The militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (IGIL, ISIS, Daish, prohibited in Russia) promised to take revenge on Saudi Arabia for the mass execution of suspects in terrorism last Saturday, January 2. Among the 47 executed were 43 members of another group banned in the Russian Federation - Al -Qaeda, reports Reuters. According to the agency, in response, IS militants promised to destroy the prisons that contained prisoners before execution.

Bahrain’s authorities said that the country was neutralized in the underground network associated with Iran and the Lebanese Shiite Movement “Hizballlah”, which provided direct support for the group, TASS reports. According to the Foreign Ministry of Bahrain, in particular, members of the secret structure formed an armed group and prepared explosions in the kingdom. It is known that the twin brothers Ali and Muhammad Fahrai led this structure.

Apple intends to reduce the production of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus by 30% in the first quarter of 2016, reports Nikkei Asian Review with reference to suppliers of components for Apple smartphones. According to the publication, Apple did not plan to reduce the production volumes of the latest IPhone versions compared to last year, but these plans were revised due to the decline in sales in retail chains and the surpassed surplus devices from sellers.

On Wednesday, the ruble at the auction intensified the decline, the dollar for the first time since December 2014 rose on the Moscow Exchange to 74 rubles in the context of the intensified fall of world oil prices and a deteriorated mood in capital markets. The dollar reached 74 rubles at 11:14 in Moscow, adding 68.5 kopecks to the previous closure. The euro at that moment cost 79.43 rubles, adding 71 kopecks, Interfax reports.

The accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev stated in interrogations that until February 27, 2015 they tried to deal with the politician twice, but different circumstances were hindered. This was reported by Rosbalt , referring to the testimony of Dadaev and Gubashev, including those they made on a video camera . “We saw Nemtsov three times until February 27.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned mass attacks on women on New Year's Eve in Cologne and demanded a tough response of the authorities to what had happened. Earlier, about 90 women were appealed to law enforcement agencies with statements about sexual harassment, which on New Year's Eve occurred in the square in front of the main railway station of Cologne and nearby streets. It is assumed that the attacks were mainly made by migrants, DW reports.

The new message length in the Twitter microblogging service will soon allow users to publish texts up to 10 thousand signs, and the Re/Code publication found out. According to the sources of the publication, the full opportunity to post long texts will appear among users of the network already in the first quarter of 2016. It is assumed that in the tape the short entries familiar to users will still be displayed, but some of them can be opened to see the full text without leaving the service.

The UN Security Council gathered for an emergency meeting in connection with the DPRK statement on the test of a hydrogen bomb. According to BBC News , the UN SB members unanimously condemned the incident, saying that he is creating a significant threat to peace and security on the planet. It is expected that according to the results of the meeting, sanctions against North Korea can be expanded, which, in particular, insist the United States.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow is outraged by the “unreasonable statements” of the head of the Turkish Ministry of Transport in connection with the suspension of flights of two Turkish airlines - Pegasus Airline and Onur Air, Interfax reports. The management of these companies did not worry about visas for their crews in a timely manner, they explained on Smolenskaya Square.

The journalist of the British television channel Vice News , Iraq citizen Muhammad Ismail Resul, was released from the Turkish prison, where he spent more than four months on charges of terrorism, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the message of the television channel. Resul was detained by the Turkish intelligence services at the end of August, along with two colleagues from the channel - correspondent Jake Hanrahan and operator, Philip Pendlberi.

On Wednesday, January 6, the police blocked the main entrance to the building of the Federal Chancellor department in Berlin due to a suspicious parcel, DW reports. The package that has come to the department of the Federal Chancellor of Germany does not contain explosives. When opening five boxes, the experts did not find anything suspicious in them, Reuters reports citing a police source.

The French avant -garde composer and conductor Pierre Boulez died in his house in Germany at the age of 90, according to the website of the Paris Philharmonic. Boulez, in general recognition, had a huge impact on academic music in Europe, DW reports. Pierre Boulez began his career in 1948, receiving the place of the conductor at the Marigny Theater. The composer was brought to the world fame by the Kantata "Sun of the Water" (1950) and the second piano sonata (1952).

In Istanbul, unknown people opened fire on police officers who patrolled the Beyoyil district in the central part of the city, reports Reuters with reference to the Dogan Turkish agency. As a result of the attack, one policeman was injured in his hand. The victim was hospitalized. Information about the reasons for the attack, as well as data on the attackers, has yet been received.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Sochi, on one of the days of the New Year holidays conducted a hockey training, the Kremlin website reports. The training game was held on the ice arena of the Galaxy complex in Krasnaya Polyana. Putin, as usual, went on the ice under the number eleven. The Lifenews TV channel published a video of training: judging by these frames, the president trained to score goals into an empty gate. The president stood on the skates relatively recently.

German Klimenko, recently appointed adviser to the President of Russia on Internet issues, gave an interview in which he commented on a number of his own statements that caused criticism on the Russian -speaking Internet - about the pluses of Runet isolation, about the prospects of Telegram and the potential of Yandex.Taxi. “If you close the boundaries now, I mean virtually, all our sites will win.“ Yandex ”will win, Mail.ru will win,” Klimenko said in an interview with the Russian service BBC .