two countries are now close to identifying diplomatic protocols regarding North Korea.

The press secretary of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Germany is ready to intensify the work of the Normandy Four format and considers that the G7 states should more actively support the process of Ukrainian reforms.

A fresh poll reveals that the UK Conservative Party has a 13-point lead over the Labour Party ahead of the next month’s parliamentary elections and following announcement by the country's major political parties of their pre-election manifestos.

Sweden defeated Finland in a semi-final game at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship.

A US professional basketball player of Turkish citizenship found his traveling passport canceled after publicly criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Instagram is the worst social network for young people's mental health, while YouTube has a mostly beneficial effect for users, Shirley Cramer, Chief Executive of the UK's Royal Society for Public Health, which carried out a survey of social networks and mental health, told Radio Sputnik.

The dozens of Nigerian schoolgirls who were freed from their Boko Haram kidnappers earlier this month have finally been reunited with their families.

Russian senator Andrei Klishas replied to US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford's commitment to avoid new strikes against Syrian troops provided there is no threat to US servicemen.

Saudi Arabia and the United States signed on Saturday agreements in different spheres worth $280 billion, as well as a document on joint strategic vision, during President Donald Trump's visit to Riyadh, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said.

NATO troops taking part in the Spring Storm 2017 drills in Estonia can't seem to catch a break. Local police have confirmed that an armored personnel carrier had run off the road and into a ditch on Friday evening, leaving two soldiers injured. This was the third traffic accident involving NATO troops just two days.

Russia is a peaceful country but it is ready to counter any potential aggression, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin said in his interview with Rossiya 1 broadcaster. Rogozin shed light on Defense Ministry's new weapons program, adding that the Russians traditionally win by skill rather than by weight of numbers.

Washington hopes that re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will put an end to the missile program and alleged sponsoring of terrorism.

The United States is engulfed by the American civil war 2.0, Russian political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev wrote for RIA Novosti, stressing that despite the US mainstream media narrative, the Trump administration's machine is up and running, shifting the established balance of power in the country step by step.

US energy giant General Electric (GE) signed with Riyadh deals worth $15 billion, of which almost $7 billion are GE technology and solutions – across multiple sectors aimed at creating a truly diverse and sustainable economic platform in Saudi Arabia, according to official statement.

A viral photo has quickly spread across the German-speaking internet as users try to solve the mystery in the background.

Saudi Arabia will receive from the United States Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense systems to protect itself and the region "from missile or other airborne attacks," according to US Department of State.

The Russian Embassy in the UK is up to its social media antics again, this time eviscerating the UK's The Times newspaper over its use of a photoshopped image of Russian President Vladimir Putin accompanying a story about hacking.

Over 600 NATO servicemen took park in a military exercise conducted by the alliance forces in Romania.

Canada defeated Russia on Saturday in a semi-final game at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in German Cologne with the score 4-2 and advanced to the final of the tournament.

President Trump has kicked off his first foreign tour, with Saudi Arabia as his main stop. There, he will meet with leaders from across the Muslim world. Commenting on the trip, political scientist Veronika Krasheninnikova warned that if the US goes ahead with plans for a Saudi-led 'Arab NATO', it would destabilize the Middle East and lead to war.

Chinese competitors will use their own missiles during the upcoming International Army Games 2017.

Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee, called the victory of the current Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Friday’s presidential election "undoubtedly a good news."

The US military's project to create enhanced "super soldiers" has the potential to distort human identity, Dr. Michael Robillard, Postdoctoral Researcher Oxford University's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, told Radio Sputnik.

Ukraine systematically and consciously violates its international obligations, ignoring the rules of international trade and other norms of international law, Russia's economy minister said.