Explosions occurred near the main military base of NATO in Afghanistan early on Saturday morning. At least three people died, 13 were injured, reports Reuters with reference to the authorities. The extremist Taliban extremist movement later took responsibility for the explosion at the base. The Tolo News television channel said, citing eyewitnesses that the Bagram air base, located in the province of Parvan in the east of Afghanistan, was undergoing missile shelling.

The elected US President Donald Trump spoke about the upcoming conversation with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the letter received from him. He stated this in an interview with The Wall Street Journal . Earlier, in an interview with WSJ, Trump said that after a conversation with US President Barack Obama, he refused to completely cancel his medical reform - which was one of his main promises.

Activist Ildar Dadin, who was serving a sentence in the Segezh correctional colony N7, refused to examine the epileptologist recommended by the human rights activists for the presence of head injuries. Previously, Dadin did not want to go through the test on the "lie detector" until he examines the doctors.

In the southeast of Pakistan, one of the temples was blown up: according to media reports, more than 30 people died, and more than 100 people were injured. The Islamic State (IG, the organization is prohibited in the Russian Federation). According to Reuters , the terrorists blew up the temple of Shah Nurani, located 100 km north of the port city of Karachi. According to local TV, at the time of the explosion, there were hundreds of prayers inside.

The striker of Columbus Nick Foligno donated half a million dollars to Boston’s children's hospital, in which his newborn daughter saved in 2013, according to the NHL official website . Three years ago, his daughter Milan was born in this hospital, but soon she had discovered problems with the heart valve. At the disposal of the Boston medical institution were advanced development, which only began to be used to correct congenital defects.

The Ministry of Culture distance from an exhibition with animal corpses in the Hermitage. The day before, the leadership of the exhibition complex refused to close the exposition of the Belgian artist Jan Fabra against the backdrop of the protests of the zoo defenders. The department after that published a press release in which it indicated that the exposition was not agreed with officials.

A large accident occurred in the Omsk region: the bus collided with Gazelle, five people were killed as a result, three more were injured. The collision occurred in the area of ​​the 133rd kilometer of the Muromtsevo -Omsk highway. The TASS police said that the driver of the passenger bus was not convinced of the safety of the maneuver and allowed a collision with the Gazelle, which was moving in the oncoming direction.

The existing world chess champion Norwegian Magnus Karlsen and Grandmaster Sergey Karyakin, at the 43rd move, ended the first batch of the match for the title of the strongest chess player on the planet in which the Russian played with black figures. According to Karyakin, during the fight he heard a little noise, but "tried to concentrate only on the game." The Russian grandmaster also noted that participation in the match for the world chess crown is “great and new experience” for him.

The elected US President Donald Trump in an interview with The Wall Street Journal admitted that he changed his mind to completely cancel the available medical care program, also known as Obamacare (Affordable Care Act). According to Trump, he revised his position after a conversation with the current head of state Barack Obama. Now he intends to maintain at least two provisions of this program.

The current head of the Russian wrestling Federation (FSBR) Mikhail Mamiashvili unanimously re -elected to this post for the next term and will be manifested by the federation until 2020. “I thank my colleagues for confidence,” Mamiashvili TASS quotes. “Our task is to a new Olympic cycle is to successfully go through the four -year -old, selection and perform well at the Olympic Games.

The Russian aircraft carrier group has reached the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and maneuvers near the western coast of Syria. This, according to Interfax , in an interview with Russia 1 television channel, was told by the commander of the heavy aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov Sergey Artamonov.

The head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker predicts two “lost years” Donald Trump as president of the United States. This will be the result of its inexperience in foreign policy and ignorance of the world, suggested a European official. According to DW , Junker said this the day before, speaking in Luxembourg during a discussion with youth. “I think two years will be lost until Mr.

The police are checking on the fact of beating journalists of the Life television channel in the center of Moscow. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow. The television channel itself reported that two employees attacked the 18th house on Kievskaya Street on the night of Saturday.

The leadership of the Donetsk People’s Republic announced the detention of Ukrainian nationalists responsible for the murder of Arsen Pavlov , a military commander of the DPR, known under the nickname Motorola. They stated that the detainees belong to the Misanthropic Division group.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allocate $ 500 million to the World Anti -Doping Agency for a further investigation of doping problems in Russia, the Inside The Games portal reports.