Category: World

Thousands of camels owned by Qataris who died of thirst after the government of Saudi Arabia asked to remove the herd from their territory. About it reports The Independent. “I came back from Saudi Arabia. I saw with my own eyes more than 100 dead camels lying in the road, and hundreds of dead sheep,” said the owner of the herd Hussein al-Marri. According to various estimates, in recent days, when you return to Qatar died from 12 thousand to 25 thousand camels. Qatari government decided to help farmers and organized near the boundaries of the special camp, containing about eight thousand “ships of the desert”, which brought water and food. The condition of animals kept by veterinarians. The Ministry of environment announced that in the near future organise a few extra pens. Prior to the sanctions, Qatari farmers had the opportunity to place their farm animals in the neighboring

The European court of human rights (ECHR) upheld a ban on wearing the niqab in Belgium, operating in the country since 2011. It is reported by RTBF. The verdict was handed down in connection with appeals of two women citizens of the Kingdom who profess Islam. The applicant considered that the restriction on wearing the niqab violates their right to privacy and freedom of religion. According to the court decision, the Belgian law is in conformity with the norms of a democratic society and protects the rights and freedoms of others. The ECHR also confirmed the legitimacy of the use of fines and other measures of administrative and criminal prosecution against violators, says DH.be. On 18 may, the Austrian Parliament banned the wearing of the burqa and niqab in the country. From October this year, the appearance in public with a fully covered face will face a fine of 150

The Spaniard who joined the group “Islamic state” received from my husband, the terrorist, the suicide belt as a wedding gift. About it writes The Daily Mail. In December 2016, Turkish authorities detained two women who were married for militants from Morocco. Both have already passed in Spain. They are accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. The representative of the Spanish interior Ministry said the suspects more than two years were in the territory controlled by ISIS (an organization banned in Russia), and their husbands participated in the mass killings. The interior Ministry added that these women voluntarily lived “according to the rules established by the terrorist group ISIS, in conditions of extreme cruelty.” The level of indoctrination of Spanish women from religious extremists makes them a potential threat to national security, according to the Department. In addition, there is fear that detainees with ties to active members of

The representatives of the two factions of the Syrian armed opposition said about the destruction in the South of the air force of the government forces. About it reports France 24. “The plane was shot down and fell in a controlled regime [of President Bashar al-Assad’s] territory. We have no information about the fate of the pilot”, — said the representative of one of the factions. The human rights organization “Syrian Observatory for human rights” confirmed that the plane was shot down over the administrative border of the provinces of Damascus and Suwayda. This region is part of a zone de-escalation provided for in the new agreement on the ceasefire, agreed the United States, Russia and Jordan, which entered into force on 9 July. Two days earlier, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov confirmed the agreement on ceasefire in the South of Syria. According to him, “the

Annually in the world from complications during pregnancy and childbirth die 30 thousand adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years. It is reported The Independent citing a report by charity Save the Children (save the children). According to the researchers, the highest risk group — young mothers from poor families and women in rural areas. The main reason for high mortality among them during pregnancy or delivery are hemorrhage, sepsis, complications of unsafe abortion. According to the representative of the Fund “save the children” Kirsty McNeil in several African countries many young girls die because of unwanted pregnancy simply because they do not have access to contraceptives — condoms or contraceptive pills, or because of the prejudices and cultural barriers. According to the study, the total number of deaths among teenage mothers has been steadily declining, but remains high. Girls often become victims of rape in many parts of the

Archive photo The press service of the Turkish army reported the destruction of 11 fighters of the Kurdistan workers party (PKK), Reuters reports. According to the military, major losses, the Kurds have suffered as a result of air force strikes in the province Mardan in the South-East of the country near the Syrian border. The pilots reported the destruction of two artillery positions and troop Kurdish rebels who were preparing to attack Turkish military. Another airstrike occurred in the Hakkari province. There is the Turkish aircraft bombed the cave in which was hiding a Kurdish patrol, killing three members of the PKK. Ankara considers the PKK a terrorist organization. Since 1984, the fighters of the PKK, waging an armed struggle for political rights of the Kurds in Turkey and the establishment of autonomy in its composition. The truce between the Turkish government and the Kurds was terminated in July of

Photos from the crash site In the fall of a military transport plane in the U.S. state of Mississippi killed 16 people aboard. About this NBC News reported the representative of the local rescue service. According to preliminary data, crashed C-130 “Hercules”. The accident occurred on Monday evening, July 10. The search for bodies continues. Eyewitness said that the plane crashed into a field. By the time he got to the scene, the fire had flared up so badly that to approach the wreckage was impossible. Writes Fox News, the car crashed at 140 miles North of the city of Jackson, belonged to the marine Corps of the United States, where already confirmed this information. The radius of scattering of fragments of the C-130 which flew from a base in Tennessee, can attest to the fact that “Hercules” exploded in the air. According to the source, the plane was carrying

A U.S. serviceman who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, arrested on suspicion of terrorism. About it reports Reuters. 24-year-old Sergeant Icaic Eric Kang, serving in the 25th infantry division, is accused in the fact that he was sworn in by the leader of the “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and then began to help the rebels. In particular, he wrote and mailed them a training video, where he demonstrated the basic techniques of combat at the level of the Department, and supplied the militants military instructions and manuals. In addition, Kang bought a drone with a GoPro camera, which he intended to smuggle to the middle East. At the moment, the police Sergeant acted alone. Kang — Sergeant first class, on account of his three foreign trips. In 2002-2003, he served in South Korea in 2010-2011-x — in Iraq, in 2013-2014-ies in Afghanistan.

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin in Madison have found that some plants, including tomatoes, secrete substances, causing caterpillars pests to devour each other. Article researchers published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. About it reported in a press release on the website Phys.org. Biologists have conducted experiments on small caterpillars Cutworm (Spodoptera exigua) is common worldwide pest of agricultural crops. Insects eight pieces were placed in plastic containers with tomatoes, sprayed with the different concentrations of methylammonium volatile substance, a plant hormone. This compound plays a role of a signal, by which some plants “warn” others about the attack of pests, thus enabling to start a selection of protective substances. Researchers over eight days, counted the number of surviving caterpillars, and at the end of the experiment assessed the degree of damage to the plants. It turned out that in containers with a low content of materialmente insects

The citizen of Kazakhstan Ilya Pyanzin, convicted in 2013 for 10 years for plotting the assassination of Vladimir Putin, who at that time was the post of Prime Minister, asked the President to pardon. About this newspaper “Kommersant” said the wife of Pyanzin Marina. Convicted decided to appeal to Putin, because “the crime was directed against him”. Pyanzin said that he was an obstacle, and a member of the conspiracy was accidentally fell under the influence of their buddies. The petition was filed in the administration of the colony in may, two months left for the review and approval the statements of the convict. Marina Pyanzina argues that the treatment her husband has found support in the administration of the colony. According to her, her husband for the years of imprisonment had no penalties, and mastered the professions of pattern cutting, finisher, carpenter and Turner. Ilya Pyanzin met in Egypt