Новости за 28.09.2017

Turns out Kim Jong-un wasn't joking around when he said the DPRK would "tame [US President Donald Trump] with fire" last week.

For the first time ever, a Pakistani fighter pilot has flown a Chinese warplane during joint combat exercises between the two Asian nations. The exercises, which lasted through most of September, took place in Xinjiang, the westernmost province of China that borders Pakistan.

Lockheed Martin won a $60 million contract to complete the second phase of a “Blueprint for Affordability” process seeking ways to trim costs further down the supply chain for the F-35 aircraft. The Pentagon hopes the jet maker will start to sell F-35As for $80 million per unit by the early 2020s.

Smoke and volcanic ash are filling the skies around Vanuatu’s island of Ambae as its Manaro volcano erupts. Ambae, one of the dozens of islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu, is being completely evacuated ahead of what could be a catastrophic eruption.

After the meeting with Turkish President Erdogan Putin said that agreements reached in Astana were the mutual success of Moscow and Ankara which paves the way to the end of the civil war in Syria.

In an interview with Russia's Kommersant newspaper US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft announced on which terms anti-Russian sanctions can be lifted.

The legacy of the infamous “Golden Showers” dossier published by BuzzFeed in January 2017 continues as the controversial content mill has requested a subpoena against top US government officials to testify about the dossier as part of the libel lawsuit brought against BuzzFeed by Russian billionaire Aleksej Gubarev.

The US military plans to buy more Raytheon-made Maverick air-to-ground missiles to facilitate the fight against terrorists in the Middle East, Scout Warrior reported Thursday.

South Korean lawmakers have been wondering whether fault lines might emerge in US-South Korean military ties as tensions on the Korean Peninsula grow, but have been reassured that the US actually plans to increase the number of its “strategic” military assets in their region by the end of the year.

In life, difficult decisions must be made. For one brave toddler, a momentous decision came sooner than expected when she was faced with a buttery batch of popcorn at the Toronto Invictus Games Wednesday night.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the United States on Thursday to extradite cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara believes was the mastermind of the 2016 failed coup attempt, in exchange for the release of US pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been in jail in Turkey since October 2016.

Japanese geologists have found evidence indicating that life should have existed on Earth at least 4 billion years ago, according to an article published in the Nature journal.

Human Rights Watch names threats from Saudi Arabia to punish members of the UN Human Rights Council that vote for an independent probe of civilian casualties in Yemen, as well as silence by the United States, United Kingdom and France on the issue, as key obstacles to a proposed international investigation.

For a long time now theoretical cooperation between Russia and Brazil in the field of peaceful nuclear energy development has been under discussion. In an exclusive interview, Brazil’s nuclear project head, Marcelo Gomes, explained how this partnership may turn into a major project with the help of Russia’s Rosatom Corp.

An agreement between Russia and the United States on the creation of a lunar orbital station would open new opportunities in space research, John Logsdon, professor of political science at George Washington University told Radio Sputnik, commenting on the recent steps taken toward enhanced space cooperation by the two countries.

Following Saudi Arabia’s announcement allowing women to drive starting from June 2018, a UN representative in Saudi Arabia, Majida Aburas, told Sputnik why this announcement is a big step forward for women of the country and how it will boost the economy.

The rescue of Father Uzhunnalil is seen as a major diplomatic achievement for Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as she personally coordinated the rescue efforts with the government of Oman.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Spain to observe the rights of Catalans amid reports on detentions and searches in numerous public agencies, including the local government ahead of the region's independence referendum.

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is known as 'Super Mom' as she is always ready to help those in distress. Sushma Swaraj has eight million followers on Twitter and people from all walks of life tweet her for help to which she promptly responds.

Having realized that they lost in Syria the US has shifted to "Plan B" to maintain control over the oil-rich regions of the country, military analyst The Saker told Sputnik. The Russo-Syrian advance in Deir ez-Zor has endangered the US plan, prompting the Pentagon to target the Syrian Arab Army and Russian military personnel on the ground.

It may seem surprising in light of the ongoing diplomatic standoff between the United States and Russia, but the two space empires have agreed to team up and create a lunar orbital station.

Margarita Simonyan, the RT editor-in-chief says that RT broadcaster was asked to register as a foreign agent. Otherwise, it might face restrictions that would make it unable to continue work in the United States.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Iran should allow inspections at military sites under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement.

The Iraqi Kurdish issue should be solved only through diplomatic means, Israeli political analyst Avigdor Eskin told Sputnik. According to Eskin, one should take into account both the political and economic interests of regional and global players in the region, as well as the unstoppable Kurdish enthusiasm to gain independence.

On the night of September 25, a van being pursued by police ran a red light, rushing into Shibuya’s scramble intersection in Tokyo's most famous and busiest areas, while it was filled with pedestrians.