Новости за 31.03.2017

By Alex Dobuzinskis | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES Federal agents have arrested illegal immigrants at California courthouses because local authorities have made such apprehensions at jails difficult, the Trump administration's top two law enforcement officials told the state's chief justice, who had requested a halt to the practice.In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye made public on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly gave... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT Air strikes struck a hospital in western Syria last week, killing two people, and there is evidence chemical weapons were used, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday. A Syrian military source said this week allegations that government forces were using chemical weapons were "devoid of truth".MSF said a bomb dropped from a helicopter hit the entrance of a hospital supported by the medical aid group in the rebel-held town of Latamneh in Hama province on Saturday. "Information collected... Читать дальше...

By Mark Hosenball | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday backed a decision by his former national security adviser to seek immunity in congressional investigations of possible ties between his election campaign and Russia, but there was no immediate sign that the request would be granted.Retired General Michael Flynn, who resigned only 24 days after becoming national security adviser, wants protection against "unfair prosecution" if he testifies before the intelligence committees of the U.S

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ROME The G7 group of rich nations committed on Friday to pursuing the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to protect world heritage sites from destruction in conflict and combating the trafficking of plundered treasures.Destroying antiquities at heritage sites like the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and the shrines of Timbuktu in Mali has increasingly become a tactic of war for groups like Islamic State, both to feed propaganda and profit from smuggling, the United Nations says.The G7 nations -- Canada... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON The United Nations does not advocate a military operation in and around Yemen's Hodeidah port where more than 70 percent of Yemen's food imports and humanitarian aid is delivered, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen said on Friday.Yemen has been divided by two years of civil war that pits the Iran-allied Houthi group against a Western-backed Sunni Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia that is carrying out air strikes. At least 10,000 people have been killed in the fighting.The Red Sea port... Читать дальше...

By John Irish | PARIS PARIS France's conservative presidential candidate on Friday dismissed as "fantasy" concerns that Russia could be interfering in the election and said he would seek a better balance in relations with a country that was nevertheless "dangerous".

By Mfuneko Toyana and Tanisha Heiberg | JOHANNESBURG JOHANNESBURG President Jacob Zuma's midnight sacking of his finance minister shook South African markets on Friday, undermining his authority and threatening to split the African National Congress (ANC) that has governed since the end of apartheid.Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is one of the leading candidates to replace Zuma as ANC president, described the decision to remove Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan as "totally, totally unacceptable".The comments by Ramaphosa... Читать дальше...

BERLIN A transition period offered to Britain by the European Union in Brexit negotiating guidelines it issued on Friday is the only way to avoid the talks failing, an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.In the guidelines, the EU offered Britain talks this year on a future free trade pact but made clear that London must first agree to the bloc's demands on the terms of Brexit.The document, seen by Reuters, sets tough conditions for any transition period, insisting Britain must accept many EU rules after any such partial withdrawal.

BEIRUT Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said Lebanon was close to "breaking point" due to the strains of hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees, and he feared unrest could spiral from tensions between them and Lebanese communities.Refugees who fled the six-year-long conflict in neighbouring Syria make up a quarter of Lebanon's population, and most live in severe poverty in makeshift camps across the country as the government opposes the creation of formal ones."Today if you go around most of the host communities... Читать дальше...

By Antoni Slodkowski | YANGON YANGON The leader of a Rohingya Muslim insurgency against Myanmar's security forces said on Friday his group would keep fighting "even if a million die" unless the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, took action to protect the religious minority.Attacks on Myanmar border guard posts in October last year by a previously unknown insurgent group ignited the biggest crisis of Suu Kyi's year in power, with more than 75,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh in the ensuing... Читать дальше...

The IOA's bid to host the IOC Session had got the support of the sports ministry but it is now learnt that India's offer found few takers within the world sports apex body.

Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu face off in the quarter-finals of the India Open World Superseries. Follow our live blog for regular scores and updates.

Commenting on the data, rating agency ICRA said: "We expect the IIP to post a subdued volume growth in February 2017."

Women's groups and legal luminaries fear that taking advantage of the debate around triple talaq the present government may push through a `common Hindu code’ in the guise of a UCC

Rituparna Sengupta's Good Morning Sunshine also stars Revathy, Shweta Tripathy and Tejaswini Kolahpure, with Shabana Azmi in a cameo.

For the second time in a month, China on Friday warned India of "serious damage" to bilateral ties if it allows the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh as Beijing asked New Delhi to honour its "political pledges" on the Tibet issue.

Delhi High Court on Friday refused to quash the disproportionate assets case filed by CBI against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife, saying there is no basis to claim that the FIR is the result of any "political vendetta".

Bank-Chor will help activate all senses for a viewer in terms of touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste and also thought, imagination and feeling.

There has been nothing to give Congressmen hope that Rahul’s elevation may politically, organisationally or electorally alter the situation for the party.

The ventilation system will enable vehicle drivers access to fresh air while driving through the longest highway tunnel in Asia

Maoists attacked a railway station in Odisha's Rayagada district early on Friday, triggered a blast and put up posters protesting against the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state next month.

Sunstroke claimed the lives of two persons in Maharashtra while many states including UP, MP, Haryana, Gujarat, Odisha and Rajasthan too reeled under the onslaught of an early heatwave.

The trailer of the Netflix original film War Machine portrays its protagonist in a steely, determined manner

Sunil Grover is not in talks with any other channel for a comedy show and is only focusing on live shows as of now.

Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan appeared before the Supreme Court on Friday and reaffirmed his complaint against the seven judges while seeking restoration of administrative and judicial work.