Новости за 10.01.2017

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Tuesday slammed Washington for new anti-Russian sanctions.

The number of Swedes who regard the US to be the biggest threat for world's peace and security rises in comparison with the previous year.

Ankara's Cagdas Sanat Merkezi modern arts center exhibition hall where Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was killed has been named after the diplomat, local media reported on Thursday.

The Council of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) approved on Tuesday a plan to expand the number of World Cup final tournament participants to 48 teams from the current 32.

The incoming Trump team has indicated that it is ready to readjust Barack Obama's foreign policy when it comes to power, prompting the outgoing US president to make every effort to make it difficult for the next administration to achieve this, Polish commentator and former politician Mariusz Olszewski told Sputnik.

On Tuesday, a Norwegian court will examine the state's appeal against a ruling that right-wing extremist and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has been treated inhumanely since being jailed for slaying 77 fellow Norwegians nearly six years ago.

Russian lower house speaker Vyacheslav Volodin slammed as hysteria on Tuesday the decision of US presidential administration to add Russian Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin and other Russian nationals to its Specially Designated Nationals list for alleged violations of the Magnitsky Act.

Former German President Roman Herzog died at the age of 82.

Chinese military aircraft breached the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) on numerous occasions last year, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Tuesday.

South Korea’s foreign ministry has nullified the passport of daughter of Choi Soon-sil, a close friend of suspended South Korean President Park Geun-hye, media reported on Tuesday.

Russia is in the world's top five countries with the highest cybersecurity capabilities, the latest research by the Zecurion Analytics data protection company showed on Tuesday.

The Russian Defense Ministry has not established the causes of the deadly December 25 military plane crash in the Black Sea contrary to media reports, the ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

Former Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on Tuesday morning arrived at Basmanny District Court of Moscow, which will consider a request made by investigators to extend his house arrest, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

The Thai king wants the country's new constitution revised on measures related to royal powers, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday.

The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on research and information sharing for the safe use of nuclear energy, local media reported Tuesday.

The Russian Helicopters company, part of the Rostec state corporation, is taking part in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017 regional investment forum in India's Gujarat state, the company said Tuesday.

A gunman opened fire at a police bus outside the headquarters of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) in Athens, local media reported on Tuesday.

The test flight of a Chinese plane powered by a hydrogen fuel cell was nothing more than a scientific and technological experiment with hydrogen fuel unlikely to find military use any time soon, Russian experts told RIA Novosti.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Abby Martin, formerly the host of RT's Breaking The Set and currently host of TeleSUR's The Empire Files.

During the Christmas period, the social welfare office in the Swedish town of Mönsterås was relocated on account of death threats to personnel over child marriage, which has become a sensitive subject in Sweden.

The outgoing administration of US President Barack Obama overestimated the outcome of the Arab Spring, in expecting democracy to take root in the region, CIA Director John Brennan said.

The dangers of ODNI's election interference report.

The United Kingdom has been one of the staunchest critics of Russia, but London's tough stance on Moscow appears to be completely misguided at a time when the country is in the process of divorcing the European Union, Political analyst Vasily Koltashev told Radio Sputnik.

Authorities of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region intend to strengthen security measures in border areas as part of the fight against terrorism, media reported on Tuesday.

Congressional Hearings are under way this week, anti-Trump inauguration planning kicks into high gear.