Новости за 08.06.2017

Former Prime Minister has cast his vote in the snap general election, he said Thursday.

Did lack of sleep lead John McCain to refer to fired FBI Director James Comey as “President Comey?” We may never know. But hopefully the 80-year-old lawmaker at least enjoyed the Arizona Diamondbacks’ late-night 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres, because missing those zzzs seems to have cost him.

Turkey will send troops to Qatar "for the sake of the security" amid the diplomatic row between Doha and other Arab powers in the region, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Thani said Thursday.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed on Thursday that Kiev aims to swap Russian nuclear fuel import for that of the United States.

The State Department said Thursday that Washington is working to try to rebuild the lost trust with Moscow.

Al-Shabaab terror group, allied to al-Qaeda (outlawed in Russia), on Thursday attacked a military base in northern Somalia, local media reported.

Kurt Eichenwald has been called many things. Journalist. Author. Investigator. Vocal critic of President Trump, the alt-right, and Russia. Now, he has earned a new label: closeted anime porn enthusiast.

A Russian sailor kidnapped by pirates off the Nigerian coast in May have been released, Russia’s embassy in Nigeria said Thursday.

The United States Department of State said Washington does not see the airstrikes by the Coalition forces against pro-Syrian troops as an attempt to escalate the situation in the region.

A prominent Republican lawmaker is balking at South Korea’s decision to suspend deployment of the US’ controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), pending an environmental assessment.

Questions about the sustainability of an F/A-18 Super Hornet’s engine forced a pilot to abruptly abort his mission and land at Japan’s Matsushima Air Field, Japanese officials said Thursday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to lose her majority in the UK lower parliament, according to the final exit poll. May called the snap election to deliver a mandate going into negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union, in a bid to give her an advantage in the discussions in Brussels.

Former FBI Director he did not call for a special prosecutor to investigate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email server.

The US government is ready to work with Russia on those aspects of counterterrorism that can benefit the American people, a State Department official told Sputnik on Thursday.

Freelance photographer Ali Arkady shared a video in which he said a member of an elite Iraqi counteterror unit was depicted killing an unarmed hospital employee whom the officers suspected of leading them into a trap, the RT broadcaster reported on Thursday.

Following fired FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, US President Donald Trump's lawyer fired back that the comments confirmed what was already known.

Daesh has once again used chemical weapons in the Iraqi city of Mosul. Chlorine-filled bombs were fired at civilians who wanted to leave the terrorist-controlled part of the city.

US President Donald Trump stated that he would nominate criminal defense attorney Christopher Wray as the new FBI head. In an interview with Radio Sputnik, political expert Alexander Domrin commented on Trump's decision.

The US Congress would exercise greater control of the US military’s use of cyber weapons.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, having accused it of supporting terror and destabilizing the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump continues to gain ground in the US political arena against all odds, Russian scholar Vladimir Lepekhin writes for RIA Novosti. According to the scholar, there are several signs indicating that Trump is likely to prevail over his political opponents.

The US-led coalition will continue supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assault on Raqqa with air support and advisors, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesperson Col. Ryan Dillon said in a briefing on Thursday.

Ankara is determined to maximize the Turkish defense industry sources while working on the first domestic fifth-generation TFX jet fighter, the country's Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Thursday.

Serbia has launched a team of lawyers tasked with the preparation of a lawsuit against NATO over the damage it had caused to the country during the 1999 bombing. The team will include the best lawyers from Serbia, as well as from the EU, Russia, China and India and will be headed by prominent Serbian lawyer Srdjan Aleksic.

The US-led coalition said in a statement after bombing pro-Syrian government forces for the third time near al-Tanf that it doesn't aim to fight against the Syrian army or Russia.