Новости за 24.06.2017

During the recent summit in Brussels, leaders of the EU member states extended sanctions against Russia until January 2018. The countries also discussed other important topics, like Brexit and the migration crisis. However, they seem to have failed to achieve any significant progress in the area.

Sputnik took a deeper look at the so-called "jihadimobiles," one of Daesh's main weapons in Syria.

On this episode of Fault Lines, Garland and Lee discuss President Trump's comments about James Comey and Robert Mueller’s friendship and the Senate’s new investigation about Loretta Lynch's connection with the Clinton campaign, why the suspect in an IT breach with democrats has fled the country, and the latest odd twist in the Saudi Qatar standoff.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to allow more than three million EU citizens to stay in the UK after Brexit. The proposal comes as part of May’s plan to ensure the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. Radio Sputnik discussed this with Reuven Ziegler, associate professor in International Refugee Law at the University of Reading.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Walter Smolarek fills in for Brian Becker and is joined by Alexander Mercouris, editor-in-chief of The Duran.

Black America struggles to find answers as more are killed by police; Trump escalates tension in the Middle East and Korea.

A total of 15 policemen have been injured in a large-scale scuffle with a drunken mob of 150 people in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, local media reported Saturday.

Federal Reserve policymakers are debating further base interest rate hikes as downside pressure on the economy is not getting easier, while the Trump administration is nearing the implementation of its fiscal reform.

The resignation of four French ministers in one week amid investigations into their alleged financial misconduct is unlikely to tarnish President Emmanuel Macron's image, whereas his tough position on the issue of lawmakers' accountability is well illustrated by the move, experts told Sputnik.

The fact that the EU has not yet established a clear policy that defines a timeline for its enlargement is slowing down Montenegro's accession talks, Peter Kouroumbashev, the vice-chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, which handles Podgorica's talks, told Sputnik.

Suspected terrorists detained in Saudi Arabia were going to carry out an explosion in the inner courtyard of Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, local media reported Saturday, citing sources in law enforcement agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a letter with condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the tragic consequences of a landslide in China's central Sichuan province, the Kremlin said Saturday.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry lodged a protest Saturday against China with regard to the latter’s ships entering the Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands, or Diaoyudao Islands, in the East China Sea.

The Russian president said that his work in the Soviet state security committee KGB was related to "illegal intelligence."

China has again warned India to stay out of the South China Sea and the geopolitics that surrounds it. It asked both India and the US not to disturb peace in the region which Beijing considers its backyard, just a few days ahead of the Modi-Trump meeting in the US.

Take a look at young Soviet women and their lifestyles in Sputnik's gallery.

Just when geopolitical practitioners were betting on regime change in Qatar – orchestrated by a desperate House of Saud – regime change ended up happening in Riyadh, orchestrated by Warrior Prince, Destroyer of Yemen and Blockader of Qatar, Mohammad bin Salman (MBS).

On Friday, media reported that four Gulf Arab states have made up a list of conditions Qatar needs to meet in order to defuse tensions with its neighbors.

Overnight shelling of a market in the Syrian city of Aleppo left at least 20 people injured, some of them seriously, local media reported Saturday.

Ukraine has appealed the ruling of London’s High Court of Justice on its $3 billion debt to Russia. In a statement on Friday, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said that it was confident that it would win the case in the Court of Appeal.

Who said wakeboarding is impossible in the city? These two Russian men dispel that myth.

At least five people died and more than 120 others are missing following a massive landslide caused by torrential rains in the Sichuan province on Saturday, local media reported.

Azerbaijan received a large batch of Russian weapons and military equipment, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Saturday.

It appears that the US-EU "geopolitical marriage" is bursting at the seams due to the irresponsible foreign strategy of the US political elite, Russian economist Ivan Danilov wrote for RIA Novosti, revealing what could become the final straw for the long-lasting trans-Atlantic union.

The CNN broadcaster on Saturday took down an article where citing a source, it reported about the US Senate intelligence committee investigating the meeting of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev and Anthony Scaramucci, a member of US President Donald Trump's transition team.