Новости за 17.04.2018

US missiles raining down on Syria last Friday night were fired in violation of not only international legal precedents, but also in flagrant disregard for the United States’ own constitution, a Harvard-trained lawyer and renowned professor of international law told Radio Sputnik Monday.

The White House walked back US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's suggestion on Monday that another round of US sanctions against Russia was around the corner.

Former FBI Director James Comey, once reviled by Hillary Clinton supporters, is solidifying his new incarnation as “hero of liberals” with his new book bashing the Trump administration.

The Pentagon’s secret weapons development department, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is bankrolling contracts for development of its “Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health” (WASH) program, which keeps tabs on active soldiers’ well-being.

A pair of legal battles has entangled the United States Navy with allegations of intellectual property theft.

Iraqis took to the streets in the country’s capital of Baghdad and several other major cities on Sunday to protest against US-led airstrikes on Syria.

Sputnik spoke to Arthur West of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to find out more abut the situation around the West's strikes on Syria.

On Sunday, former Austrian Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst announced on instagram that she is HIV-positive.

According to reports, Syria's air defenses targeted missiles over Homs early Tuesday.

China has issued new rules for its People’s Liberation Army (PLA), revising guidelines on military discipline, training management, soldiers’ weight and the use of mobile phones and the internet.

İbrahim Kaftan, head of Syria’s Future Party, told Sputnik that the party is not a branch of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and wasn’t created on behalf of the US.

An out-of-control road rage incident may mean deportation for one driver.

British police were able to identify and arrest the leader of a drug distribution ring after seizing a cell phone that had a photo of the suspect’s hand. In a first for UK police, officers were able to enhance the fingerprints visible in the image of the hand to determine a match with the suspect.

An American journalist who gained access to the war-torn town of Douma, where the US, France and the UK charged that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against civilians, says he found “no evidence” of a chemical weapons attack.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Fabio Mastrangelo, one of the participants of the "Russian Seasons" festival in Italy and the artistic director of the St. Petersburg State Music Hall Theater, told Sputnik on Monday that he believed the project was a great initiative which could defuse the tensions between Russia and the West by underlining common cultural ties.