Egyptian intelligence agencies suspect employee of the US Embassy in terrorism
Egyptian intelligence services have arrested an employee of the US Embassy in Cairo on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities. Writes about this Daily News Egypt. An Egyptian citizen, 42-year-old Ahmed Ali, was detained on Sunday, June 7, on charges of participating in an Islamist terrorist group. ...
The Pentagon will protect gay men from discrimination
The United States is going to change its policy regarding the protection of homosexuals in the military in order to avoid any manifestation of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that in the US military, discrimination based on sexual orientation would be equated with racial and ...
Russian hackers are suspected of attacking the French TV channel TV5
French police claim that the cyberattack on the international channel TV5 Monde, for which supporters of the radical Islamic State group claimed responsibility, was actually carried out by hackers from Russia. The Internet resources of TV5 Monde were hacked on the evening of April 8. As a result, the broadcast...
The fire at the oil depot near Kiev has been localized - Avakov
Employees of the State Emergencies Service localized a fire at an oil depot in the Kiev region. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced this on Twitter. Before that, Avakov said that at the site of a large-scale fire near Vasilkov, the bodies of three firefighters were found, with whom after the explosion at the oil depot ...
In Russia, they decided to treat the villagers via Skype
Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova promised that within two years Russian doctors will be able to work with the population of remote villages via Skype. As TASS reports, Skvortsova noted that there are now 83 thousand settlements in Russia with a population of less than 100 people. Because of…
DNR and LC refused to recognize the Crimea as part of Russia
The self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics recognized Crimea and Sevastopol as an integral part of Ukraine. The corresponding formulations are contained in the draft amendments to the Constitution of the country proposed by the republics, which was sent to the contact group on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass. The document is available for download at ...
McDonald's will open its own university in Moscow
McDonald's intends to open a corporate university in Moscow, where it will train managers to work in its fast food restaurants. As the head of McDonald's in Russia, Khamzat Khasbulatov, said on the Kommersant FM radio station, the company already has its own...
Journalists evacuated from White House
US Secret Service officials on Tuesday interrupted a White House briefing for reporters over an unnamed threat to their safety. As reported by news agencies, the journalists were evacuated from the press center. After the evacuation, policemen with service dogs began to inspect the premises. Earlier, on Tuesday, there was ...
Social media users ridicule Obama and Merkel's photo with G7
A photo of Angela Merkel waving her arms in front of Barack Obama, who is sitting relaxed on a bench, has become the reason for many jokes and “photoshops” on social networks. The photo was taken during the G7 summit in Bavaria. Users in their comments suggested that...
USA: Iraq can defeat Islamic State in five years
Iraq will need at least 3-5 years to defeat the Islamic State, which occupies a significant part of the country, according to US State Department spokesman John Kirby. “This will not happen overnight,” the official noted. He also believes that the current US strategy for...