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Wikipedia made a top 10 list of Ukrainian natural places (photos)
Wikipedia made a top 10 list of Ukrainian natural places of interest and sent it to participate in the project "Wiki Loves Earth". 1. Granite-steppe lands of Buh 2. Alushta, Crimea 3. Сarpathian National Nature Park 4. Alushta, Crimea 5. Carpathian Biosphere Reserve 6. Carpathian National Nature Park 7. Kinburn...
Mexico arrests Guerrero gang leader
The Mexican authorities have arrested a gang leader who they say was a key figure in the disappearance of 43 students last year in the town of Iguala in Guerrero state. The Mexican authorities have arrested a gang leader who they say was a key figure in the disappearance of 43 students last year in the town of Iguala in...
Taliban militants attack mosque at air force base in Pakistan, killing 16
Militants raided an air force base Friday in northwest Pakistan, killing 16 people praying inside a mosque. The attack on the 10-acre Badaber base outside Peshawar is the largest assault on military personnel this year. It's the highest-profile assault in the area since terrorists killed 145, mostly children, during a...
Migrant crisis: Croatia closes border crossings with Serbia
Croatia has closed seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants. Officials said they had no choice after more than 13,000 people entered the country since Hungary fenced off its border with Serbia earlier this week. Many have been taken by bus to reception centres but some say they...
Global food prices fall at fastest rate in seven years
Last month saw a 5.2% fall in global food prices, the biggest drop in seven years, according to the UN. Its Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) saw monthly falls in all major commodities, from milk and vegetables to oils, sugar and cereals. Food producers are being hit by slowing demand in China and a Russian embargo on...
Moscow sends troops to Syria without consent: media
Some Russian military contractors are not willing to be deployed to another hotspot, this time in the Middle East, from Novorossiyck military port, according to the Russian online newspaper gazeta.ru. "We don’t want to go to Syria, we don’t want to die there,” said one of the lieutenants from a military...
Ukroboronprom deputy chief: Javelins are a myth from action movies
Serhiy Pinkas, deputy chief of State-owned Ukroboronprom, which unites major defense industry enterprises, has told about supplies of military equipment to the ATO zone, integration of Ukrainian arms industry with NATO, and connection between Porsche, Mercedes, Audi, and Ivano-Frankivsk-based Karpaty factory. Earlier this year,...
Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Pesha
At least eight militants have been killed in an attack on a Pakistani air force base in Peshawar, officials say. Up to 10 gunmen attacked a guard post and then entered the Badaber air base, Major General Asim Bajwa said. He said security forces had surrounded the area and a hunt was on for the remaining gunmen. In an email to...
New Horizons: Foggy haze seen in Pluto images
New images of Pluto from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have captured a fog-like haze near the surface. The pictures also offer stunning views of the dwarf planet's rugged mountains and its sweeping plains. New Horizons acquired a mass of observations as it whipped past Pluto on 14 July, at a distance of 12,500km....
Ukraine Bans Silvio Berlusconi for Three Years After Crimea Visit: Reports
Ukraine's security service on Thursday banned former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from entering the country for three years, according to Ukrainian and Russian media reports, after Berlusconi visited the Crimean Peninsula with Russian Presdident Vladimir Putin last week. The Italian media mogul spent two days in...
Migrants break through Croatia police lines at Tovarnik
Crowds of migrants have scuffled with Croatian police in at least two places along the border with Serbia as they seek to enter the European Union. They briefly broke through police lines at Tovarnik and Bezdan after hours waiting in full sun. At least 8,900 migrants entered Croatia on Thursday, officials said, after...
Ukroboronprom to ship next batch of tanks to Thailand by year’s end
The next batch of Oplot tanks, the latest development of the Ukrainian armored industry, will be shipped to Thailand by December 31, 2015, First Deputy General Director of state-owned Ukroboronprom Concern Serhiy Pinkas "We have met the latest deadline for the delivery of five tanks under the contact with Thailand. The...