Новости за 01.04.2018

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - An estimated one thousand militants of the Failaq al-Rahman radical movement - along with with their families - have left the Syrian town of Douma, a source in a security service told Sputnik on Sunday.

Although German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas positively assessed the decision of European countries to expel Russian diplomats, he still expressed hope that Moscow and Berlin will remain partners.

In his Easter address on Sunday, Pope Francis appealed for an end to the ongoing violence in the Holy Land at the hands of Israeli snipers after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border during the “Great Return March."

The collapse of civilization is almost certain within the next few decades, according to biologist Paul Ehrlich, who claims that a combination of high population density and high consumption by the wealthy is destroying natural resources and driving a sixth mass extinction in biodiversity.

One day after Israeli forces killed at least 15 Palestinians during “The Great Return March” over Palestinian refugee rights to return to their homeland, Israeli forces are again shooting marchers in Gaza Saturday.

That trade war is really making us mad and we're going to do something about it!

The unresponsive 10-ton Tiangong-1 Chinese space station - after steadily-sinking in an uncontrolled descent from low-earth-orbit - reentered the planet’s atmosphere at about 15 minutes after midnight UTC on April 2, according to sources, burning up over a large area of the southern reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

The unresponsive 10-ton Tiangong-1 Chinese space station - currently steadily-sinking in an uncontrolled descent from low-earth-orbit - will reenter the planet’s atmosphere in minutes, potentially above the southern regions of South America, and is expected to burn up in a fiery night sky display.

The unresponsive 10-ton Tiangong-1 Chinese space station - currently at a steadily-sinking 80-mile altitude in an uncontrolled descent from low-earth-orbit - will reenter the planet’s atmosphere at a little after midnight UTC Monday, and is expected to burn up in a fiery night sky display.

The unresponsive 10-ton Tiangong-1 Chinese space station - currently in an uncontrolled descent from low-earth-orbit - will reenter the planet’s atmosphere at a little after midnight Monday, and is expected to burn up in a fiery night sky display.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will present "a clear proposal" contributing to the investigation into the so-called Skripal case at the special session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Russian permanent representative to the OPCW, said in an interview with the Rosiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.

US President Trump had earlier announced that Washington is going to pull out of Syria “very soon” and that “other people” will continue their job, not specifying who exactly. Sputnik has discussed the peculiarities of US foreign policy with Dr. Kevin Barrett, political scientist and Middle East expert.

On Saturday, the Syrian army command announced that the government forces had liberated all the towns and cities in the embattled Damascus suburb except for the city of Douma which remained under the control of militants.

Montt, who served as president from 1982-1983 while being an army officer, had been accused of war crimes during his rule, which led to the civil war in Guatemala.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least four civilians were killed and 25 more were injured during a raid conducted by the Afghan security forces against the Taliban in a northeastern Afghan province, local media reported Sunday.

More and more people in Italy are asking plastic surgeons to make them look like Barbie or Ken. Carlo Gasperoni, an associate professor in aesthetic surgery at the University of Rome Tor Vergata commented on the issue in an interview with Sputnik.

Watch the video of a masterful Chinese chef, demonstrating his astonishing skills by slicing a slab of meat, possibly for your future beef stroganoff.

Serbian representatives to the Kosovo government have announced their exit from the body after the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric was expelled from the region. Sputnik has discussed the possible implications of this move on the future of relations between Belgrade and Pristina with political experts.

China suspends tariff reduction obligations on 128 imported products originating from the United States and is imposing additional tariffs on the basis of the current applicable tariff rates.

China suspends tariff reduction obligations on 128 imported products originating from the United States and is imposing additional tariffs on the basis of the current applicable tariff rates.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least seven police officers died as a result of a prison riot in the Mexican state of Veracruz, local media reported on Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Militants from the al-Shabab group, linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), have killed four local officials in the city of Mogadishu, the Xinhua news agency reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Militants from the al-Shabab group, linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), killed two local officials in the city of Mogadishu, the Xinhua news agency reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The administration of Russia’s Kemerovo Region said on Sunday that it had received over 800 petitions from citizens following the deadly fire in a mall in the regional capital.