Новости за 06.11.2017

The UN Security Council on Monday called on Myanmar to rein in its military campaign in Rakhine state and allow hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya driven out by the violence to return home.

The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Monday of death threats against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who faces rape allegations.

The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Monday of death threats against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who faces rape allegations.

Young All Blacks star Rieko Ioane is over a bout of mumps and will be fit to play France next Saturday, New Zealand rugby officials told AFP.

Question marks again cloud US-Cuban relations, but one element of engagement is moving ahead -- a joint youth orchestra, which aims to build both musical and personal connections.

The gunman who opened fire in a small Texas church, killing 26 people during worship services, sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to stem from a domestic situation, authorities said Monday.

"The FBI is combing the streets here, almost literally" - FRANCE 24 US correspondent Philip Crowther.

Police say the attack stemmed from a family dispute.

Iceland's leftist parties have failed to form a coalition government, the leader of the Left-Green party leader said Monday, after a snap election in late October left no party close to a majority.

Last season's flu shot protected as few as one in five people and this year's could be similarly ineffective, researchers said Monday, calling for a better way to make the vaccine.

Johnnie Langendorff was driving to his girlfriend's house on Sunday morning when he spotted a barefoot stranger exchanging gunfire with a man outside a church across the street.

Two Mexican members of a hit squad for the notorious Los Zetas drug cartel were given life prison sentences Monday for the 2011 murder of a US immigration agent inside Mexico.

Chile is prepared to grant political asylum to a Venezuelan opposition lawmaker who sought refuge at its embassy in Caracas claiming that his safety was in danger, the foreign minister said Monday.

The Saudi-led coalition's decision to close off Yemen's air, sea and land borders prevented the United Nations on Monday from sending two humanitarian aid flights to the war-torn country, a UN spokesman said.

Icelandic actor Sverrir Gudnason who plays opposite Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf in the newly released Borg-McEnroe movie admits he had never played tennis before landing the role as the 1980s Swedish icon.

South Africa coach Allister Coetzee has admitted that the departure of assistant Johann van Graan to former European champions Munster is a "big loss".

Siemens-Gamesa said Monday it would cut up to 6,000 jobs in 24 countries as it works to merge the wind turbine operations of its German and Spanish parent companies.

Juli Briskman didn't think twice when she gave President Donald Trump the finger as his motorcade passed her while she was cycling on a road near his golf club.

More than 1,000 Poles on Monday took part in a silent march in memory of Piotr Szczesny, who set himself on fire last month to protest the governing conservatives.

The US and Turkey said on Monday they resumed limited mutual visa services following an almost month-long suspension in a diplomatic row between the two NATO allies ahead of the Turkish premier's visit to Washington.

Jury selection began Monday in the FIFA bribery trial of three South American ex-officials, two and a half years after US prosecutors unveiled the largest graft scandal in the history of world soccer.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, the government said, as the battle between Mnangagwa and Mugabe's wife Grace to succeed the veteran leader intensified.

There's a new face in the Russian presidential race. Her name is Ksenia Sobchak and she's been nicknamed the "Russian Paris Hilton". The 36-year-old is a socialite, journalist and TV host who claims she's an "anti-system" candidate. But Sobchak's family links to President Vladimir Putin have given rise to doubts about her candidacy. Our Moscow correspondents followed the launch of her presidential campaign.

There's a new face in the Russian presidential race. Her name is Ksenia Sobchak and she's been nicknamed the "Russian Paris Hilton". The 36-year-old is a socialite, journalist and TV host who claims she's an "anti-system" candidate. But Sobchak's family's links to President Vladimir Putin have given rise to doubts about her candidacy. Our Moscow correspondents followed the start of her presidential campaign.

China urged France Monday to "crack the case" of a Chinese tourist group which was tear-gassed and robbed in Paris last week.