Новости за 27.05.2017

The Director General of Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) Italian division said Saturday that the G7 leaders had failed to correct the issue of the failed policies of governments and give an appropriate response to the global crisis of forced migration.

The Georgian leader has turned to NATO Parliamentary Assembly to get recommendations on how to boost security in the Caucasian country.

Gregg Allman, one of the founding members of the southern-rock Allman Brothers Band, died at his home in Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday. He was 69.

During his first foreign visit as the US president, Donald Trump reportedly complained to global leaders and top diplomats about the regulatory difficulties encountered by his staff in building his branded golf courses.

Around 1,500 people were protesting against the Italy's Taormina G7 summit, some of them clashing with the police, a Sputnik correspondent reported Saturday citing police representatives.

Al-Nusra Front forces launched a surprise attack against Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) forces at the border between Syria and Lebanon, slaying scores of terrorists.

Pyongyang has accused Seoul of flying Israeli-built surveillance drones within DPRK borders, a move South Korea has denied.

US Air Forces Central Command commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian has indicated that the US does not recognize the Russia, Turkey and Iran-brokered Syrian 'de-escalation zones'. Independent military analyst Alexander Sitnikov explains why tough talk notwithstanding, the US has been forced to take account of Russian military power in Syria.

A team of scientists uncovered the remains of a new species of prehistoric marine reptile known as the pliosaur on the bank of Volga river in Russia.

The recent Amnesty International report on the US Army failing to keep tabs on more than $1 billion worth of weapons has raised the issue of arms proliferation. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Iain Overton of Action on Armed Violence stressed that a lack of coordinated control in US arms sales and procurement lies at the root of the problem.

First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Frants Klintsevich stated that 'sanctioned' Russia objectively cannot be a partner for the West.

US President Donald Trump called the G7 summit a "tremendously productive meeting", where he strengthened America's bonds.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey and the European Union reached agreement on the year-long plan of actions to improve bilateral relations which had deteriorated in the wake of 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

The railroad to connect Russia's Rostov and Voronezh regions bypassing the Ukrainian territory will become operational in August, according to Russian Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov.

Unlike his predecessors, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Donald Trump is not going to propagate America's global leadership, Russian scholar Vladimir Lepekhin wrote for RIA Novosti; according to the scholar, Trump is planning an overhaul of US foreign strategy to introduce a new world order.

According to Defense Ministry, Russian Tupolev Тu-22М3 strategic bombers on Saturday carried out flights over neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas.

The drills held in the Latvian cities of Riga, Daugavpils, Kuldiga and Rezekne are aimed at practicing coordination of the military and civilian sectors in case of emergencies with a large number of victims, according to official statement.

This hijacking attempt was thwarted in a dramatic fashion as the woman swiftly leapt onto the car's hood in order to prevent the theif from stealing her SUV.

Chairman of the Russian lower house of parliament's international affairs committee said that reports about the alleged discussions between Russian Ambassador to the US and President Donald Trump’s adviser Jared Kushner about the possibility of establishing a communication channel between Trump’s team and the Kremlin cannot be taken seriously.

Two Syrian nationals were arrested on suspicion of the involvement in terrorist activities on the Italian island of Sicily, according to media reports.

Last week, in a move last seen in 1989 amid the events on Tiananmen Square, Moody's downgraded China's sovereign credit rating from Aa3 to A1. Russian economist Ivan Danilov warns that the move is highly significant. At best, he says, it was a financial sabotage operation; at worst, it was the first salvo of a US economic war against Beijing.

Russia's Deputy Minister of Education and Science Lyudmila Ogorodova stated that Russia and the United States are cooperating in the areas of academic mobility and student exchange and around 1,570 students came to Russia from the United States in 2014-2015.

In an interview with Sputnik, Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko praised NATO's desire not to seek confrontation with Russia, but expressed doubts over its actual goals.

The US intelligence community has gone rogue leaking highly sensitive information to the mainstream media, RIA Novosti political analyst Vladimir Ardayev writes, asking whether the recent scandal between American and British law enforcement agencies will become a wake-up call to US spies.

Italian Coast Guard found the bodies of 10 migrants in the Mediterranean over the past 24 hours, according to official statement.