Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, upon returning from Russia, told reporters that he discussed during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on May 3, photographs appeared earlier in the Turkish media, which allegedly captured the Russian military along with Kurdish fighters in Syria, CNN Türk reports. According to the Turkish leader, Putin promised him to study these pictures, emphasizing that "the Russian military cannot be involved in this," RBC notes.

The 95-year-old Duke Edinburgh Philip decided to stop active public work in six months. This was reported by The Daily Telegraph , citing the press service of the Buckingham Palace. The corresponding decision was made by Prince Philip himself with the full support of Queen of Great Britain, who was 91 years old. Until August 2017, the Duke of Edinburgh will work in the same mode, participating in the intended events. But he will no longer accept new invitations.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Wednesday approved the creation of a special committee to combat the so -called secret influence of Russia in other countries. Within the framework of this struggle, restrictions are introduced for Russian diplomats, reports Whio . The new provision is included in the general draft budget of the country for the remaining period of 2017 of the financial year, which will end on September 30.

A week after the Liman reconnaissance ship sank in the Black Sea, information about the lifting of secret equipment from the ship spread in the media. However, this information was promptly refuted to the Ministry of Defense, calling it "amateur fiction." On Thursday, May 4, the informed military source told RIA Novosti that military divers was working at the site of the flooding of Liman.

The new head of the People’s Assembly (parliament) of Macedonia Ethnic Albanian Talata Jaferi sent a request to President George Ivanov to the provision of a coalition that compiled a parliamentary majority, a mandate for the formation of the government, TASS reports.

From May 4, Russia may resume wheat import into Turkey without restrictions. This was stated by the Turkish Minister of Economics Nikhat Zeibekchi, reports Bloomberg .

In Indonesia, the tourist suffered from the Komodsky Dragon attack. The lizard attacked a 50-year-old man from Singapore in the Komodo National Park, located between the provinces of the East and Western Small Sunda Islands. The man shot on camera, as several Varanov was eating, reports Yahoo News with reference to AFP. At that moment, one of the Komodsky dragons attacked a tourist. The man received serious injuries of his left leg. The victim was sent to the hospital by helicopter.

The ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal of Moscow was fined by the AST Publishing House for a number of inaccuracies allowed on maps in the school atlas of Russia, in particular for the absence of the Crimea of ​​the Crimea Peninsula on some contour maps, the Moscow Says Radio Says Moscow .

The European Union of Football Associations (UEFA) at the 2017 European Football Championships among boys and girls no older than 17 years in the Czech Republic and Croatia will test the new system for breaking through the post -match foam, the portal Squawka.com reports. According to statistics, a team that begins a series of alternate blows of the first has a 60 percent chance of victory thanks to the psychological pressure provided to the second team.

In the Syrian security areas, foreign military can be placed, Kommersant claims with reference to the project of the Memorandum, who was at the disposal of the newspaper. The proposal was nominated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. It is expected that a three -page memorandum will be signed during negotiations in Astana.

The mass death of dolphins was recorded in the area of ​​Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory. The environmental prosecutor's office of the region began a pre -investigation verification. In total, the department recorded 68 cases of the death of dolphins.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) changed the rules regarding the appearance of athletes, and allowed them to speak at competitions in hijabs. Previously, this item was prohibited on the site for players' security reasons. According to Interfax with reference to the Air Force , the new rules are already approved and officially will enter into force on October 1 of this year.

On Thursday, the Russian government published a report on the implementation of the decrees of President Vladimir Putin of May 7, 2012 in 11 areas of economic, social, defense and state policy. In total, Putin's decrees contained 218 instructions.

The Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League Club (NHL) on its ice with a score of 3: 2 defeated Washington Capitals in the fourth match of the second round of the Stanley Cup of the Eastern Conference. The score in the confrontation of up to four victories was 3-1 in favor of the "penguins". After the leader of Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby received the next concussion , the most noticeable player of the team was the goalkeeper Mark Andre Fleri.

The Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia made the final decision to refuse to provide temporary asylum in Russia to the journalist of Novaya Gazeta, a citizen of Uzbekistan , Vecherdi Nurmatov , who writes under the pseudonym Ali Feruz, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a law enforcement source. “His complaint about a similar decision of the GUMVD in the Moscow Region is not satisfied,” the agency’s interlocutor added.