Melinda Taylor, who led the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention hopes that the Donald Trump administration will bring more protection for Assange and other whistleblowers, she told Radio Sputnik.
Against the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial, fireworks lit up the night sky in Washington on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
India has reportedly acquired some $3 billion of weapons after quietly purchasing ammunition, tank engines, anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers from Russia and Israel.
As the Obama administration supported policy of regime change around the world, Russia perceived the United States as a threat, the think tank said to Sputnik. With Trump taking office, a chance to overcome systemic confrontations appears.
The Kremlin spokesman hasn't confirmed consultations between the teams of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US president-elect Donald Trump on cooperation.
US President-elect Donald Trump may start off his administration with a bang, following reports of massive budget cuts to vital US agencies on Friday, when he is sworn into office.
Wishing to welcome incoming US President Donald Trump with a “nice surprise,” Pyongyang is reportedly preparing to launch two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) during his inauguration on Friday.
A small plane has crashed near Rio de Janeiro, carrying a Supreme Federal Court judge who was investigating the ongoing high-profile Operation Carwash corruption scandal in Brazil, sparking worries that nefarious intent may have contributed to the aircraft’s wreckage.
As Washington prepares for over 250,000 protestors at Friday’s presidential inauguration, the city will undergo tighter security than it has seen in recent memory.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thirsday that destruction of US-Russia relations in the key mistake by the outgoing Obama administration.
A conflict between a billionaire and a bunch of islanders desperate to preserve their ancestral land sounds a bit like a Disney movie - but for some residents of Hawaii - it's a reality.
Corruption in Italy is still perceived as a most "prominent and pressing problem," according to the Council of Europe's Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), which says there is a continuing conflict of interest between politicians and the judiciary.
A survey conducted by international polling and research firm YouGov found that PM Theresa May's January 17 speech, confirming a "Hard Brexit" from the EU, was met with more optimism than negative sentiment by a majority of Brits.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to gain support within the EU, and with good reason: US President-elect Donald Trump isn't conceal his plans to reconsider Washington's foreign policy and change the established status quo, Polish journalist Adam Wielomski told Sputnik.
Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "points at the necessity of intensifying Russian-Japanese relations this year even more than last year, and this is a warrant of [Japan's] iron determination to develop Russian-Japanese relations."
Europe should create the strategy to foster the relations with Washington, which deteriorated after EU politicians openly supported Hilary Clinton, Trump’s rival in election, otherwise the president-elect may seek revenge on European politicians, acccording to Czech lawmaker Tomas Zdechovsky.
Barack Obama has taken every effort to complicate the US-Russian relationship on the eve of his departure: the outgoing US President has extended anti-Russian sanctions, dispatched US troops and heavy tanks to Eastern Europe and kicked off NATO maneuvers near Russia's borders, Italian military journalist Mirko Molteni told Sputnik.
Bjoern Hoecke, Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD)'s parliamentary spokesperson and regional deputy in the state of Thuringia, has criticized Berlin's Holocaust memorial, and called for Germany to stop atoning for past deeds.
From his recent anti-EU, pro-Brexit comments to his statement reiterating that the NATO alliance is 'obsolete', Donald Trump is causing a great sense of anxiety for the Polish political establishment. But the biggest problem, says Jagiellonian University professor Wawrzyniec Konarski, is that Trump may simply see Poland as a blank spot on the map.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is facing more legal challenges in both British and Irish courts over not just the method of triggering Brexit but also what it actually means, with the latest court case postponed to await the first major judgement due January 24.
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