Новости за 25.05.2017

Russia's Permanent Representative to NATO Alexander Grushko that the summit on Thursday did not change the bloc's relations with Moscow.

At the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises, the US Army Pacific will fire a shore-launched Naval Strike Missile at an old ship, according to remarks made Wednesday by the head of the US Pacific Command (USPACOM).

The head of the African Union Commission called on the parties to the protracted conflict in South Sudan to stop "massive crimes" and establish an "inclusive dialogue" that would pave the way for stable peace in the country.

A Washington, DC, demonstrator who alleges she was assaulted by Turkish security personnel during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s May 16 visit to the US capital says that she is going to file a lawsuit against the Turkish government for injuries sustained during the melee.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the summit in Brussels on Thursday that the "dual track approach" toward Russia, which envisages strong defense combined with meaningful dialogue, was reaffirmed by the bloc's member states.

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura could visit Russia in June, though "no specific dates" have been set, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov said Thursday.

A house in the town of Wigan in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom is being searched in connection with the investigation of Monday's deadly bombing at Manchester Arena, Greater Manchester Police said Thursday.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the military bloc is going to join the anti-Daesh coalition led by the United States, noting that the alliance members won't take part in the fighting.

Meeting with NATO leaders in Brussels for the very first time, US President Donald Trump, perhaps afraid of getting lost in the hustle and bustle, was filmed shoving Montenegro’s Dusko Markovic to get to the front of the group.

Russian companies may participate in the development of the offshore Farzad B gas field in the Persian Gulf, Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said Thursday.

One day after being charged with assaulting a journalist, Republican House candidate Greg Gianforte lost the endorsements of three Montana newspapers ahead of Thursday’s special election.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon’s experimental weapons and technology division, has announced a partnership with aerospace giant Boeing to complete their new experimental hypersonic spaceplane, the Phantom Express XS-1.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations notified on Thursday the House Oversight Committee that it will not pass to it the documents regarding Russia probe.

China plans to build a global navigation satellite system, which is expected to provide service to users around the world, by the year 2020.

Taiwan’s renewed military drills in the Taiwan Strait are preparations for a possible invasion from one of the world’s largest powers, which considers the island nation a breakaway territory.

Armed men pretending to be policemen kidnapped two Chinese language teachers in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, provincial officials said, an attack likely to raise concerns in Beijing about its huge investment plans.

Clinical tests for a therapeutic leukemia vaccine will be carried out this year, according to information released at the 2017 International Forum on Precision Medicine and Translational Medicine. The vaccine is expected to raise the five-year survival rate of leukemia patients by as much as 20 percent.

The US Navy is including funding for 66 tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles in its $8.5 billion request to fund overseas contingency operations (OCO) for the 2018 fiscal year. These projectiles will replace those launched by US forces over the last year in Yemen and Syria.

US President is committed to the NATO Article V mutual defense provision despite not mentioning it in his speech at the 2017 NATO Summit.

Activists of several pacifist organizations held protests against the NATO summit on Thursday near the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, local media reported.

On the eve of Donald Trump's visit to Brussels the question on everyone's lips was whether the US president would raise the issue of a mandatory 2 percent contribution to NATO, RIA Novosti political analyst Vladimir Ardayev noted. It appears that the bloc members' worst fears have been confirmed.

Civilians in southeast Ukraine continue to live under a blockade and are deprived of proper medical care, Russian Mission to the United Nations Charge d'affairs Petr Iliichev told the UN Security Council on Thursday.

Israel has reduced its supplies of electricity to the Gaza Strip after Palestinian authorities refused to pay the monthly bill in full earlier in the week, local media reported Thursday.

Former US Senator has withdrawn his name from consideration the next director of the FBI.

US President Donald Trump attends his first NATO summit in Brussels, on May 25, to call on the military alliance to further strengthen its efforts in the fight against terrorism. In an interview with Sputnik Italy, Italian military expert Mirko Molteni, commented on the meeting and gave his forecast about Russia-NATO relations.