Новости за 21.12.2017

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - UNESCO condemned the recent killing of journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow in Somali and has called for an investigation into his death, the United Nations agency's Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in a statement on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Defense Secretary Mattis on Thursday made the first trip by a sitting Pentagon chief to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba since 2002, US media reported.

For a long time, critics in India have expressed concerns over the collection and centralizing of citizens' biometric data - fingerprints and retina scan- on a mass scale in the absence of an impregnable security apparatus to guard the database – a concern refuted by Unique Identification Authority of India.

An unnamed "senior member" of the Swedish LGBT community and former manager of Stockholm Pride has been accused of buying sex from an underage boy. The allegations come in the wake of images being circulated on social media purporting to show screenshots of money transfers to the boy from the man's telephone.

A new cache of several hundred rocks with elaborate engravings from the Stone Age has been found on the Danish island of Bornholm. Researchers are still at sea over what the rocks represent or what their meaning is, which makes the finding even more special.

This week’s Level Talk looks a global look at East-West tensions, revealing that things perhaps are not quite as bad as they seem. Dr. Tara McCormack, lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Leicester and Mary Dejevsky, a prominent writer, and journalist based in London take part in this program.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Terrorist attacks in France and worldwide were named one of the most important events of the expiring 2017 year by 53 percent of French citizens, a poll conducted by the Elabe Institute showed Thursday.

Malicious new software recently exposed by Russia's top cyber security provider is capable of hijacking Android devices and using them for a variety of nefarious activities before their batteries go up in flames.

The loss-making Indian chemical industry is expecting to bounce back after the Modi administration’s decision to levy a heavy anti-dumping duty on the cheap Chinese APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) preferred by local drug manufacturers.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to cut off foreign aid for nations that will back the UN resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital, is putting his credibility and US influence in the Middle East at risk, member of the Israeli parliament Ksenia Svetlova told Sputnik on Thursday.

Participants from across the South American republic celebrated their ample proportions at a special beauty contest which was created for larger ladies.

DUBAI (Sputnik) – Yemeni forces supporting the internationally recognized government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and fighting against Houthi rebels have taken control of 85 percent of the country's territory, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki Malaki said Thursday.

BARCELONA (Sputnik) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has promised that the Catalans will "demonstrate the strength of the people" at the snap parliamentary election on Thursday.

Al-Qaeda's propaganda chief in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was among those killed in two separate US drone strikes in Yemen, Reuters reported on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Social problems, such as employment and health-related issues, that have been "forgotten" amid the recent struggle for the Catalan independence should be at the top of the agenda during the ongoing snap election in the regional parliament, a member of the European Parliament told Sputnik on Thursday.

The owner of the mill, Mahmood Ali, has been arrested as locals alleged the 90-year-old, ill-maintained factory was in dire need of repairs.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to cave to Washington's threat to cut aid to countries that vote against the US over its Jerusalem move at the UN General Assembly, saying that he expects the world to teach Washington "a very good lesson" over its decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital.

Political tensions haven't been able to stop Russian-European cooperation in advanced aeronautics via the RUMBLE program. What's at stake is the creation of new guidelines for the return of supersonic civil aviation in Europe through the elimination of a key obstacle: excessive noise levels caused by aircraft as they break the sound barrier.

In the first major upgrade of its artillery since the 1960s, Norway has settled for the Korean K-9 Thunder, which is currently in use in South Korea itself as well as Turkey.

ANKARA (Sputnik) - The United States cannot change the positions other states have on Jerusalem's status by threatening them on the eve of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) vote on the issue, which is set for later on Thursday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said.

With time ticking until the beginning of a UN General Assembly vote on a proposal to urge Washington to scrap its Jerusalem declaration, Tel Aviv has stepped up its rhetoric.

With time ticking until the beginning of a UN General Assembly vote on a proposal to urge Washington to scrap its Jerusalem declaration, Tel Aviv has stepped up its rhetoric.

Sanctions have been applied to approximately 200 Russian citizens and more than 400 Russian commercial entities, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Sanctions have been applied to approximately 200 Russian citizens and more than 400 Russian commercial entities, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Green Party's Jill Stein targeted in Russia-probe, the failure of global democracy, the future for Blacks in the American South.