White House Communications Director Michael Dubke said in a statement on Friday that “the grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually” was the reason for keeping the records secret.
Thousands of Christians from all over the world, including pilgrims from Armenia, are waiting for the Holy Fire in the streets of Old City (Jerusalem) which is lit at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, or Holy Saturday, the day preceding Orthodox Easter.
Moscow is opposed to the remote work of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Syria, and an investigation into the April 4 incident in the city of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, should be transparent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) does not rule out the possibility of suspending Russia from participation in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, EBU Senior Communications officer Dave Goodman told TASS on Friday.
Rouhani, backed by Iranian reformers, has high chances to become a frontrunner in the presidential race. Another favorite in the election campaign is Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate from the alliance of conservative parties, the Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces.
“I am very happy about that. I like to see songs repossessed and refitted for different purposes. It is pretty good too.”
“Today we once again confirmed that unilateral steps are unacceptable and international investigation needs to be conducted to establish the facts (on situation in Syria’s Khan Shaykhun),” Zarif said.
“While discussing the appointment of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, it was unanimously decided to appoint Yuri G. Khachaturov on that post starting from May 2,” Valery Semerikov told reporters while summarizing the results of CSTO non-official summit held in Kyrgyzstan on April 14.
“The export and import structure has been significantly improved. In 2016 EAEU agriculture field recorded a 4% growth. The industrial growth increased as well. We predict positive dynamics for these fields this year too,” Putin said.
Economic year of 2016 wasn’t successful—weak economic activity was recorded—0.5%, and instead of anticipated 2.2% real GDP growth it comprised only 0.2%.
