Новости за 08.04.2018

Following increased calls for common-sense gun regulation in the US, an official with the NRA has called for the killing of those who disagree with the group’s platform.

The first buses carrying members of Jaish al-Islam militant group and their families have left the Syrian city of Douma, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

First buses carrying members of Jaish al-Islam militant group and their families have left the Syrian city of Douma, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russia convenes on Monday a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss threats to international peace and security, Russia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said Sunday.

In an apparent snub to Beijing, Taipei can now lay the keels for a new fleet of next-generation military submarines thanks to tech provided by Washington.

Offices and branches of the United States Postal Service may be required to exhibit photos of US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Mike Pence, if New York Republican Representative Dan Donovan’s bill mandating public institutions to display photos of the president and vice president passes the house.

Barbie dolls, which have been popular among kids for decades, are gradually losing their popularity and are now being designed for a rather small and quite unusual audience.

Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor attacked a bus carrying fellow UFC fighters on April 5 and was later arrested by New York Police. The attack was allegedly targeted at another UFC fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who was supposedly in conflict with a friend of Conor’s.

HELSINKI (Sputnik) - Over 50,000 liters of methyl tert-butyl ether — dangerous flammable substance — escaped into the atmosphere after a Russian railway tank derailed in Eastern Finland, the Finnish Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment said.

Thunder players Paul George and Russell Westbrook each scored 24 points, as Oklahoma City snapped Houston’s 20-game home winning streak with a 108-102 victory.

After news of the alleged chemical attack in Syria appeared on April 8, many Western countries were not only quick to slam the incident, but also to accuse Bashar Assad of being behind it, even though the OPCW hasn’t even begun an investigation into the incident. A year after the Khan Sheikhoun incident, the story seems to be repeating itself.

ATHENS (Sputnik) - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has said that he believes there is no alternative to peaceful coexistence with Turkey and he does not consider the war between the two countries inevitable.

The country's former chancellor expressed his dissatisfaction with Vienna's stance on the Skripal case and accused the current government of inconsistency.

PARIS (Sputnik) - Paris is concerned about reports on the use of chemical weapons in Syria's Eastern Ghouta and urges to convene the UN Security Council to discuss the situation, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

Despite the Trump administration’s claims that it is "very seriously" mulling the pullout of forces from Syria, new evidence of Washington’s growing presence in the region has been emerging.

IRKUTSK (Sputnik) - Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said on Sunday that the manner in which the Skripal case was developing hit Russia's role in the international arena and questioned the country's legitimacy.

The ambitious project will reportedly connect Iran with three other Middle Eastern countries and is expected to serve as Tehran's main transit route for exports.

The locals of Ghouta who have suffered most of the terrorist acts that made them seeking the safety outside of their towns give a response to a series of demands, with the foremost a military firm line against terrorists and the full establishment of state control over Douma in Eastern Ghouta.

On Sunday Hungarians are electing the country's new parliament, with analysts suggesting that the outcome of the election is difficult to predict. However, many believe that the country's ruling Fidesz party, headed by current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is likely to win the voting race. Here are a few key points of Orban's political agenda.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were allegedly poisoned by an A-234 military grade nerve agent in the British town Salisbury, have both regained consciousness and their health is improving; but at the same time, British officials are not eager to abandon their anti-Russian agenda and are instead going even further.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow has a list of possible retaliatory measures in response to the recent US decision to expand anti-Russian sanctions, and this list is currently being elaborated, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the New Israel Fund, sponsored by George Soros, of undermining the deal reached with the UN about the deportation of migrants to the West a day after the plan was announced. Sputnik discussed the matter with former Member of the Knesset and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Yehuda Ben Meir.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s arrival in Paris for a three-day visit has once again raised lawmakers’ concerns over French arms exports to Riyadh.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Washington's decision to send the US National Guard to the border with Mexico was in particular driven by a more than 200-percent increase in the number of detentions of people, who illegally crossed the border in March, Thomas Bossert, homeland security adviser to US President Donald Trump, said.

Saudi Arabia “must stop backing terrorists in Syria and other parts of the world,” the SANA news agency reported, citing a “well-informed source.”