Iranian police confiscated more than a ton of drugs during a special operation in the southern province of Kerman, Iranian Press TV reported on Sunday . In the car of two drug dealers, 880 kg of opium and 139 kg of hashish were found. It is reported that the police were forced to open fire on the car after the criminals refused to comply with demands to stop the car. During the operation, one criminal was killed and the second was arrested.

Washington will provide Moldova with an additional $10 million to strengthen border security. This was stated by the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at a press conference in Chisinau following the results of a one-day visit to Moldova Victoria Nuland, Interfax reports .

The absolute majority - 87% - of Latvian residents note that prices have increased since the introduction of the euro. This is evidenced by the latest sociological survey "Latvian Barometer DNB", Interfax reports . During the survey, assessing the main advantages of the introduction of the euro, residents most often mentioned that they no longer need to keep accounts in lats and euros, change currency when traveling abroad, recalculate prices, etc.

Moscow has information that the “Right Sector” was involved in coordinating the actions of the snipers who shot people in Kyiv. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the “Sunday Time” program on Channel One, Interfax reports .

American Facebook Inc. is working on projects that will allow users to access the Internet through drones, space satellites and laser technologies, the company said . A special division of Facebook, the Connectivity Lab, will test experimental access technologies. It is planned to provide Internet access to hard-to-reach areas using drones that can remain in the air for several months.

Photo by PhotoXpress The last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in Crimea has fallen. Crimean Tatars agreed to cooperate with the Russian authorities The extraordinary session of the kurultai (national congress) of the Crimean Tatar people, held on Saturday, March 29, in Bakhchisarai, coincided with the withdrawal of Ukrainian military personnel and members of their families from the territory of the peninsula.

A court sentenced two radical supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to death for murder during riots in Alexandria last year, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday . The court's verdict must be approved by the Grand Mufti. The court found that two members of the Muslim Brotherhood organization banned in Egypt in July 2013, during riots in Alexandria, threw two young people from the roof of a residential building, one of whom later died in hospital.

One of the Maidan activists, Zoryan Shkiryak, submitted documents to the Central Election Commission to register as a candidate for the presidency of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports . He plans to run as an independent candidate. As the agency was informed by the CEC, Shkiryak submitted documents, including data on posting bail in the amount of UAH 2.5 million.

Chinese authorities seized assets worth 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from former Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkang and members of his entourage as part of an investigation into a large-scale corruption scandal, Reuters reports , citing its own sources in the party nomenklatura. A criminal case against Yongkang, accused of corruption in December last year, was opened by order of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Russian government has made changes to the traffic rules, according to which new terms are introduced: “Bicycle path”, “Lane for cyclists”, “Pedestrian and bicycle path (pedestrian path)”, “Pedestrian path”, “Pedestrian zone”. The corresponding resolution was published on Sunday on the Cabinet of Ministers website.

North Korean authorities have announced the possibility of conducting new nuclear tests, the South Korean news agency Yonhap News reports , citing a statement by the DPRK Foreign Ministry. “We will not rule out conducting a new form of nuclear testing to strengthen our nuclear deterrent,” the agency quoted North Korea’s state media as saying.

Former head of the Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was released on December 20, received a residence permit in Switzerland. telephone . The press secretary of the Federal Office for Migration Affairs, Martin Raichlin, told ITAR-TASS by Raikhlin clarified that a category “B” residence permit was issued to Khodorkovsky on March 27 for a period of 1 year, after which it can be extended. According to him, the entrepreneur intends to settle in the canton of St.

Businessman Andrej Kiska won the second round of the presidential elections in Slovakia, The Daily Slovakia reported on Sunday. The new president of Slovakia will be sworn in on June 15. His rival, incumbent Prime Minister Robert Fico, admitted defeat before the final voting results were announced.