Новости за 21.09.2017

The US government's Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog claims that the expectation that Afghan security forces would effectively use US-supplied high-end weapons and management systems was doomed from the start.

The US Navy's surgeon general has banned all cell phones belonging to staff members from patient care areas after viral social media posts showed two service members mistreating a newborn baby.

A bear on a bike? Only in Russia!

The US Army’s 60 kilowatt advanced test high energy asset (ATHENA) laser weapon prototype took down five Outlaw unmanned aerial systems over the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico last month.

North Korea’s nuclear program is on the verge of developing accurate nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that can strike the US mainland, according to the commander of US Strategic Command.

Judicial Watch is heading back to court on Friday to make their case that the National Archives and Records Administration must release alleged indictments that could’ve sent Bill and Hillary Clinton to prison for their roles in a fraudulent real estate scheme, according to a September 20 press release.

Though Mercury isn't the first planet you'd think to check for ice - considering its temperature is upwards of 800 degrees Fahrenheit - a new study suggests the sun's next door neighbor has more frozen water than previously thought.

As the new round of Brussels-London talks is nearing, the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has urged the United Kingdom to "settle the accounts" and accelerate the withdrawal negotiations, The Guardian reported.

Two runways were closed at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul after a private jet crashed into the runway, shutting Turkey's largest airport off to runway traffic. All flights have been canceled, local outlets have reported.

Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov observed that NATO's actions reignite decades-old tensions.

Swiss authorities have charged the leaders of the country's major Islamic organization with spreading jihadist propaganda and breaking laws, banning support for terrorist organizations.

The Russian state chemical weapons destruction program will probably be completed ahead of schedule, as Russian President Vladimir Putin had set the task of closing this issue as soon as possible.

The US Congress hearing on Russia’s Kaspersky Lab's aimed to discuss Kaspersky's products and ensure that US federal systems were not susceptible to potential cyber espionage was postponed.

While the US has not gotten closer to launching a preemptive strike against Pyongyang after Donald Trump's recent UN address, the threat of a potential conflict is still looming, Australian scholar Gordon Flake told Sputnik, adding that the US president would criticize anybody with two exceptions: his family and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As a large-scale rally against controversial labor reform was held Thursday in Paris, some protesters were not shy to manifest their actual attitude to the proposal led by French President Emmanuel Macron. And this picture clearly depicts this attitude.

The ancient method of catching birds using special glue is simple, efficient and cheap, a local resident said in an exclusive interview with Sputnik, telling about how the war has forced ordinary Syrians to find unusual ways to survive.

The United States and its allied militant groups in Syria are consolidating forces, as toppling President Bashar Assad continues to remain Washington’s principal goal in the conflict, including the recent al-Nusra Front offensive in Idlib, which was repelled by the Russian military, experts told Sputnik.

New Delhi (Sputnik) – Indian scientists have finally started their research on dark matter at the Jaduguda Underground Science Laboratory, 550 meters below the surface in an operating uranium mine.

Russia has selected a film by Russian filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev as an entry at the Oscar 2018.

Iran has stepped in to facilitate the resolution of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar by calling upon Islamic nations, most notably rich Gulf States, to demonstrate solidarity with Burmese Muslims and impose economic pressure on Naypyidaw, Iranian experts told Sputnik, denouncing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine State as "genocide of Rohingya."

Just as preparations for the German Bundestag election are heating up, German experts interviewed by Sputnik assess the outcome of the Merkel-Schulz duel and the general nature of the vote.

During the match between Girona and Seville held on September 17, one of the football players slipped and accidentally sent the ball directly at the head of Spanish referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea. However, the referee’s reaction was absolutely phenomenal!

Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill, talk with a guest in-studio about election reform, delve into DACA, and have Dr. Boz on the air to talk about diabetes.

Russia has submitted a draft resolution in support of the Astana accords on Syria to the UN Security Council and is waiting for a response from them.