Новости за 06.11.2017

US President Donald Trump is finally going to consider selling the United Arab Emirates the F-35s the nation has sought for years, according to a new report.

Texas residents told Sputnik on Sunday that the US authorities should strengthen gun control laws in the aftermath of the latest deadly mass shooting in Sutherland Springs.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering reportedly several possible penalties against Russia in response to doping violations, including barring the country's national anthem at the next Winter Olympics.

A gunman identified as Devin Patrick Kelley killed at least 26 worshippers and wounded at least 20 others in the latest mass shooting. Kelly was court-martialed in 2012 on charges of assaulting his wife and child, and sentenced to 12 months confinement.

North Korean defectors are no longer staying long in their southern neighbor, quitting South Korea for more hospitable nations or avoiding their brother country altogether, according to South Korean government data.

One Alabama fan recently learned the hard way that the University of Alabama takes its smoking policy very seriously.

Pyongyang responded to US President Donald Trump’s latest salvo in their war of words by calling the American leader’s remarks during his trip to Asia “foolish.”

As the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross faces accusations that he failed to disclose a business connection to Russian gas processing and petrochemical company Sibur, which came to light during the Paradise Papers leak, Professor Ronen Palan of the City University of London pointed out such an investment is "entirely legal".

A man at Miami International Airport was apprehended on the tarmac over the weekend after sneaking out via the luggage carousel, according to an exclusive video released by the Miami Herald.

A Nigerien soldier who survived the Daesh ambush that claimed eight lives in early October has told the Washington Post that the US special forces were assisting Niamey in a search and destroy operation - which runs counter to the Pentagon’s claim that the troops were on a simple and low-risk reconnaissance mission when they were killed.

The "Fat Leonard" corruption scandal has expanded to include 60 US Navy admirals, bringing the total of active and retired military officials under review to 440.

Pennywise wouldn’t stand a chance against this courageous toddler!

Thousands of South Koreans have participated in demonstrations ahead of Donald Trump's visit to Seoul on Tuesday; they are worried about the catastrophic effect that war with the North would have on their country, Park Jung Eun, deputy secretary general of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) a Seoul-based NGO, told Sputnik.

Messages contained in time capsules that were interred in several Russian cities 50 years ago reveal what Soviet people of 1967 expected their descendants to accomplish.

The refugee camp that is located on the Syrian-Jordanian border has been deemed a troubled place as its residents couldn't get access to humanitarian aid due to activities of the US that had set up a military base nearby, according to the Russian military.

The Russian military has said its military operation in Syria is coming to a conclusion as more than 90 percent of the territory of the war-torn country had been freed from terrorists.

The threat was received on early Monday with police officers were sent to the spot. Police are searching the person behind the fake bomb alert.

The recent report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations accused the Syrian government troops of being responsible for the Khan Sheikhoun incident without providing any evidence.

The Saudi-led coalition has imposed a blockade on all transport connection of the country. In this case, no inspection procedures from abroad or carried out by the international bodies can be conducted within its' borders.

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump kicked off his 12-day Asia tour in Japan. The US president is due to visit South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

The United States has refused to extradite a murder suspect to the Pacific state of Tonga. Sputnik looks at the US' track record of seeing global extradition rules as being a one-way street.

A leaked German military report has revealed Germany's top military planners believe the breakup of the EU by 2040 is a conceivable eventuality - given the apparently irresistible rise of euroskeptic parties across Europe, such fears could be well-founded.

The two-day Festival of Light, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, was held in Russia's northern capital this weekend.

A local resident has stumbled upon a bizarre spectacle in the forest near the Russian city of Tula – a copse of trees ‘dressed’ in women’s undergarments.

The support of EU countries for the UN General Assembly resolution condemning the US embargo against Cuba, as well as the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, are signs that the EU and Cuba are fostering a closer relationship in spite of the US, political editor of the Prensa Latina news agency Nestor Marin told Sputnik.