Russia was “in an inch from the confrontation” with the United States following the US missile strike on the Syrian Ash Sha’irat airfield, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday.
Authorities in Beijing have announced a new program of monetary compensation to citizens of up to 500 thousand yuan (72,4 thousand dollars) for providing information about the activities of spies and foreign intelligence agencies, follows from the relevant decision by the public security Bureau of Beijing, distributed by the Chinese media, reports BBC.
One sees what is happening in Turkey right now, how Turkey is dealing with its own minorities, the type of language that the President of Turkey is using in regards to non-Muslim Europe, it all reflects the same narrow, ethno-religious nationalism that prevailed there 100 years ago.
According to the Italian Foreign Ministry’s press service, the meeting will be held on Tuesday morning when the foreign ministers of the G7 countries (the US, Canada, Japan, Germany, the UK, France and Italy) will be joined by the top diplomats of the Middle East region.
Uzbekistan’s national Rakhmat Akilov, detained in Sweden’s capital of Stockholm after the recent terrorist attack, has pleaded guilty during an interrogation at Kronoberg prison, the Aftonbladet reported.
At the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Italy’s Lucca, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will call on the G7 member states to tighten sanctions against Russia following the latest developments in Syria, The Times reports.
Russia’s cosmonaut Georgy Grechko passed away on April 8 at the age of 85, TASS reported. His daughter informed that the father’s death was due to age and various chronic diseases. Georgy Grechko was born on May 25, 1931 in Leningrad.
Demetris Syllouris said the Parliament of Cyprus was among the first ones in the world and the first one in Europe to recognize and condemn in 1975 the Armenian Genocide, demanding the restoration of historical truth.
Flags on public and private structures in the city of Stockholm were lowered in memory of terror victims that occurred on April 7 in the city, SVT TV reported. The authorities of other Swedish regions also made a decision to lower the flags. People bring flowers to the place of terror attack.
“Beyond diplomatic rhetoric, we should take into account that this is a political message, “letter”, and undoubtedly it has its role in the Middle East policy, in Russia-USA relations. However, I consider, the most important platform of this step is US domestic policy. I believe, Trump needs to show that he is powerful, he is a leader, a decision-maker and an actor.”
