Новости за 24.04.2017

The emir made the call through a representative during a meeting of state central council of the‎ state chapter of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) held today.

What did we learn from this?

SCHUYLER, Neb. — Authorities say a 3-year-old Nebraska boy has died after a car power window closed on his neck. Colfax County Attorney Denise Kracl (KRAHT’-suhl) said Monday that 3-year-old Everton Isay Romero Romero was pronounced dead Friday at an Omaha hospital. Kracl says Everton never regained consciousness after the window closed on him April

Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley land at JFK Airport on Sunday (April 23) in New York City. The pair were just on a tropical paradise vacation! Margot posted some photos of her relaxing in the sun on her Instagram account – the most recent posted the day she landed in New York City [...]

Matt Purple

Politics, France

Marine Le Pen could win the French election and dismantle the European Union.

The only point of agreement between French voters in Sunday’s presidential election was that much needed to change. Their country, one of the tent poles of the European Union, had been shaken by everything from economic insecurity to the fallout of Brexit to terrorist attacks, culminating in last week’s machine-gun murder of a police officer on the iconic Champs-Élysées by an Islamist terrorist. Читать дальше...

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has stayed in space longer than any other American.

Residents of Bernards, N.J., said their farewells to a 600-year old oak tree, which is slated to be cut down Monday.

The former NFL player's body arrived Saturday at a funeral home in Bristol, Conn.

The former NFL player's body arrived Saturday at a funeral home in Bristol, Conn.

Kent have abstained from the vote on England's new Twenty20 tournament and plan to act as a 'critical friend' to changes the club believe are now 'inevitable'.

Last week, NFL star Aaron Hernandez committed suicide. Early reports say that Aaron had a GAY LOVER in prison. Well now a website is claiming to have images of Aaron’s alleged lover. Accordign to the UK’s Daily Mail, 22 year old Kyle Kennedy (below) is the mystery prisoner who Aaron Hernandez wrote to before his […]

Seventy-five percent of Russians support the decision of Russia’s Channel One to cancel the broadcast of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, after Ukraine banned Russian contestant Yulia Samoilova from entering the country.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal termed as "wrong" Lt Governor Anil Baijal's order to recover Rs 97 crore from the AAP for allegedly spending on the advertisements and said it will be challenged in the court.

Rob Spence is a documentary filmmaker who became blind in one eye in his childhood.

An overdose of painkillers has been revealed as cause of death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke by a medical pathologist after an autopsy was carried out on him.

The world has been blessed with Kendrick Lamar's fourth studio album DAMN. and two music videos—and come July, we'll all be able to witness it come to life with "The DAMN. tour." 

With time running out in this year's regular session, Florida's legislative leaders are at a stalemate over a new state budget and are starting to lash out at one another … Click to Continue »

An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed as the Ottoman Empire disintegrated during World War I according to a version of events accepted by many historians but disputed by Turkey -- which is blamed for the atrocities. As Armenians around the world commemorate the 102nd anniversary April 24, VOA’s Mariama Diallo reports on the continued debate and on the politics of the word genocide.

Torture and mistreatment of detainees by Afghan security forces is as widespread as ever if not more so, despite promises from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and new laws enacted by the government, a United Nations report has declared.

Damir Sagolj/Reuters

North Korea marks the founding anniversary of its military on Tuesday, and South Korea and its allies are bracing for the possibility that it could conduct another nuclear test or launch an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.

North Korea often marks significant dates by displaying its military capability. It so far has carried out five nuclear tests.

Such a move could test the developing North Korea policies of U.S. President Donald Trump... Читать дальше...

A new theory may explain the background to one of the most famous works of art ever produced.

Incumbent French President Francois Hollande said Monday he will support Emmanuel Macron in the second round of ongoing presidential elections.