The retired General John Allen, appointed about a year ago by the US policy coordinator against the Islamic State group, will resign in the near future, sources of Bloomberg and Reuters said. At the same time, they argue that Allen, whose candidacy was personally claimed by President Obama, leaves due to disagreements with Washington. This is refuted in the White House, pointing to personal reasons for the resignation. Initially, Bloomberg View reported the resignation.

In Belgium, the federal parliament on Wednesday was evacuated due to the threat of the explosion. Access to the building was blocked, reported by the Brussels newspaper Le Soir . The evacuation began after the unknown announced the threat of the explosion. Police with dogs arrived at the place of emergency. The law enforcement officers examined the building from the inside. However, nothing was found. After that, the police allowed the staff to return to jobs.

“There is an anti-ISIS coalition, where the largest players are the United States, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia. But this is a very strange coalition. For the Saudis, the number one rival is not ISIS at all, but Iran. The Saudis generally consider Assad an Iranian puppet, and not an independent figure. According to their logic, if the president in Damascus is overthrown, the country will calm down and the influx of people into ISIS will stop. Turkey's target is also not ISIS, but the Kurds.

The Director of the US Secret Service Joseph P. Klence in an interview with The New York Times shared his impressions of how people like Pope have to protect, Inopressa.ru reports on Wednesday. Klence, along with his colleagues in 2009, ensured security at the inauguration of President Obama and knows how difficult it is to protect the person whom numerous enthusiastic fans are trying to break through.

The US scheduled for the United States in Germany new American atomic bombs, which was reported by the German ZDF German television channel, will violate the strategic balance of forces in Europe and will require countermses and countermeasures from Russia. This was announced to reporters by a press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, RBC reports. “This is another step, and, unfortunately, a very serious step, towards the injection of tension on the European continent.

Archaeologists found potentially the most ancient street in the capital in the center of Moscow. Scientists from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences argue that at the site of the demolished hotel "Russia" discovered the Great Street, which could appear in Moscow back in the 12th century, RIA Novosti reports.

On Tuesday evening, September 22, a festival of Russian cinema was opened in Nice. The show of the best works of Russian and Soviet cinema is held in France for the third time, and this year is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. The festival of Alexander Sokurov’s tape “Francophonia. Louvre under the German occupation” opened.

One of the key defendants in the “Gaiser case” Alexander Zarubin can be hidden in the UK. According to operational data, the deputy chairman of the board of Renova was seen in London, a source in Russian law enforcement agencies told Interfax .

The employees of the South Korean automotive company Hyundai Motor began a partial strike today, TASS reports with reference to the message of representatives of the trade union. The reason for the strike was the failure of negotiations with the leadership of the auto giant regarding the increase in wages to workers. "The strike will be held eight hours a day - four hours per morning shift and the same amount in the evening," the trade union said.

In Greece, the composition of the new Cabinet of Ministers was announced, which was headed by the leader of the Siriza Party, Alexis Tsipras. They agreed on the formation of the government in a record time: on Sunday, Siriza Tsipras won the elections , and on Monday the president instructed him to form an office. The composition of the government is published on Tuesday evening, on Wednesday morning, the government will be sworn.

Two unknown people attacked the former midfielder of the Moscow Football Club Dynamo Mathieu Valbuen, who is currently protecting the color of the French Lyon. This is reported by TASS with reference to the portal Mediafootmarseille.fr . The incident occurred after the Sunday match of the 6th round of the France championship, in which Marseille in his field tied with Lyon (1: 1).

The Syrian authorities for the first time used the drones set by Russia in the struggle against Islamic radicals. "The army first used today in operations against extremists in the north and east of the country, drones received from Moscow," the AFP source said, Yahoo News reports. At the same time, it is not specified at the moment exactly which drones were used in a military operation.

In the ranking of 500 largest companies in Russia, published on September 23, the RBC agency, the most unprofitable state corporation Vnesheconombank (loss of 250 billion rubles) was named. The loss of VEB, whose profit a year earlier reached 8.5 billion rubles, is associated with the creation of a reserve under the depreciation of assets in the amount of 314 billion rubles.

On Tuesday, the Moscow District Court of Kazan in Tatarstan sentenced the minor young man who was found guilty of causing serious harm to health. After a booze with friends, the boy doused one of them with a fuel, and then set fire to. By a court decision, a schoolboy who turned a friend into a burning torch will spend three years behind bars.

The Pope Francis, who arrived on the eve of the first apostolic visit to the United States, arrived on Wednesday to the White House. On the lawn at the main residence of the head of the country, President Barack Obama met with his wife Michelle, Vice President Joseph Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and other officials, RIA Novosti reports. The hymns of the United States and the Vatican were performed. The ceremony personally watched about 10 thousand people.