The presentation of a collection of poetry “The Hour of Courage” composed from verses by the poets of Donets Basin took place in Moscow on the eve of the Day of Russian Language commemorated in Russia every year. The book was compiled and edited by the Foundation “Russian World”. The presentation for journalists held in the INA “Russia Today” was attended by the chairman of the Parliament committee for education, the chairman of the directors’ board of the foundation “Russian World”, Vyacheslav Nikonov and the authors of the verses from the collection: Vladislav Russanov, Marina Berejneva, Anna Reviakina, Valadimir Skobtsov,…

Despite the existence of a good deal of research about terrorism, there’s a gap between the common understanding of what leads terrorists to kill and what many experts believe to be true. Terrorist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda are widely seen as being motivated by their radical theology. But according to Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and founder of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism, this view is too simplistic. Pape knows his subject; he and his colleagues have studied every suicide attack in the world since 1980, evaluating over 4,600 in all.…

Mehmed II, Mahomet II[1] or Mohammed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى‎, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmed or Turkish:II. MehmetTurkish pronunciation: [ˈmeh.met]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), best known as Mehmed the Conqueror (el-Fātiḥ, الفاتح), was an Ottomansultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481. At the age of 21, he conqueredConstantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Eastern Roman Empire. Mehmed continued his conquests in Anatolia with its reunification and in Southeast Europe as far west as Bosnia. Mehmed is considered a hero in modern-day Turkey and parts of the widerMuslim world. Among other things, Istanbul's Fatih district, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Fatih Mosque are named after him. Early reign[edit] Accession of…

In spring 2014 I went to Pennsylvania to see one of my dear American friends whose sister had passed away after a short battle with cancer. Having worked at a hospital and witnessed people whose lives had been harvested by the sickle of this disease, I have learned that, with some types of cancer, it is much better to exit after a short battle than after a long one. In a sense, my friend’s sister was fortunate to depart within a couple of months rather than go through the painful processes of chemotherapy, radiation, followed by usually a high chance…

If you're buying a rental home in the U.K. you're making the Bank of England nervous. Governor Mark Carney and his colleagues have repeatedly said a surge in buy-to-let property investment may pose a risk to financial stability. With the central bank's Financial Policy Committee grappling with that question, it's trying to get extra powers to intervene in the market. A U.K. Treasury consultation on new tools for the institution closes on Friday.  http://assets.bwbx.io/images/iXRnkwDzvuAw/v2/628x-1.png 628w, http://assets.bwbx.io/images/iXRnkwDzvuAw/v2/750x-1.png 750w, http://assets.bwbx.io/images/iXRnkwDzvuAw/v2/-1x-1.png 1200w" style="box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;border:0px;max-width:1200px;display:block;position:relative;margin:0px auto;z-index:1;width:740px"> Policy makers are worried because almost seven years of record-low benchmark borrowing costs and measly savings rates have bolstered appetite for property. At…