According to Syrian activists, the town of Al-Lataminah in the north of Hama province was bombed with barrel bombs containing chlorine. The video of the aftermath of the attack posted by the activists shows yellow clouds of poisonous smoke rising from the town.

Three people were reportedly killed and 25 wounded as a result of the attack.

The activists state that the bombardment was carried out by Russian and Assad’s SU aircraft.

The first chemical attack happened on the morning of April 4 in …

On April 5, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (GPU), together with the Security Service (SBU), began searches of the PJSC (public joint stock company) Ukrnafta. 50% + 1 share of Ukrnafta belongs to Naftogaz of Ukraine (NAK), and 42% of shares are held by Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, who are former shareholders of PrivatBank [the largest bank in Ukraine, which was nationalized at the end of 2016].

The press service of Ukrnafta said that searches are being conducted in …

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirms the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Moscow early next week.

“On April 11-12, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson will visit Moscow on a working trip. This is his first visit to our country as the head of the foreign policy department of the Donald Trump’s administration," reads the statement on the web site of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the talks between Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, …

At the UN Security Council, Russia presented its own draft resolution to investigate the chemical attack in Syria. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN made a statement to this effect, RIA Novosti reports. “We put forward our own short, thorough draft, aimed at a real investigation, not at assigning guilt before the facts have been established,” said Fedor Strzhizhovsky, press secretary of Russia’s permanent representative to the UN.

According to him, consultations regarding the draft …

Officials of the Security Service disclosed an attempt by Russian special services to recruit a resident of the Luhansk region, who worked in Russia.

According to the Security Service’s press service, the Ukrainian came to the attention of Russian special forces in late 2016 during an illegal stay in Russia.

“The man was unofficially employed in a company, and this fact was used to pressure him and coerce him to go against the interests of Ukraine,” the Security Service noted.

After the man …

The presidential administration of the Russian Federation has recommended that regions organize rallies against terrorism on April 8. The demonstrations are supposed to involve all parliamentary parties and be held in major cities throughout the country, "especially those where protest actions took place" on March 26.

This is reported by Kommersant newspaper, referring to a source close to the administration of the Russian president.

"The governors are already being called and given the task …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis agreed to coordinate efforts to return to Ukraine the money illegally withdrawn by former officials under the Yanukovych regime. Poroshenko said during a briefing at Riga, "Today we reached several important agreements, including on further work and coordination in the return of Ukrainian financial assets."

Poroshenko thanked Latvia for supporting Ukraine’s aspirations to European integration, for condemning Russia's …

Ukraine should do its utmost to become a full-fledged member of NATO as soon as possible, as was stated by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, during the opening of the morning session of the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

"Our task is to make every effort to join the free peoples united in the North Atlantic Alliance as soon as possible," Parubiy said.

He recalled that on April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Alliance was established in …