Category: World

Jeff Sessions The Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak in 2016, discussed the current campaign of the US President Donald trump with his Advisor, now attorney General of the country Jeff Sessom. On Friday, July 21, writes The Washington Post. The newspaper’s sources in the us intelligence community claimed that they had intercepted two conversations between Kislyak and Sessom, which dealt with the election campaign trump. In particular, Kislyak and sessions discussed the position of the trump in Russia and prospects of bilateral relations between States, say interlocutors of The Washington Post. March 1, WP posted the material in which it was alleged that the sessions held two meetings with Kislyak a few months before the US presidential elections, which took place in November 2016. After that, the leaders of the Democrats in the U.S. Congress urged and Roman sessions to resign. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria

Raymond Thomas The United States has no legitimate reason to be in Syria, where Washington without the permission of Damascus conducting military operations. On Friday, July 21, said us General Raymond Thomas, RIA Novosti reported. “The day is near when the Russians will say: “Why are you still in Syria, the United States?”. They were already close to it. We went in there justified, but if the Russians will play this card, then when we want to stay, will not be able to do that,” said Thomas. On 20 July, the Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo said that Russia is involved in Syrian Affairs, in particular, because “he wants to annoy the US”. According to the American, he has no clear evidence that Moscow is actually seeking to defeat the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, commenting

Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani publicly condemned the boycott, which Doha has announced several Arab countries, and hoped for the settlement of disputes between States. On Friday, July 21, according to Al Jazeera. The head of Qatar said that his country is open to dialogue to resolve existing problems, but only with respect to other States to the sovereignty of Qatar. He also stressed that the boycott is “a planned campaign to demonize Qatar in the eyes of the world”. He believes that the plan announced that it would boycott countries failed because “the people of the Emirate showed high morale”. Al-Thani added that “Qatar is an uncompromising struggle against terrorism, which found international recognition.” 22 Jun Qatar gave a list of 13 demands, which included the closure of the TV channel Al Jazeera and the Turkish military base, the cessation of

Interpol has compiled a list of 173 potential militants of terrorist grouping “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), which can organize terrorist attacks in Europe. On Friday, July 21, writes The Guardian. The newspaper points out that the list of potential suicide bombers were drawn up by the American scouts, due to the data that they got from Syria and Iraq. Further, this information was passed to the FBI and from Interpol. It is noted that in the list were persons who might know how to assemble and install improvised explosive devices. Also, potential bombers can move from country to country to carry out terrorist activities. The document contains data on the timing of recruitment into the ranks of terrorists, last known address, parents ‘ names fighters, their photos, and information about the mosques that were visited potential suicide bombers. Interpol has no information about whether the people from

Sebastian Kurz The mayor of the Italian city of Lampedusa, Salvatore Martello compared the foreign Minister of Austria, Sebastian Kurz with a Nazi. On Friday, July 21, reports heute.at. The day before during a meeting with his Italian counterpart the head of the Austrian foreign Ministry said that illegal migrants rescued in the Mediterranean sea, should not be delivered to mainland Italy, where they then can go to other European countries. Kurz expressed the view that these refugees should be left on the island of Lampedusa. “Such statements I would only expect from neo-Nazi skinheads, not the representative of the European countries,” said Martello, adding that the Austrian Minister has no idea about the lives of the inhabitants of the island, which continually come all the new migrants. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Italy Angelino Alfano described the application of Kurtz pre-election rhetoric. Martello demanded from the Italian government

Sergei Lavrov The existence of U.S. military bases in Syria has no legal basis. On Friday, July 21, Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, reports RIA Novosti. On 20 July, the Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo said that Russia is involved in Syrian Affairs, in particular, because “he wants to annoy the US”. According to the American, he has no clear evidence that Moscow is actually seeking to defeat the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). “I’m about at the same time, I read and heard even that the United States has 10 bases in Syria, so it turns out that by and large Mr. Pompeo wants the same thing and we in Syria, only several times more”, — said Lavrov. The Minister added that Russia, unlike the United States, their two bases from anybody does not hide. “They are created and operate on

The prolonged drought in North Korea, which became the strongest in 16 years, caused serious damage to agriculture. Pyongyang is in need of immediate assistance from the international community. It is reported by the food and agriculture organization of the UN (FAO), reports The South China Morning Post. The organization’s experts believe that in the near future, Korea will have to increase food imports to provide food for people. They also stated the need to modernize the irrigation system of the country. According to FAO, in 2017 due to the drought in the DPRK seriously affected the production of rice, maize, potatoes and soybeans. “The main areas where cereals are produced, rainfall was less than in 2001. And then the production of grain fell to a record low of 2 million tons,” — said FAO representative in China, DPRK and Vincent Martin. Early this year the grain harvest in North

Parliamentary elections in Papua New Guinea have been disrupted over the wizards. About it reports Radio New Zealand International. Two of the candidates in the province of East Sepik demanded a recount: according to them, sorcerers with magic stole several ballots from the ballot boxes. Priests were asked to pray about urns to protect them from evil forces. According to BBC News, the Chairman of the Central election Commission Patias Gamato — which previously required the court to prohibit critics to call it “Mr. Tomato” — has not yet commented on the situation. Voting in Papua New Guinea ended July 8, but so far known only the names of 26 of 111 deputies. The sorcery act was passed in the country in 1971, and repealed only in 2013. the document is not claimed that magic really exists. However, according to the law, the former the object of the magical ritual,

Sean Spicer Sean Spicer, press Secretary of the President of the United States Donald trump resigned. It is reported by The New York Times. Spicer said the head of state, which strongly disagrees with the appointment to the post of Director of public relations new York financier Anthony of Scaramucci. Trump suggested Scaramucci to take this position on the morning of 21 July. He asked Spicer to stay, but he did not agree.

Ahmed al-Saati Recent media reports about changes in the list of demands of the Arab countries to Qatar are not true. This was told RIA Novosti, the Ambassador of Bahrain in Russia Ahmad al-Saati. “The list has not changed (…) we Have nothing new in this regard”, — said the diplomat. July 20, media reports, citing diplomats of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt reported that four States have declared a boycott of Qatar, no longer insist on the implementation of the Emirate 13 of the terms of the ultimatum. It was noted that countries insist on the implementation of the six points. In particular, we are talking about suspension of Doha acts of provocation and terrorism, refusal of providing financial assistance to terrorist organizations, non-interference in the internal Affairs of other States. 22 Jun Qatar gave a list of 13 demands, which included the closure of the AlJazeera TV