The Orenburg Airlines from Sunday, August 17, stopped execution of flights at the request of the Far Eastern Tour operator of the Aviarter-DV due to the lack of prepayment for planned flights, the company's website said . “In Rosturism, the Federal Air Transport Agency and Aviation-DV LLC, official letters were sent in advance about the current situation and the possible consequences of non-fulfillment of financial obligations.

A group of armed activists attacked a medical center in which patients infected with Ebola virus in the capital of Monrovia were on quarantine. It is reported by Spiegel . According to the witnesses of the incident, the protesters were armed with batons and shouted that there was no virus in Liberia. Patients of the center managed to escape, their exact number is not reported.

The British journalist, RT String Graham Phillips, on his Twitter microblog, said that BBC’s leading television channel wants to interview him on August 18. “Glad to say that my national channel, BBC, want to interview me tomorrow morning. A good chance to tell the truth to my country, ”the journalist wrote. String RT Graham Phillips during his work in Ukraine was twice detained by SBU employees. Graham leads his Twitter in Russian and often speaks in it about politics.

Six people were injured after an earthquake of magnitude of 5.0, which occurred in the province of Yunnan in the south-west of China. It is reported by Crienglish.com . Also, as a result of an underground push, more than 300 houses were injured: cracks appeared on their walls. In addition, the lines of power and communication were damaged, as well as roads in five cities of the province. More than a thousand rescuers work at the site of the earthquake.

Estonia will be ready to build the necessary infrastructure and create conditions for training if NATO decides to place additional military units in Estonia, said Minister of Defense Sven Mixer, Interfax writes. “The government’s approach is that if the allies say what conditions for training and infrastructure are necessary for joint exercises with Estonian divisions, we will build them,” he said, speaking during the Debats on the topic of security at the Paida Festival.

Ukraine recognized the Russian cargo under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross by humanitarian aid, according to the website of the Government of Ukraine. “The Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova signed an order to recognize the cargo of the International Committee of the Red Cross with humanitarian aid,” the report said.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin asked the EU and NATO military assistance in the fight against militias. The head of Ukrainian diplomacy was announced in an interview with the Deutschlandfunk radio station. “ If we get such help, our troops will be easier to act on the spot, ” the minister explained. Klimkin said that he considers the threat of Russian invasion serious, because, according to him, Russia allegedly supports militias with weapons and equipment.

The seventeen Ukrainian military, who crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Rostov region, returned to Ukraine. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the representative of the border department of the FSB of the Russian Federation for the region of Nikolai Sinitsyn. “They passed to us on Saturday morning and were in the border zone of the Matveevo-Kurgan district.

The representative of the Democratic Party in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Congress, Eliot Engel said that the United States may have to take part in the ground operation to combat the Islamic State combat group in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), adding that the United States should examine air strikes in Syria, writes The Hill . “Ultimately, we may carry out a military operation there,” he said.

The two UN peacekeepers were killed and nine were wounded as a result of the attack on the patrol base in the northern part of Mali, writes Reuters with reference to the message of the UN peacekeeping mission (Minusma). The vehicle exploded on the morning of August 16 next to the base in the village of Ber, about 60 km east of the desert of the city of Timbukta, the statement said.

The radical organization “ Right Sector ” threatened with an armed campaign in Kiev if all the supporters detained by the police are not released within 48 hours. This is stated in the appeal of the radicals to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, posted on the organization’s website.

Three African doctors with a diagnosis of Ebola's deadly fever undergo treatment with an experimental ZMAPP vaccine, Reuters reports with reference to the statements of doctors from the Liberian capital of Monrovium. The outbreak of the disease began in February in West Africa (Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria). Two doctors from Liberia and one of Nigeria became the first Africans who received an experimental medicine.

Unknown people overturned the stone cross on the grave of Stepan Bandera in Munich, a press service of the Bavarian capital of the Bavarian capital, Konstantzvez, who was at the scene of the incident, told RIA Novosti. “We can confirm that the grave was damaged. On the grave there is a cross about 1.8 meters per 1 meter in size, it was practically overturned, ”said the police representative. Bandera is buried in the city cemetery of Waldfriedhof.

The militias shot down the Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter in the Luhansk region. This was reported by LIGA.NET with reference to the speaker of the power operation in the east of Ukraine Leonid Matyukhin. According to Matyukhin, the fighter was shot down after completing a combat mission, the pilot managed to catapult. Soon the pilot was taken to a safe place. In early August, it became known about the Ukrainian fighter MiG-29 shot down by militias over the Enakiev Donetsk region.

The number of those who died as a result of a strong flood in Nepal reached 84 people, 156 were missing. It is reported by Shanghaidaily . Earlier, 53 dead and 113 missing were reported as a result of the disaster. The floods occurred in 20 of 75 areas of Nepal. The element destroyed more than 200 residential buildings, hundreds of buildings were flooded. About 3.5 thousand inhabitants of the injured areas were evacuated. Since August 13, storm rains have been continuing in the region.