Новости за 19.09.2017

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has crossed the Euphrates River and is trying to restore full control over its west bank. RIA Novosti correspondent Mikhail Alaeddin was on the ground to witness a unique operation that could lead to the complete encirclement of the terrorists in Deir ez-Zor.

The Kirkuk Council on Tuesday voted against the decision of the Iraqi Parliament for the resignation of Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Karim.

Zapad 2017, the large-scale war games that are jointly held by Russian and Belarussian troops, are in full swing. Let’s take a look at the audacious servicemen perfecting their skills during the ongoing strategic military exercises.

Larry the Downing Street cat has landed himself in the proverbial "doghouse" - after a rat was spotted brazenly scurrying past No. 10's famous black door in London.

It is probably not what he had in mind when Emmanuel Macron promised a more direct democracy in French politics - after being literally bombarded by dozens of text messages and phone calls.

Eirik Jensen, a senior Norwegian police officer, has been jailed for 21 years for taking bribes to help a drug smuggler import large amounts of hashish into the country. The case, coming after the conviction of a Finnish officer, suggests Scandinavia's squeaky clean reputation is on the slide.

So three US Congressmen urged the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Sputnik Radio's alleged role in the 2016 Presidential Election. The thing is, the station went on air on FM radio on July 1, 2017, that is eight months after the vote.

The European Union is leading an international effort to end global trade in torture devices and lethal drugs used in capital punishment - an initiative that could spell curtains for the death penalty the world over.

RRussia will fulfill its obligations in Su-30K fighter jets' delivery to Angola by early 2018.

The mayor of Rasquera in Catalonia, Spain’s autonomous community striving for independence, told Sputnik that Madrid authorities had threatened to arrest him if he facilitated the possible independence referendum, but to no avail.

They say a week is a long time in politics, and in the case of UK PM Theresa May, the sands are now shifting on an almost hourly basis. Following an article by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson that many interpreted as bid for leadership, May's position came into spotlight, with a number of Tory politicians potentially ready to replace her.

The 40.4 km strategic highway between Tibet’s Xigaze airport and Xigaze city would be used for both economic and military purposes.

Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) terrorists in Raqqa have resorted to using female suicide bombers in a desperate bid to stave off the liberation forces’ implacable advance.

An organization tackling racism in football has complained to Manchester United after footage surfaced of fans singing a smutty song about striker Romelu Lukaku. Could the chant fall foul of the law?

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that high-tech products' share in the national economy should be increased up by another 14 percent by 2025.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Tuesday denies his possible resignation over Brexit disagreements with PM Theresa May concerning Brexit issues.

That feeling when you are so awesome that police arrest you: Lenny Kravitz's adventures with selfie-hungry French cops provide a vivid example.

The leadership instability plaguing the Conservative Party since June 2016 may be new to many in Britain, but it is nothing compared to the last decade of Australian politics which has seen six successive prime ministerships since 2007.

A new study has found over 40 million people worldwide were victims of modern slavery in 2016, and 152 million individuals aged 5-17 work in child labor.

There are some outlandish inhabitants of our planet that look so bizarre and are so rarely seen that scientists considered their existence a fairytale for a long time.

An international group of scientists warned of catastrophic consequences of a possible eruption of a supervolcano in southern Italy, which they said may be fueled by the so-called 'hot zone' feeding the volcano.

The trial of former Social Democrat politician Linus Forster opened in the German town of Augsburg. He is accused of sexually assaulting sleeping women and secretly filming the act, a charge Forster has already confessed to.

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been killed in Myanmar and thousands are flooding across the border into Bangladesh. Sputnik looks at what lies behind the violence and discovers the British Empire is partly to blame.

Maths exams can be exceptionally dry at the best of times, but latest attempts by education chiefs in France to make them more topical have provoked fury after using migrants as counting chips.

US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if Pyongyang doesn't stop its nuclear and missile tests, calling Kim Jong Un a "rocket man" on a suicide mission.