The African Union summit (AS), uniting 54 Continent countries, intends to appeal to the UN Security Council with a request to call on the International Criminal Court (MUS) to postpone the consideration of cases against the current leaders of the African countries. There are eight such things now. AS indicates that "the current heads of state and governments cannot be persecuted during the term of their authority." The resolution is submitted for the approval of the summit.

It's okay that Portuguese players will have to take part in butt matches for the right to get to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the captain of the national team Cristiano Ronaldo said. On Friday evening, Russia defeated Luxembourg visiting, and the Portuguese unexpectedly tied in the qualifying match with the Israelis - 1: 1. Thus, Portugal lagged behind the leading Russians by three points and now only the hypothetical chances of first place in the group have retained.

The Russian Embassy in Damascus checks information about the disappearance of a citizen of the Russian Federation in Syria, the Embassy pressed on Saturday said on Saturday. Photos of the passport of the traveler Konstantin Zhuravlev was published by Islamists from the Lia-Atahid group. The Syrian authorities claim that he could not be a spy, since he did not know Arabic. But, apparently, this did not bother the militants.

The Central Election Commission of Tajikistan has officially registered six candidates for president of the country. From today, they have the right to join in the election struggle, the head of the CEC Shermukhammad Shokhinien said at a press conference. Emomali Rahmon, heading Tajikistan since 1992, put forward a youth alliance on this post.

The pilot of the Red Bull team Mark Webber became the winner of the qualification of the 15th stage of the Formula-1 championship-the Grand Prix of Japan. On the Suzuka highway, the Australian overcame the best circle in 1 minute 30.915 seconds. “My final circle was really good, although, of course, you always try to add on one or another site,” said the hero of the Sabbath. “Sebastian had problems in the qualification, so my today's pole, one might say, is not quite real.

In the city of Borzia, the Trans-Baikal Territory, an unknown man killed a 56-year-old woman on the street, after which he raped her six-year-old granddaughter, Rosbalt reports with reference to the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. The body of a woman with signs of violent death was discovered by local residents late in the evening on Friday.

The Russian vice-consul in Panama was wounded with a knife during the attack. Evgeny Manilov was hospitalized in a state of moderate severity, after which he had surgery, and now his life is out of danger.

A fire occurred in Moscow: the attic of one of the buildings of the Trekhgorenaya Manufactory complex caught fire in the Presnensky district. The fire was extinguished for more than two hours. According to Interfax , at 12:05 a message was received about the fire in the administrative building of the Trekhgorenaya Manufactory factory at the address: Rochdelskaya Street, house 15. At 12:57 Due to the spread of fire, a second, increased complexity number was assigned.

The head coach of the Russian national team Fabio Capello praised his players for the game in the match of the qualifying stage of the 2014 World Cup against the Luxembourg team. A deliberately passing meeting for our national team turned out to be ( 4: 0 ), and a draw of Portuguese with the Israelis practically guaranteed Russia a ticket to Brazil. Now you just need to not lose to Azerbaijan in the last match of the qualifying campaign.

The mayor of Zheleznovodsk died in an accident at Stavropol, the traffic police on the edge reports. "On Saturday at 12:00, on the station of the Stavropol - Sengileevsky driver born in 1958, driving a Land Rover Defender car, made a congress from the roadway with subsequent overthrowing. According to the available information, this citizen was the current mayor of Zhelezovodsk," the department quotes RIA Novosti .

The portrait of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, drawn on the facade of the house in Kharkov, was recognized as the largest graffiti in Ukraine. On October 12, the achievement was officially registered by representatives of the National Register of Records of Ukraine. The portrait on the wall of the house No. 39 on Gagarina Ave. occupies more than 451 square meters. m. Its height is 35.25 meters, the width is 12.81 meters.

Hurricane "Filen" , the strongest over the past 14 years, on Saturday evening collapsed to the States of Oriss and Andhra-Pradesh located on the east coast of India, local media reported. Wind speed - about 200 kilometers per hour. Earlier it was reported that it can be from 210 to 240 kilometers per hour. The hurricane is accompanied by heavy rains. The height of the waves can exceed 3.5 meters.

In the Polish capital, the XXIX Warsaw International Film Festival was opened the day before. For 10 days, cinema lovers will demonstrate the work of directors from different countries, including from Russia, ITAR-TASS reports. The program of one of the largest cobs in this part of Europe includes 207 films, including 22 world premieres, 21 international and 22 European ones. Only on the first day of the review, the audience first saw 35 paintings on the screen.

Elena Agapova, Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Society (IPPO), announced the day before at a press conference in Moscow about the creation of a public center for Christians' protection in the Middle East and North Africa. The main task of the public center, the creation of which Patriarch Kirill supported and blessed, is to fully support persecuted Christians in the countries of the "biblical" region.

The Council of Documentary Cinema Prize "Lavr" will gather at a special meeting to discuss the situation with the nomination for the prize of the accused of the murder of the priest Pavel Adeelheim Sergey Pchelintsev, Interfax reports. “The Chairman of the Council of the Lavr Prize Eduard Sagalaev decided to convene an extraordinary Council of the Prize on October 22. The council will raise the only issue.