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In the U.S. state of Oklahoma near the recruiting center, the U.S. air force explosive device. Reported by the Associated Press. The incident occurred in the city of Bixby near Tulsa, the second largest city of Oklahoma is 22:30 local time. Since the center was at that time already closed, no one was hurt. The investigation leads the FBI. Investigators do not exclude that we are dealing with an act of domestic terrorism. 27 June 2017 the University of Texas in Dallas evacuated after receiving reports of a bomb threat on campus. June 15 in the U.S. evacuated the ship and the port terminal because of suspected “dirty bomb” — one of the types of radiological weapons.

In Saudi Arabia led to the execution of the death sentence against the six prisoners. About it reports The Independent. A citizen of Pakistan was beheaded for smuggling drugs, five citizens of Saudi Arabia for murder. According to the publication, it is the largest mass execution for the current year. Thus, the number of people in the Kingdom in 2017 has been applied, capital punishment, reached 44. More than a third of them lost their lives for political offences such as participation in anti-government actions. 19 October last year in Saudi Arabia led to the execution of the death sentence against the Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir. A member of the Royal family was convicted of murder three years ago. What method of execution was chosen not reported. In the Kingdom the majority of persons sentenced to capital punishment beheaded. At the beginning of January 2016 in Saudi Arabia, they

Dwayne The Rock Johnson Wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson, nicknamed the Rock nominated for the presidency of the United States. About it reports The Independent. Application for participation in the Johnson presidential campaign-2020 was submitted to the Federal election Commission on behalf of a Kenton Tilford from West Virginia. Officials found it difficult to say who is the actor. It clarifies the issue, informed Johnson repeatedly said that he is not averse to engage in politics. In may 2017, he said: “I was very much concerned about the fate of our country, and the idea that I can one day become President to give the policy a positive impact and do global changes, very inspiring. But until that happens, it is very important that the head of the country now and in the future there was a strong and honest leader.” Dwayne Johnson is an American professional wrestler and actor,

China plays a key role in solving the North Korean problem. This was stated by foreign Ministry spokesman China Geng Shuang, reports “Xinhua”. “Those who exaggerates and emphasizes the responsibility of China in solving the nuclear issue of the [Korean] Peninsula or do not have a complete and accurate understanding of it, or are guided by their own ulterior motives”, — said the diplomat. According to him, in the heart of the crisis lie in contradictions between the DPRK and the United States. “To defuse tensions and resolve this issue, other stakeholders must also take responsibility”, — said the representative of the foreign Ministry. July 4, Russia and China issued a joint initiative of proposing to the DPRK to declare a moratorium on nuclear tests and missile launches, and South Korea and the United States to refrain from conducting large-scale military exercises. Before this, Pyongyang reported the successful launch of

Moscow hopes that the implementation of Washington’s international obligations in the matter of the Russian diplomatic property in the United States. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov after negotiations with the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini, RIA Novosti reported. “As for the question about the Russian diplomatic property in the United States, we see this situation and still hope that the United States as a country that has always advocated the rule of law, will respect its international obligations. Otherwise, under the laws of diplomacy we will have to take retaliatory measures,” he said. Earlier media reported about the plans of Moscow to send 30 American diplomats and the seizure of many properties of the USA in Russia. On such measures, the foreign Ministry is ready to go after Washington’s decision not to return belonging to the Russian dipvedomstva property in the United

US Undersecretary of state Thomas Shannon will hold talks with Russian Deputy foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on July 17 in Washington. On Tuesday, July 11, at the briefing said state Department spokesman Heather Nauert, reports Reuters. According to her, Shannon “prepared thoroughly for this meeting and looking for areas for discussion.” The preparation of the meeting was discussed on 3 June during the meeting of Shannon with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak. Presumably, one of the topics of conversation will be the arrest of Russian gipsobetonnye in the United States in December 2016. June 21, Ryabkov said that Moscow refuses bilateral consultations with Washington on the problems in relations after the expansion of us sanctions. “The situation is not conducive to carrying out rounds of this dialogue, especially since the content for it is not reached”, — said the diplomat. 20 June, the American Ministry of Finance has

Moscow considers abnormal with the existence of EU sanctions and the US against Syria. This was stated by Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after talks with the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini in Brussels, reports RIA Novosti “We have discussed with our colleagues on this, I believe, an abnormal situation. Sanctions have largely prevented the production of necessities in the SAR, including the pharmaceutical industry, which was in Syria always very well developed, and now she’s cut those sanctions, the prohibitions that our Western colleagues have imposed,” said Lavrov. In turn, Mogherini said that Sanctions policy of the European Union against Syria are directed against individuals, not the Syrian people. In the sanctions list of the EU in relation to Syria, there are 240 individuals and legal entities. 67 the Restrictive measures include, in particular, an oil embargo, restrictions for certain investments, the freezing of assets of Syrian Central

A number of Norwegian youth associations and sections of the political parties took the initiative to distribute free contraceptives according to the recipes of teenagers up to 16 years. About it reports The Local. From 2016 to contraceptives by the state are eligible young people aged 16 to 20 years. Now activists propose to extend this practice to younger compatriots. “This only applies to a small group of teenagers, but if it helps 15-year-old girl to avoid an unwanted pregnancy, we believe that it is positive and good,” said one of the leaders of the “Sex and society” Thor Holt Follestad (Tor Holte Follestad). “Reducing the age limit of the program participants will discuss [with Teens] protection from sexually transmitted diseases, and to identify potential undesirable or abusive relationships,” — said in a joint statement, several youth organizations. The Ministry of health of the Kingdom declared that it would study

Erdogan Several Swedish MPs have accused the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan genocide, crimes against humanity and violating the rules of warfare. On Tuesday, July 11, The Local reports. As the newspaper notes, such a charge of the Swedish parliamentarians for the first time put forward against the Turkish leader. According to five lawmakers from the left and green parties, all these crimes were committed mostly in the Kurdish populated areas of Turkey. Materials on теме00:June 09 — 15“to Destroy them completely, killing and taking slaves”Why not every massacre can be called a genocide The application became possible thanks to accepted in 2014, the law: its provisions, “every person who with the purpose to partially or completely destroy a group of people’s nationality or ethnicity is guilty of genocide”. International Swedish prosecution authority noted that the gathering of evidence and the examination of the appeal will take some time. Carl

U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the Minister of foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, signed the agreement for the suppression of the financing of terrorism. It is reported by Al Jazeera. The agreement was reached during the visit of the President of the American foreign Ministry in Doha. “The US has one goal — to eradicate terrorism from the face of the Earth,” said Tillerson. According to him, the two countries can do more to track the sources of terrorist financing and information exchange to ensure everyone’s safety. “Today Qatar is the first country to sign a Memorandum of cooperation with the United States [in this area], and we encourage States boycotting Qatar, to join us as signatories of this document on cooperation”, — said the foreign Minister of Qatar. According to the channel, Tillerson came to Doha to find ways of resolving the diplomatic crisis