Новости за 19.04.2018

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Not one single State Department diplomat or representative accompanied CIA Director Mike Pompeo on his visit to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un earlier this month, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said during a press briefing on Thursday.

Penthouse, a lifestyle and softcore porn magazine, recently named Stormy Daniels the “most wanted woman in America” amid her ongoing lawsuits against both US President Donald Trump and his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Michael Horowitz, the US Justice Department's inspector general, issued a criminal referral regarding former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday to the US Attorney's Office in Washington, DC.

“How may I help you? Don’t mind the man on the ground...”

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hasan Diab, the Syrian boy who has been documented in a video by non-governmental organization White Helmets about the alleged chemical weapons attack in Duma, should speak at the UN Security Council, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said Thursday.

COLORADO SPRINGS (Sputnik) - China anticipates a visit by the Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos, China National Space Administration Secretary-General Tian Yulong told Sputnik that they anticipate the visit of

Nikki Haley, the fiery US ambassador to the United Nations, seems to have crossed swords with her boss in the White House. President Trump is said to have taken to shouting at the TV whenever he sees her making statements.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Plans of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Nusra Front* terrorist group to join forces in Syria for an offensive against Damascus may well have been created with the help of the United Kingdom as a continuation of its recently sparked rivalry with Russia, member of Astana opposition platform Mahmoud Afandi told Sputnik on Thursday.

On April 17, Russian troops uncovered a lab in Douma, which, according to chemical defense specialist Alexander Rodionov, could have been used by terrorist groups for the production of chemical weapons.

The US Department of State said Thursday that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been prevented from accessing the site in Douma, Syria, where a so-called "chemical attack" took place.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Turkey could face US sanctions if it goes ahead with plans to purchase S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, and it can also affect Ankara’s participation in the F-35 program, Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry are being evacuated from the building in the center of Moscow after an anonymous phone call alleging a threat of explosion.

New York's Syracuse University suspended its Theta Tau fraternity on Wednesday after administrators confirmed that some of its members were involved in the filming and sharing of videos filled with racial and ethnic slurs.

Meghan Markle's family was not the only one left "overboard" for the upcoming royal wedding – on April 10 information surfaced that British Prime Minister Theresa May was also left without an invitation to the major event.

As Syrian troops continue reinstating order and liberating the country from terrorists, they often come across horrible, shocking findings. Recently they unearthed a mass grave in the recently-liberated town of Douma, located about 10 kilometers northeast of Damascus.

A cruise missile spotted in Iran’s Army Day Parade Wednesday has Western observers baffled. The missile is meant to be deployed only from the air and is “electro-optically guided,” according to a sign written on it in Farsi. Beyond that, specialists are grasping at straws to determine the full nature of the new Iranian weapon.

I don't know about the Windrush but this government is beginning to resemble a Political Titanic.

The 24-year old woman was on the verge of a nervous breakdown when she was sentenced to eight years in prison by an Australian court on Wednesday.

Israel informed Washington about its plans to target an advanced Iranian air defense system at the T-4 base in Syria last week, according to the Wall Street Journal. Radio Sputnik discussed Israel’s involvement in Syria with Chuck Freilich, former deputy national security adviser in Israel.

Being almost unknown to the general public, Miguel Diaz-Canel, who will turn 58 on April 20, was confirmed as Cuba's new president by the country's National Assembly on Thursday. It took several decades for the politician to climb to the very top of the Cuban political ladder. Sputnik has gathered some facts about him for you.

Relations between the US billionaire of Hungarian origin George Soros and Budapest have been strained, with government officials pushing through a bill, the “Stop Soros Act” in order to limit the billionaire's influence on the country’s internal affairs.

Should individuals be allowed to own and use child sex dolls or would it ultimately encourage them to act on their sexual preferences and lead to abuse of real children in real life? In this case, should other types of sex toys be brought under the same level of scrutiny?

On Thursday, US Congressman Thomas Massie announced that the US director of national intelligence, the defense secretary and the secretary of state had “provided zero evidence” showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against the Syrian people in Douma.

Instead of preaching to others about the alleged flaws in their electoral systems, Washington should focus on its own internal politics, observers told Sputnik, commenting on the White House's critical remarks towards the newly elected Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Many Germans are anxious about the long-term implications of global trade integration and want to better protect national firms from foreign competitors.