Новости за 12.04.2018

In the wake of the latest alleged gas attack in Syria, a group of international law experts have added their voice those urging caution in the face of a Western military response.

Russia is celebrating Cosmonautics Day on April 12, established in 1962 to commemorate the first manned space flight.

Italy has the largest number of refugee arrivals by boat in Europe, although this figure has seriously fallen in the wake of a deal with Libya. Cities in the south of the North African country are essentially the first stops in many illegal immigrants’ trips to Europe.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Chinese police on Thursday halted a blockchain-themed conference in Shanghai over a security risk, media reported citing the event's organizers.

The death toll of the attack at funerals in a Sunni city to the north of Iraq's capital Baghdad has risen to 16, the AFP repotrted, citing a local Iraqi official.

On this episode of Fault Lines, guests join hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discussing the escalation of rhetoric as President Trump threatens: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart‘“.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) - The Russian-US face-off around Syria after the reports of Damascus using chemical weapons attack in the city of Duma is unlikely to evolve into World War III, while the United States is limited in its potential response by the extent of its knowledge of the regions and local leverage, experts told Sputnik.

PARIS (Sputnik) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the government would take all necessary measures to fight radical Islamism, of which include imposing control over the foreign financing of mosques.

Military swarming is a combat tactic intended to overwhelm or saturate the defenses of the target. When it comes to maritime defense and aquatic robotics, more is more, rather than less, as groups of smart drones operating in a swarm can be invaluable both on and below the sea surface.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers in Congress that the US military does not have evidence that either chlorine or sarin were used in an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma, adding that the Pentagon's only proof that such an incident occurred has come from social media and media reports.

YouGov has published the results of a global survey asking respondents which public figures they admire the most.

Commenting on a possible US missile strike on Syria, Mehmet Metiner of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, has told Sputnik that as far as Ankara is concerned, it should tread carefully on the issue.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has told President Trump not to reorganise the management of the World Trade Center Health Program. The planned 2019 budget would cut the funding for victims of the WTC disaster almost in half, as well as restructuring its management.

As the United States and some of its allies threaten military action against Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical weapons attack, two aircraft, which reportedly took part in previous US-led invasions, have arrived in the Mediterranean region.

The representative of Iran’s supreme leader to the Quds Force – a special forces unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) – warned on Thursday that “Iran can destroy Israel.”

The meeting brings together around seventy leading political figures from two of Europe’s most significant players to discuss coordinated economic and defense policies.

US CIA Director Mike Pompeo has called for strict measures against what he called a "failed state" of Syria amid claims of chemical attack in Douma, blamed on Damascus by Washington and its allies.

The president's confusing back-and-forth rhetoric about whether the US will strike the Middle Eastern country following an alleged chemical attack which Washington blamed on Damascus has sparked some heated debate on his Twitter page.

India’s anti-trust regulator – the CCI - is currently conducting a probe against Monsanto for violating competitive norms. If the court’s decision is to have an effect on the CCI probe, Monsanto may have to refund almost $1 billion paid by 8 million Indian farmers since 2002.

In the wake of unverified reports about a chemical weapons incident in the Syrian city of Douma, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to resolution 1540, is discussing the issue of non-proliferation of radiological, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

In the wake of the unverified reports about the chemical weapons incident in the Syrian city of Douma, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to resolution 1540, is discussing the issues of non-proliferation of radiological, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

India had started the process of developing its own indigenous navigation satellite system after the US refused to provide GPS data to the Indian armed forces during the Kargil war with Pakistan in 1999.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - States in the southern part of the US helped President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, but now fewer than half of the voters in those states approve of the job he is doing, a new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll revealed on Thursday.