Новости за 11.05.2017

BERLIN Germany and Turkey want to improve their ties, the German foreign minister said after meeting Turkey's prime minister on Thursday, seeking to reverse a deterioration in relations over an increasingly authoritarian tone from Ankara.Speaking after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in London, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said the countries needed to do more to get on better. "We above all spoke about how we can get back to reasonable relations," Gabriel told German broadcaster ZDF. Читать дальше...

MINSK/BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that de-escalation zones proposed by his ally Russia were a chance for rebels to "reconcile" with Damascus and drive out Islamist militants, but vowed to fight on calling U.N.-led peace talks fruitless.Assad pledged, in an interview with Belarusian TV Channel ONT aired on Thursday, to defend the zones and to crush, with the support of Iran and Hezbollah, those who try to breach them.Efforts over the past year to halt the six-year Syrian war have fallen flat... Читать дальше...

TORONTO Union workers at ArcelorMittal's (ISPA.AS) Mont-Wright iron ore mine in northern Quebec have ratified a new four-year contract with the steelmaker, the world's largest, the United Steelworkers union said on Thursday.The 2,000 members voted on a contract that maintains the pension plan for all employees and provides pay parity for workers at the company's smaller, nearby Fire Lake mine, the union said. Last week, the union gave a 72-hour strike notice after rejecting the company's offer over concerns about wages... Читать дальше...

By Ellen Francis | BEIRUT BEIRUT For nearly four years, food, fuel and medicine have travelled across frontlines into the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus through a network of underground tunnels. But an army offensive near the Syrian capital has shut the routes into the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, causing supplies to dwindle and prices to rocket, residents say

DUBAI Al Qaeda has started reaching out for recruits in Yemen by handing out quiz sheets, with an AK-47 assault rifle as top prize, residents and media said on Thursday. Militants have been touring the southwestern city of Taiz in the build-up to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, putting up posters advertising the contest, residents reported.They encourage people to pick up the sheets from group members

Indian women's cricket team dished out an all-round performance to register a comfortable nine wicket win over a hapless Zimbabwe in the Women's Quadrangular Series in Potchefstroom in South Africa on Thursday.

By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA GENEVA The Philippines said on Thursday it would review recommendations over killings in its war on drugs, but stopped short of committing to make reforms or prosecute police for excessive use of force after criticism from U.N. rights council members.President Rodrigo Duterte has been widely condemned in the West for failing to curtail the killings and address activists' allegations of systematic, state-sponsored murders by police of drug users and dealers, a charge... Читать дальше...

Kings XI Punjab held their nerves to keep their chances of qualifying for the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs alive as the visitors edged past Mumbai Indians by seven runs in a league encounter at the Wankhede Stadium at Mumbai on Thursday.

By Ahmed Aboulenein | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq The families start queuing every day near the well in Mosul's Karaj al-Shamal neighbourhood, filling their large plastic containers with sulphurous, nearly undrinkable water.As the battle to clear out Islamic State drags on around them, the residents of the wrecked city in northern Iraq have given up waiting for the government or international aid groups and started digging their own water out of the rubble.They don't always hit the cleanest sources."We have no water... Читать дальше...

East Bengal became the second team to progress to the semi-finals from Group A after they played a goalless draw against I-League Champions Aizawl FC in the Hero Federation Cup, at Cuttack on Thursday.

In a reversal of allegations, sacked legislator Naseemuddin Siddique released a series of call recordings on Thursday to prove that Mayawati was harassing her for money from candidates who fought elections on the Bahujan Samaj Party’s ticket, said media reports.

Catch the live updates of Match 51 of IPL 2017, with Mumbai Indians hosting Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium in what is a must-win clash for the latter.

Pakistani man Tahir Ali, who allegedly forced Indian national Uzma to marry him, filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court on Thursday to meet his Indian wife privately.

Shah Rukh Khan said: "I want humanity to be an ageing movie star - to be completely and apologetically in love with itself."

Liam Payne went back to Britain from his recording studio in Los Angeles after hearing that Sheeran had written a song for him.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail for a week to a convict serving life term in a 1984 anti—Sikh riots case on humanitarian grounds.

Margot Robbie plays a bank robber in the film.

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Ahead of the release of Sarkar 3, Amit Sadh talks about working with Amitabh Bachchan, wanting to play a war hero and challenging Ram Gopal Varma for a twitter war.

Brad Pitt also seems to be channeling his inner Trump.

The post Brad Pitt channels a goofy general in the new trailer for Netflix’s War Machine: Watch appeared first on Firstpost.

Pace spearhead Mitchell Starc said Thursday Australia's fast bowling quartet is ready to "wreak havoc" at next month's Champions Trophy one-day tournament in England.

The Allahabad High Court has ruled in favour of Boney Kapoor who had legally acquired the remake rights from Prabhu Deva and Puri Jagannadh.

The White House has said that FBI Director James Comey committed "atrocities" during his tenure which prompted US President Donald Trump to fire him.

At the funeral procession of Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz Parry in Kashmir and even after he was lowered in the grave, apart from the family members and close relatives, a few people mourned his death.

When milk processing and poultry can be taken as non-agricultural income, surely sale of agricultural land, income from cash crops and other such activities can easily be considered as non-agricultural income

The Supreme Court commenced the hearing from 11 May on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of 'triple talaq', 'nikah halala' and polygamy practices among Muslims.