Новости за 06.04.2018

For a second time in a week, President Trump has said it's time for the US to withdraw from Syria; however, US UN envoy Nikki Haley and members of the president's own national security team are trying to talk him out of it.

Speaking to Sputnik, the former head of the Russian Federal Security Service gave his thoughts on the alleged poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal who is no longer in critical condition, according to Salisbury Hospital.

The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions imposed on 38 Russian businessmen and senior government officials, as well as private and state-owned companies over what it called, was Russia's "destabilizing activities" around the world.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The latest sanctions US President Donald Trump imposed on Russia demonstrate his strong leadership and a clear message that the United States will not condone malign activity, Vice President Mike Pence said in a statement on Friday.

An Italian living in Moscow talks on a personal level about living in Russia. Italians and Russians share a lot of cultural markers, not only on the level of 'high culture' but also on very human levels. Naturally, there are some things that they do not see eye to eye on, but nothing that cannot be overcome by using common sense.

Shortly after a delegation of Syrian Kurdish militia was received by the Elysee, Turkish media released detailed information about alleged French Special Forces positions in northern Syria. The move prompted Paris to ask whether the revelations endangered French troops fighting Daesh and Ankara to accuse the French of supporting "terrorists."

On this episode of Fault Lines, guests join hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discussing the rising international tensions including tariff wars and the escalating expulsion of diplomats over the Skripal incident. What are the real risks of heightened tensions among Russia, China, the US, and Europe?

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkish prosecutors issued on Friday arrest warrants for 58 people, including 13 lawyers, who are allegedly linked to Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen’s movement, referred to as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) by Ankara, local media reported, citing security sources.

The Qatari politician has echoed recent calls by two high-ranking Saudi Arabian officials to support Palestine and Israel's right to exist.

A woman who was raped by a US marine in Japan is now pressing Tokyo to do more for victims who have suffered from the US's military presence in Japan. In the land of the rising sun US citizens still enjoy broad immunity, and women, who have suffered from committed crimes, find it hard to speak out.

France flagged more than 78,000 people as extremist security threats in 2017 in the all- European system, which is more than Germany and the UK noted. One of the leaders of France’s anti-migrant movement, Christine Tasin, told Sputnik why France stands out.

NATO-backed rebels killed Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and toppled his regime in late 2011, as part of the wider so-called “Arab Spring.” Almost seven years on, the country is ramping up its oil exports, but remains divided between opposing militant factions.

ANKARA (Sputnik) - Whatever Ankara's attitude toward the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad is, it is up to the the Syrian people to decide on its future fate, an official of the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

The Ankara summit, which brought together the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran on April 4, signaled the countries' commitment to Syria's territorial integrity, sent a message to US-backed Kurdish forces and dealt a blow to Western countries' effort to exert psychological pressure on Moscow, Ankara and Tehran, Turkish analysts told Sputnik.

Lake Baikal, which is considered to be the world's deepest lake, is covered in a thick layer of ice in winter and local thrill-seekers do not lose the opportunity to experience overwhelming emotions.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) Tommy Yang - US President Donald Trump’s plan to use his usual harsh rhetoric, similar to the way he dealt with North Korea in the nuclear crisis last year, is unlikely to help him take a commanding position amid escalating trade tensions with China, experts told Sputnik.

UK authorities have denied an entry visa to the niece of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal saying her visa application as it "did not comply with the Immigration Rules."

The Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom on Thursday said that the British authorities will swiftly issue a visa to the niece of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and subsequently help her organize a visit to a hospital in the UK town of Salisbury.

KIEV (Sputnik) - A Ukrainian court authorized on Friday the arrest of the captain of the detained Russian fishing vessel Nord until May 31 with the possibility of bail, Ukraine's General Prosecutor's Office said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US lawmakers Joaquin Castro and Mike Turner have introduced a new bill calling for new sanctions against Russian in response to the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, Castro's office said in a press release on Friday.

With a number of Britons returning home from Syria and Iraq after joining the *Daesh terror group, UK police and counter-terrorism forces are on high alert. Numerous terror plots – many of which have targeted London’s public transport infrastructure – have been thwarted throughout the country in recent years.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Friday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is unfair to the United States.

Commenting on the US military's plans to stay on in Syria and Daesh militants' reported loyalty pledge to the terrorist group's leader Baghdadi, a Lebanese political analyst told Sputnik that all this should be seen in a geopolitical context.

Earlier in the day, a security service source told Sputnik the Syrian Air Force helicopters had dropped leaflets on the town of Douma in the Damascus suburban area of Eastern Ghouta, calling on the civilians to return to their normal lives in the area.

Pakistani Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has discussed with Sputnik the issues of Moscow-Islamabad cooperation and the purchases of Russian hardware by Pakistan.