Новости за 05.01.2018

"Trump was advised not to try to get the book banned," says Ian Reifowitz, professor of historical studies at Empiric State College, New York.

Rising Russian Tennis sensation Andrey Rublev said Friday that he hopes that former world number one Andy Murray "comes back soon" from injury and wins more titles.

The Shiite clergy is involved at all levels of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the strategic institutions that ensure their stranglehold on power, by way of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Eleven people were injured Friday when a barrier collapsed at the Gulf Cup final in Kuwait, shortly after Oman beat the United Arab Emirates on penalties to claim the title.

British actress and singer Jane Birkin, whose voice accompanied French crooner Serge Gainsbourg on some of his biggest hits, will publish in September the diaries she has kept since she was 12, she said in an interview published Friday.

Late night talk show host David Letterman is returning to television next week with an interview of former US president Barack Obama, streaming giant Netflix announced Friday.

A little known pharmaceutical company in Florida has found itself in the eye of a storm following disclosures it raised the price of an old drug used to fight brain tumors by 1,400 percent, from $50 a pill to more than $700.

World number five Dominic Thiem dramatically pulled out of the Qatar Open because of illness on Friday just hours before he was due on court to play his semi-final.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed closer cooperation between France and Turkey on many levels, reports FRANCE 24's Clément Bonnerot.

Iran, where fresh pro-regime demonstrations took place Friday, has been rocked by days of opposition protests over the economy and the Islamic regime as a whole.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t get the support he was looking for from French President Emmanuel Macrons, says Armen Georgian, FRANCE 24's international affairs editor.

In the white-hot battle for influence in US politics the Republican establishment has regained the upper hand, after Donald Trump unleashed a scalding repudiation of Steve Bannon, self-proclaimed champion of the anti-Washington populism that swept the president to power.

US President Donald Trump's decision to freeze aid to Pakistan could affect almost two billion dollars' worth of assistance, a senior administration official said on Friday -- substantially more than first thought.

Macron's partnership offer with the EU was not good for the people of Turkey, says Fayik Yagizay, HDP representative, Council of Europe.

Ex-president Rafael Correa returned to Ecuador from Belgium on Friday to lead the campaign against a referendum called by the government effectively to prevent his re-election.

Former Real Madrid and Inter star Wesley Sneijder is to sign for mid-table Qatari league side Al Gharafa, the club announced on Friday.

The Buffalo Bills have sent a feast of Buffalo wings to their NFL rivals the Cincinnati Bengals as a thank-you gift for helping the Bills snap a 19-year playoff drought.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that political developments in Turkey were effectively blocking the country's EU accession bid, suggesting a "partnership" instead of full membership.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft released a joint statement Friday denying a rift between the leaders of the reigning Super Bowl champions.

The US Treasury placed four serving or retired Venezuelan generals on its sanctions blacklist, raising pressure on the embattled government of President Nicolas Maduro.

US President Donald Trump faced a new public relations crisis Friday with the publication of a tell-all book, 'Fire and Fury' by Michael Wolff, that depicts him as mentally unstable and in over his head, after his lawyers failed to block its release.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lashed out at a French reporter who asked him about claims that Ankara sent arms to Syria.

Before former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, several people convicted of crimes against humanity have been granted early release, from Nazis tried in Nuremberg to Argentinian military officers.

US President Donald Trump faced a new public relations crisis Friday with the publication of a tell-all book that depicts him as mentally unstable and in over his head, after his lawyers failed to block its release.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that political developments in Turkey were effectively blocking its EU accession bid, suggesting a "partnership" instead of full membership.