Новости за 18.08.2017

The strike of the Barcelona–El Prat Airport employees was suspended after a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians in the central Ramblas area in the Spanish city of Barcelona, according to local media.

A herbivorous dinosaur which has been unearthed in Chile has been heralded as the missing link to explaining dinosaur evolution in a new study.

Turkish security forces have killed 58 fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned in Turkey, within the past seven days, local media reported on Friday.

Russia is increasing its presence in Central Asia because of instability from the conflict in neighboring Afghanistan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a ministerial board session Friday.

The recent terror attacks in Spain were not aimed against tourists, but targeted the proactive and world-exploring lifestyle, Catalonia’s President Carles Puigdemont said Friday.

A Russian national was injured in a van attack in Spain’s Cambrils, not in a similar incident as previously reported, the Russian embassy in Spain said Friday.

The Russian military said it had registered one violation of the ceasefire regime in Syria during the past 24 hours.

This week’s program begins by explaining how Cambodia’s brinksmanship surprisingly resolved the country’s months-long border dispute with Laos.

According to police, explosive belts found on the bodies of the alleged perpetrators of the vehicle attack were fake.

The Spanish region of Catalonia, famous for its lively beach resorts and capital Barcelona, has become the site of a deadly terrorist attack and an attempt at a second; the events left 13 civilians dead and over 100 injured. Sputnik Mundo talked to witnesses of the attacks, who shared their first impressions of the scary developments.

The controversy over President Donald Trump’s “Russian contacts” continues in the United States. Special counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller convened a grand jury to look into the meeting of the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya.

The UK government is studying the possible revival of plans to bar migrants who arrive in the United Kingdom from the European Union from claiming in-work benefits during their first four years in the country after its withdrawal from the bloc, local media reported Friday.

After Crimea fallout, Russia and Ukraine suspended all defense ties which rendered the under-construction Admiral Grigorovich class frigates of limited operational use to Russian Navy until they were re-engined with Russian alternative which is expected to be ready only by 2020.

According to Syrian Social Nationalist Party member, party supports the idea of establishing local reconciliation committees that will help settle Syrian crisis.

Trump and Company Continue to Offer 'Two-Sides Narrative' in response to Charlottesville; America's continued Opioid Crisis

Will Barcelona terror attack lead to condemnation of Islamic terrorism; Bannon speaks out; Assange says Russia is not behind leaks + more on Ukraine's involvement in the US presidential election.

With a coastline of more than 7500 kilometers, India aims to equip its coast guards with 175 ships & 110 aircraft in next five years.

According to French Foreign Ministry, a total of 26 French citizens were injured in van attack in Barcelona.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda.

Three-day period of national mourning announced in Spain after van attack in Barcelona.

Three German nationals and one Belgian citizen are among those killed in the deadly van attack in Spanish resort city of Barcelona, local media reported Friday.

According to Rosturism, a female Russian citizen sustained injuries in the car-ramming in Barcelona.

The development is important as it comes on the eve of Nepalese president's India visit next week and it could circumscribe India-Nepal efforts to restore friendly ties after the 2015 blockade.

The German government warned Libyan authorities against imposing restrictions on rescue operations carried by non-governmental organization off the Libyan coast, a government spokeswoman said Friday.

According to reports, Cambrils attackers attempted a van ramming attack in the town square, but the van overturned and the occupants were shot by police.