Новости за 23.08.2018

France is among the hardest-hit countries in the worst measles epidemic in Europe in a decade, and experts say that anyone who is unvaccinated or has not had the disease is at risk of infection.

Air France and British Airways announced Thursday that they will halt flights to Tehran next month, citing low profitability as the US reimposes sanctions on Iran.

The South African government lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday after he tweeted that his administration would be looking into farm seizures and the “large scale killing of farmers” in South Africa.

A man with severe psychiatric problems killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack Thursday morning in a suburb of Paris, according to French officials.

A man armed with a knife killed one person and seriously injured two others Thursday morning in the Paris suburb of Trappes before he was killed by French security forces, according to a police source.

The United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war on Thursday, implementing punitive 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion worth of each other's goods.

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has sought the death penalty against five human rights activists, including a prominent female rights defender, campaigners said Wednesday.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's tenure looked doomed on Thursday with his government adjourning parliament to struggle with an internecine leadership battle which saw ministers desert Turnbull and call for a second leadership vote.

The US actor who accuses Asia Argento of sexually assaulting him as a teenager said Wednesday that he had been too "ashamed and afraid" to speak publicly against the Italian actress and abuse campaigner.