Новости за 25.06.2016

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed and several others injured following a shooting at a nonprofit dance studio in Fort Worth, Texas, police said Saturday.

A group of ANC supporters who arrived outside the party’s Durban headquarters on Saturday morning with a makeshift machine gun emblazoned with the words "ANC needs defending" set the tone for today's youth day rally.

Alysia Montano doesn’t worry much about all the medals that were essentially stolen from her by drug cheats over the years. Eventually, she hopes, she’ll get them. The 800-meter runner does worry about whether anything will really change when it comes to the corrupt, doping-infested sport in which she makes a living. As she prepares

Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamist group has launched a suicide bomb attack on a hotel in the centre of Mogadishu and militant fighters have stormed the building, a police officer says.

By Rich Freeman, TOKYO - Japan learned the hard way Saturday that you can't win a test match if you can't adapt to how the ga...

At a moment when it is standard, if not expected, that pop stars will change outfits half a dozen times during live performances, Adele is turning the status quo on its head. Rather than go through the gamut of wardrobe changes, the British icon’s world tour (whose U.S. leg starts July 5) has been defined by a single pair of flats and just one sparkling, Christopher Bailey-designed Burberry gown — one that quite a lot of work went into.

At a moment when it is standard, if not expected, that pop stars will change outfits half a dozen times during live performances, Adele is turning the status quo on its head. Rather than go through the gamut of wardrobe changes, the British icon’s world tour (whose U.S. leg starts July 5) has been defined by a single pair of flats and just one sparkling, Christopher Bailey-designed Burberry gown — one that quite a lot of work went into.

The Hague-based arbitration panel is due to decide on the Philippines's lawsuit against China over its allegedly illegal actions in the South China Sea in the near future; this will be the first time an international court takes a decision on the matter.

BEIJING, June 25 (Yonhap) -- The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved its first four loans worth US$509 million as the bank holds its first annual meeting. Three of the four loans were co-financed with other multil

Now that Britain has voted to leave the European Union, the EU's first order of business is figuring out how to get rid of it

A thread on Reddit’s popular r/pics subreddit has been dubbed the "thread of the year" thanks to its subject — a bare-chested guy in baggy pants standing over a subway grate.

De islamitische terreurgroep al-Shabaab heeft vandaag een aanslag gepleegd op een hotel in het centrum van Mogadishu, de hoofdstad van Somalië. Gewapende terroristen die het hotel bestormden, hielden een onbekend aantal mensen urenlang gegijzeld. De politie heeft de aanval beëindigd.

De islamitische terreurgroep al-Shabaab heeft vandaag een aanslag gepleegd op een hotel in het centrum van Mogadishu, de hoofdstad van Somalië. Gewapende terroristen die het hotel bestormden houden een onbekend aantal mensen gegijzeld.

The leg-spinner, who is only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan, said he had insisted all along that he went to India only to perform his religious duties.

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The US has been leaning heavily on militias in its fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and while these forces have proved very effective on the ground, some have been accused of committing atrocities akin to their enemies.

A new Human Rights Watch report details allegations of torture and abuse at the hands of Shia militias in Iraq, which have been instrumental in aiding Iraqi Security Forces in seizing territory back from ISIS (also known as the Islamic State, ISIL, or Daesh). Читать дальше...

At least two people were killed in a shooting at a Fort Worth dance studio early Saturday, officials said.

Fort Logan National Cemetery will hold a ceremony to honor 30 veterans whose remains went unclaimed.

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said that Rosneft and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) made a strategic decision to develop an unprecedented industrial complex with leading edge equipment and technologies to help fulfill the shipbuilding requirements for the Russian Federation and to successfully compete in global shipbuilding markets.

“Could you find me a newspaper?” I asked the young waiter as I sat down for breakfast Saturday morning at my hotel in Warrington, the northern English town where I had attended a friend’s wedding the day before. I wanted to read about the aftermath of Thursday’s referendum on Britain’s membership...

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — Fans watching a Billy Joel tribute band were treated to a surprise appearance by the Piano Man himself.

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — Fans watching a Billy Joel tribute band were treated to a surprise appearance by the Piano Man himself.