Новости за 20.05.2017

TUNIS Tunisian protesters on Saturday shut down an oil pumping station in southern Tatatouine province that feeds a coastal shipping terminal as part of their protests to demand jobs, local state radio and two witnesses said. The army has been protecting facilities in south Tunisia, but after troops twice fired in the air to disperse the crowd, a local engineer was allowed to close the Vana pumping station to avoid clashes with protesters, the witness said. Tunisia is a small oil producer at... Читать дальше...

RIYADH U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday he hoped newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will use his second term in office to end Tehran's ballistic missile programme and end what he called its network of terrorism.Speaking at a joint news conference with his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh, Tillerson also said that Washington intends to intensify its efforts to deter Tehran in Syrian and Yemen, countries in which Washington and Tehran side with opposing sides. "I’m... Читать дальше...

By Alister Doyle | OSLO OSLO Norway is repairing the entrance of a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island after an unexpected thaw of permafrost let water into a building meant as a deep freeze to safeguard the world's food supplies.The water, limited to the 15 metre (50 ft) entrance hall in the melt late last year, had no impact on millions of seeds of crops including rice, maize, potatoes and wheat that are stored more than 110 metres inside the mountainside.Still, water was an unexpected... Читать дальше...

By Yeganeh Torbati and Jonathan Landay | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The re-election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is unlikely to change the skepticism with which he is viewed by the Trump administration as the public face of a government opposed to U.S. interests and allies in the Middle East, former U.S.

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland | RIYADH RIYADH Under political fire at home, U.S. President Donald Trump sealed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday on his maiden foreign trip as he struggled to shift attention from the aftermath of his firing of the director of the FBI.The arms deal, plus other investments that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said could total up to $350 billion, was the central achievement of Trump's first day in Riyadh, first stop on a nine-day journey... Читать дальше...

By Devidutta Tripathy | MUMBAI MUMBAI State Bank of India reported its highest profit in six quarters on lower provisions for bad loans last quarter, but investors were wary about the outlook for its asset quality after the amalgamation of its five subsidiary banks from April.SBI, which accounts for more than a fifth of India's banking assets, merged its five subsidiary banks with itself and also took over a niche lender to women from April 1, in the sector's first consolidation move.The bank on Friday reported standalone net profit... Читать дальше...

According to a senior official of the State Disaster Management, as many as 167 people died reportedly due to heat wave related problems since 1 April this year.

AMSTERDAM The Netherlands government on Saturday said it is considering a law that would give Dutch publicly listed companies a one-year period of "thinking time" during which they could freely reject any approach by a foreign buyer.The announcement by Economic Affairs Minister Henk Kamp comes amid a surge in nationalist and protectionist sentiment in the Netherlands.It also comes as U.S. paint-maker PPG Industries (PPG.N) seeks to buy Dutch based rival Akzo Nobel (AKZO.AS) with a 26.3 billion... Читать дальше...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the North East was a priority area for the government and the scope of development there is immense.

Iraq's special forces declared their mission in Mosul complete on Saturday after the group retook the last western districts from the Islamic State group within their area of operation, according to a military spokesman.

Days after girl students in Haryana went on hunger strike demanding upgradation of their school, girls in another village of the district held a protest with a similar demand

Defender Marc Bartra played his first game on Saturday since fracturing his wrist in a bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus on 11 April.

Is India a safe country to live in? A spate of successive leaks of poisonous chemicals has once again raised the specter of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which saw thousands of Indians lose their lives in what is considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.

India's Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi and R Vaishali settled for third spot in the open and women's sections after the ninth and final round of the Asian Chess Championship in Chengdu, China, on Saturday.

The row over Netflix films' screening at Cannes 2017 poses questions for the future of cinema. Many Hollywood stars jumped to Netflix's defence.

AIADMK faction leader TTV Dinakaran refused to give consent for giving a voice sample to the police for the Election Commission bribery case investigation

The trailer for Telugu romantic-action entertainer Andhhagadu with Raj Tarun and Hebah Patel in the lead is out.

After Stallone commented on the Bollywood remake of Rambo, Tiger Shroff also tweeted his excitement about the iconic action film.

Narendra Modi's arrival on the national scene marked the ascendance of the most definitive counterweight to the Congress system and the thought process driving and sustaining it.

Lionel Messi will spearhead Argentina's attack against arch-rivals Brazil next month alongside Mauro Icardi but there was no place in the squad for Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero.

Donald Trump is the only American president to make Saudi Arabia, or any majority Muslim country, his first stop overseas as president

State-owned gas transmission company Gail Ltd will make way for the two stocks in the benchmark index

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of adopting double standards, saying it questions the food habits of people of particular states only

Keshava is about a young man’s journey, who wants to avenge the death of his family

Shruti Hassan makes her Cannes debut in Avaro Figlio and Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla