In two settlements of North Ossetia today, the legal regime of the "counter -terrorist operation" (who) was introduced. According to Interfax in the press service of the FSB department in the republic, the decision affected the settlements of Kartz and Ir. There, special events will be held there before the special order, noted in the FSB. In connection with the regime, who for residents apply a number of restrictions and measures.

"Folk gathering" in support of the opposition Alexei Navalny The police transferred materials to the Investigative Committee of Russia on the complaint of Dmitry Monakhov that the police attacked him during the campaign in support of Alexei Navalny in the center of Moscow on July 18. Earlier, photographs appeared on the Internet in which several law enforcement officers are beaten in the autosak of the detained participants in the "people's gathering" , including Monakhov.

In the north of Iraq, during the attack of militants, at least nine police officers were killed on the police department building. The attack occurred in the village of Bashmai, near the city of Mosul. The militants fired a building from mortar and automatic weapons. Two policemen are injured. Who is behind the attack is unclear. In the country, an increase in violence on the basis of confrontations between Shiites and Sunnis has recently been noted in the country.

Aleid island off the coast of Antarctica The National Information Center for Snow and Ice of the United States (NSIDC) published fresh data on the melting of ice in the Arctic. July is the warmest month of the year, and usually the ice at this time melts more intensively than ever. But this summer, the decrease of the ice cover of the Arctic Ocean occurs especially rapidly - 61 percent faster than usual. The summer of 2013 has been recognized in the Arctic the warmest over the past seven years.

In Mexico, in shootings between the police and members of the armed criminal groups, at least 22 people died. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, clashes took place in six cities of Michoakan, in the southwest of the country. Among the dead are two police officers. Michoakan is known as one of the regions where drug cartels operate and clashes from both gang members and their shootings with government forces occur periodically.

The United States await the explanations of the Russian side regarding the status of a former US intelligence agency Edward Snowden, accused at his homeland of espionage and requested temporary asylum from Russia. As a representative of the White House Jay Carney stated on Wednesday, Washington still insists on issuing Snowden.

Three Egyptian troops were killed in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. According to the Egyptian authorities, two became victims of attacks by the armed group of unknown people on checkpoint near the city of El-Arish. Another soldier died a few hours later when attacking a military car in El Arisha himself. The attacks of the militants on the military became more frequent in the Sinai after the military shifting the President of Egypt on July 3.

Barack Obama, President of the Comfed States, ordered the temporary suspension of supply of F-16 fighters to Egypt in connection with the situation in this country. This was stated on Wednesday by representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the State Department of the United States. According to the correspondent of the RS in Washington Vladimir Dubinsky, two weeks ago the Pentagon stated that the supply of fighters would continue.

In Moscow, the court in the so -called "swamp case" will continue on July 30 . On Wednesday, the Zamoskvoretsky court rejected the complaint of the defense and upheld the extension of the arrest until October 6 to one of the 12 defendants - Alexei Gaskarov. Then the study of the video recordings of events on May 6, 2012 continued, when part of the participants of the Millions Marsh with the police occurred in the Moscow Bolotnaya Square, which the authorities considered "riots".

The Publishing House of Radio Liberty / Radio Free Europe published a posthumous book of the Observer of the Belarusian service of the RS Yuri Bushlyakov "Living Speech" , compiled based on the materials of its copyright radio programs. Bushlyakov, a philologist and linguist known in Belarus, led on radio an air of linguistic practice for many years - suggested how to speak Belarusian correctly and beautifully.

In the south of Pakistan, 4 people were killed, and at least 40 were injured as a result of an attack by a group of militants at the headquarters of military intelligence in the city of Sukkur. According to the police, at first the attackers blew up 4 bombs, and then a many hours of battle began. There are still reports of shootings during the operation of the police and special forces to detain about 10 militants. Who is behind this well -planned attack is still unclear.

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The Chinese authorities detained the US citizen in connection with the investigation of the corruption scandal in which the largest international pharmaceutical companies were involved. As the US Embassy stated in China, American diplomats are in contact with this person. Reuters also reports that Chinese law enforcement agencies interrogate two employees of the Astrazeneca Anglo-Swedish Pharmaceutical Company.

At least 56 people died and 70 were wounded as a result of the collapse of a high -speed passenger train in Northern Spain. According to preliminary data, the train, traveling from Madrid, got off the rails a few hundred meters from the railway station of the city of Santiago de Compostel. There were 247 people in the train cars. Four cars turned over. The accident occurred at about nine in the evening.