Новости за 07.12.2017

Chief Executive of Afghanistan’s government Abdullah Abdullah told Sputnik in an interview that Moscow and Kabul have had a lot experience in economic cooperation in the past and now have big opportunities to develop this cooperation in the future.

The Israel Air Force (IAF) has become the second air force in the world to declare the F-35 stealth fighter jet an operational aircraft - which IAF leaders claim has given Israel air superiority in the Middle East for the next 40 years.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is continuing his trend of avoiding meeting high-profile visitors to the country.

Igniting the interests of conspiracy theorists, UFO investigators Tim Doyle and Tracey Sue released new footage of "an incredible double sonic boom" and "wild activity" by what they identified as US fighter jets near the infamous Area 51.

North Korea’s most recent ballistic missile test took place at night in order to demonstrate an ability to strike under cover of darkness, but US intelligence sources knew the launch was going to take place at least 72 hours prior to the event, according to a new report.

Every December 7 since 1941, Americans have recognized the anniversary of the attack on the US Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Imperial Japan. Perhaps less likely to be remembered is the time the president screwed up a tweet marking the anniversary.

Despite growing threats from North Korea’s expanding nuclear and missile capabilities, it is not necessary for Japan to acquire its own nuclear capabilities, since the nation is not Pyongyang's primary target, experts told Sputnik.

Twitter users were surprised on Thursday when the FLOTUS posted to commemorate the bombing of Pearl Harbor, only to confuse a major detail; whether a result of ignorance or just a typo, the tweet has garnered considerable attention.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had informed his US counterpart Tillerson that Pyongyang is willing to open a dialogue with the US over the country's security guarantees.

The number of people arrested in the UK for terror-related offenses jumped by 54 percent in the last year and, according to a leading academic, Britain is facing its biggest threat since 2001.

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Houthi spokesperson Abdel Qudus al-Shahari has denied reports of a secret nighttime burial for deceased former ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed in fighting earlier this week as he attempted to flee the country's capital of Sanaa.

US President Donald Trump's announcement of recognition for Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will intensify anger against Israel in Palestine and across the Arab world, Dr. Waleed AlModallal, Head of the Department of Economics and Political Science at the Islamic University of Gaza, told Radio Sputnik.

German SPD Party Congress votes to enter talks with Chancellor Merkel's Conservatives on forming a government.

The holy city of Jerusalem will not be Israel's capital no matter how strongly US President Donald Trump wants it, Iranian politician Hossein Sheikholeslam told Sputnik. According to Sheikholeslam, Washington is deliberately fanning the flames in the Middle East which has just got rid of the Daesh threat.

Charities have vented their fury over remarks made by the UK Chancellor suggesting Britain's sluggish productivity is down to more disabled people being in the workforce.

Three people are dead and more than a dozen others are injured after a gunman opened fire at New Mexico's Aztec High School Thursday morning.

The left-wing mass-movement Momentum that helped to keep Jeremy Corbyn at the head of the UK Labour Party's leadership has been placed under investigation over alleged violations of campaign spending regulations in the lead-up to the 2017 British General Election.

After US President Donald Trump's recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv, Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs believes Moscow should follow suit.

On Thursday, Minnesota Senator Al Franken resigned from the United States Senate, he said in an announcement he made a day after a number of his Democratic colleagues called for him to step down following a growing number of allegations of sexual harassment.

US Senator Al Franken announced on Thursday that he would step down in the coming weeks amid sexual misconduct allegations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his concerns over ongoing US arms deliveries to Kurdish militia in Syria, and questioned the growing US military presence in the region, asking against whom the concentration of US power was aimed. Turkish political and security observers took a shot at answering the question.

While the US President has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the UK's own leader passed on joining Donald Trump - not least because the controversial move comes at a time when Britain is delicately trying to build and repair relationships as it extracts itself from the EU.

On Wednesday, Trump announced his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and instructed the US State Department to launch the process of relocating the US Embassy, which is currently located in Tel Aviv, to Jerusalem. Israel's Ambassador to Russia discussed the situation in an interview with RIA Novosti.