Новости за 21.07.2015

Services helping Asian women escape forced marriage and honour-based violence are closing and facing drastic budget cuts across the country, The Independent has learnt.

Monsoon season has left much of western India under water, with heavier than normal rains forcing the evacuation of homes and closure of businesses. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The National Guard Armory in Tallahassee has been evacuated after a man reported placing a bomb inside the facility.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police uncovered a cache of 1,200 guns and more than 2 tons of ammunition in the Los Angeles home of a man found dead nearby, and investigators are checking if he legally owned the weapons and whether any were used in a crime, officials said.

Boris Johnson may consider buying controversial “sound weapons” for Scotland Yard to use when dealing with riots – despite the risk they can cause permanent hearing loss.

(Reuters) - Heart device maker St. Jude Medical Inc is in talks to buy smaller rival Thoratec Corp , Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Campaigners opposing a planned puppy breeding centre in East Yorkshire have gathered more than 370,000 signatures for a petition calling on the government to stop the facility going ahead.

The Scottish National Party have said that they should be the official opposition in light of Labour’s abstention on the Government’s welfare cuts.

The leftward direction of the Liberal Democrats under its new leader Tim Farron has placed Nick Clegg in a very uncomfortable position.

Overnight gunfire and explosions kept turnout low Tuesday in Burundi's presidential election, with three people killed in unrest over President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term that his opponents say is...

The last visible feature of a suburban Pittsburgh mall that appeared in George Romero's 1978 zombie classic "Dawn of the Dead" is being given new life.

Apple’s online shop and recently launched streaming music service stumbled on Tuesday, experiencing outages as the company was poised to release quarterly earnings figures. Apple Music and the App Store were among online offerings listed as having trouble at a support Web page posted by the California company behind iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch […]

Israel Antiquities Authority showcases a rare scroll which they say is the most ancient and one of the most important ever found in excavations in Israel. Elly Park reports.

The Army Corps of Engineers will issue a public notice in the coming weeks that could reactivate plans for a new cruise ship terminal at Union Pier, even as a legal battle over the proposal plays out in state court.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams talk change and family values at the premiere of "Southpaw". Rough Cut (No reporter narration)

Germany's domestic intelligence chief said Tuesday that the revelations by Edward Snowden have had at least one positive effect, by raising awareness about the importance of counter-espionage.

ROME (Reuters) - Three Italian ships rescued 414 migrants from four boats in the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday, Italy's coast guard said, with four newborns and one young child among those saved.

The trial of Chad's ex-dictator Hissene Habre was suspended on Tuesday until September to allow court-appointed lawyers to prepare his defense.

For a band inspired by art in totalitarian regimes, a gig in North Korea is a dream come true.

Under Alexis Tsipras, Greece slid back into recession, sank deeper into debt and found itself pushed to the brink of bankruptcy. Then after rejecting one painful bailout deal, the radical left leader agreed to a new one...

A Pride event in Glasgow has banned drag queens from performing, after committee members decided acts could offend trans people.

NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - A federal judge rejected HSBC Holdings Plc's bid to dismiss a U.S. lawsuit claiming that its failure to perform its duties as trustee for $2.37 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities contributed to the downfall of five federal credit unions.

A heavy equipment operator charged in a building collapse that killed six people and injured 12 during a demolition project in downtown Philadelphia pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter and other charges.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The NHL is one step closer to establishing expansion teams in Las Vegas and Quebec City.

The U.S. Department of Justice formally dropped its criminal prosecution of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's career homerun leader.