Новости за 17.04.2018

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a delegation to Syria's Duma only to assess the medical situation in connection with the alleged use of chemical weapons in the city and will have no role in confirming or denying whether the attack had taken place, a spokesman for the organization, Tarik Jasarevic, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a delegation to Syria's Duma only to assess the medical situation in connection with the alleged use of chemical weapons in the city and will have no role in confirming or denying whether the attack had taken place, a spokesman for the organization, Tarik Jasarevic, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The call of the foreign ministers of the G7 group on Russia to provide answers related to the so-called Skripal case is a demonstration of "solidarity" as the investigation into the incident is falling apart, Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs committee, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

What if a nuke, powered by five kilograms of highly enriched uranium, earlier acquired by terrorists , goes off near the White House? This question has bothered experts for a long time.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The trade conflict between Beijing and Washington will not affect the Chinese economy and its development prospects, the director general of the Comprehensive Statistics Department of the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, Xing Zhihong, said Tuesday.

A number of countries in the Pacific region, including the US, are set to take part in joint drills amid de-escalation of the situation around North Korea and the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean head Kin Jong-un.

Recently, Washington announced its intentions to introduce a new round of anti-Russia sanctions in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma. However, the White House spokesperson said that no decision had been made. According to several sources, Trump has ordered to postpone the introduction of new sanctions.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry had stated that Russian-made air defense systems deployed by the Syrian forces managed to intercept 71 of 103 missiles, fired by the United States, France and the UK on April 14.

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The people of Naples see the recent visit of the US nuclear submarine to the city as a threat to peace.

Packages of Soviet banknotes were lying right on the ground in the forest in Vladimir region, covering the former missile shaft.

On today’s episode of Double Down, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk to Scottish businessman, Neil Mitchell, about the latest on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s ‘inappropriate’ behavior.

On this episode of Fault Lines, guests join hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discussing the aftermath of Friday’s missile strikes in Syria. What if any geopolitical, security or other policy goals were achieved?

YEREVAN (Sputnik) - The Armenian police special unit is trying to make its way through the central streets of Yerevan which have been blocked by anti-government protesters, a Sputnik correspondent reported Tuesday.

The US is apparently preparing for serious changes in the Middle East, while strengthening ties with its longstanding allies – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkish political analyst Husnu Mahalli told Sputnik, adding that a lot depends on Ankara's choices.

COLORADO SPRINGS (Sputnik) - The United States and Russia are on a path to jointly explore deep space and will most likely fly to Mars together, former NASA astronaut Ronald M. Sega told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US government is convinced that American pastor Andrew Brunson who is being tried in Turkey is an innocent man, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press release.

Tyler Dooley, the nephew of actress and Prince Harry’s fiancée Meghan Markle is creating a new cannabis hybrid in Meghan’s honor as a unique gift for the approaching Royal Wedding.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The legal team of Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin, accused by US authorities of hacking into US-based social media companies including LinkedIn, does not plan to propose a plea bargain in the case and is instead waiting for the US government to make an offer, Nikulin’s lawyer Arkady Bukh told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced industrial nations have backed the United Kingdom’s charges that Russia was responsible for the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter with a nerve agent, according to a joint statement adopted at a meeting in Canada.

GENEVA (Sputnik) – The Syrian authorities have created all conditions for the normal work of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons experts in Syria’s Douma, their safety is being ensured, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva Gennady Gatilov said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned Monday the UK telecommunications sector against using Chinese state-owned Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment (ZTE) company’s equipment and services, citing security risks.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Donald Trump designed his missile bombardment of Syria to satisfy US public opinion rather than trying to destabilize the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Security Affairs Chas Freeman told Sputnik.

Yannick Harrel, an expert for the International Telecommunications Union, gave his take on the situation around the Telegram messenger ban as well as on online correspondence security in general.

Seven people have died and at least 17 have been injured in an uprising at a South Carolina prison with a history of complaints. Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear spoke with Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal News, to talk about the deadly event.