22.9.2018 10:9 EU's Anti-Russia Sanctions Need Discussion Rather Than Prolongation – Budapest

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union should frankly discuss the issue of maintaining or lifting anti-Russia sanctions rather than automatically prolong them, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with the RT broadcaster.

22.9.2018 9:5 Gunmen Open Fire at Military Parade in South Iran, Casualties Reported (VIDEO)

According to the IRNA news agency, 20 people have been wounded; the number of killed has yet to be reported.

22.9.2018 8:13 Brazil's Presidential Front-Runner Says Can't Partake in Debates After Stabbing

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, the front-runner in the upcoming election, who was recently stabbed at a campaign rally, said he would not be able to participate in TV debates before the first round of the vote due to his condition.

22.9.2018 8:11 Russia Can Prevent Regional Crisis in Middle East - Ex-Israeli Security Advisor

The Russian plane in Syria was not hit due to a failure in its friend or foe identification system, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov stated. Mr. Konashenkov also noted that each state has its own IFF system and Russia does not install its identification systems on armaments exported abroad.

22.9.2018 8:7 US Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley Grants Kavanaugh's Accuser Extension

The head of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley granted another deadline extension to Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

22.9.2018 8:2 UK Ministers to Ask May to Offer New Brexit Plan After Salzburg Talks - Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK government ministers will call on Prime Minister Theresa May during a meeting on Monday to present an alternative to her Chequers proposals on UK's relations with EU after its withdrawal from the bloc, following the recent criticism toward May's plan on the part of fellow EU leaders, local media reported on Saturday.

22.9.2018 7:54 US DoJ Sentences Latvian Resident to 14 Years Over Antivirus Evasion Scheme

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Latvian resident Ruslans Bondars, 38, was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for operating a service that allegedly helped hackers to evade antivirus programs, the Justice Department said in a press release.

22.9.2018 7:31 Mexico's President-Elect Not Ruling Out Trade Deal With Canada Instead of NAFTA

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Mexico might conclude a bilateral trade agreement with Canada if Ottawa’s talks with Washington on the new deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) see no progress, Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

22.9.2018 7:19 China Quits Trade Talks With US Amid Tariff Threats Escalation - Reports

China will not send vice-premier Liu He to Washington next week to continue the negotiations over the tariff wars with the US representatives, media reported on Saturday.

22.9.2018 5:34 British Spies Hacked Belgian Telecom Firm on UK Government Orders - Reports

Belgian prosecutors' report supported previous claims made by Edward Snowden that British GCHQ had been intercepting communications at NATO HQ and key European institutions for at least two years.

22.9.2018 4:37 Google Staff Discussed Manipulating Search Results to Oppose Trump’s Travel Ban

Google internal emails showed conversations in which employees discussed promoting pro-immigration websites in search results and muting conservative viewpoints in order to combat US President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive order.

22.9.2018 4:16 75 Women Unite to Support Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh

Seventy-five women who have known Brett Kavanaugh personally throughout his life came to show public support for him after he was accused of committing sexual assault during a high school party in the 1980s by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

22.9.2018 3:36 Trump Promises to Eliminate 'Lingering Stench' at FBI, Department of Justice

US President Donald Trump promised on Friday night at a rally in Springfield, Missouri to clean up the "lingering stench" at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a series of reports have detailed government employees working to undermine the White House's agenda.

22.9.2018 3:36 US Jail Transfers Russian National Butina to Minimum Security Regime

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The administration of a US jail where Russian national Maria Butina, suspected by Washington of being an unregistered foreign agent, is detained agreed to transfer the prisoner to the minimum security regime, the Russian Embassy to the United States said.

22.9.2018 3:34 Top US Diplomat Sustained Support for Yemen War to Protect $2B in Weapon Sales

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided to continue US funding and military support for the Saudi-led coalition devastating Yemen with its blockade of the vital port city of Hodeidah and relentless bombings of civilians and civil infrastructure.

22.9.2018 2:35 Dead Minke Whale Spends Night in Parking Lot (VIDEOS)

A dead minke whale spent the night in the parking lot of New Hampshire's Jenness State Beach on Monday after authorities tried and failed to get the 16-foot juvenile cetacean's corpse to fit inside a dumpster.

22.9.2018 2:5 Senate to Vote on Supreme Court Pick Monday Absent a Testimony Deal With Accuser

Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced on Friday that the committee vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would go forward on Monday if a testimony deal cannot be reached with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

22.9.2018 1:34 OPEC, Other Producers May Boost Oil Output Amid Anti-Iran Sanctions - Reports

OPEC and non-OPEC allies have reportedly agreed to review current oil production as a countermeasure to the lack of Iranian oil caused by the US sanctions.

22.9.2018 0:57 NY Times Claims Deputy Attorney General Wanted to Secretly Tape Trump

The Washington press corps and cable news media went berserk Friday about an anonymously sourced New York Times report stating the US Justice Department’s Rod Rosenstein considered secretly recording his meeting with the president before opting not to.

22.9.2018 0:44 Most Nations Expected to Fall Short of UN Chronic Illness Death Reduction Goals

Public health experts say that more than half of all participating countries are projected to miss the United Nations’ targets for reducing deaths caused by chronic, noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease.