Новости за 11.12.2015

The U.S. government appears not to have picked up on extremist messages exchanged during the online courtship two years ago between the American-born man accused in the California shootings and his future wife in Pakistan,...

This year's El Nino is staying unusually strong, and forecasters say it's still expected to bring a wet winter to drought-stricken California.

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday said they have granted accelerated approval to Roche Holding's drug for advanced lung cancer in patients with a specific genetic mutation.

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday said they have granted accelerated approval to Roche Holding's drug for advanced lung cancer in patients with a specific genetic mutation.

Russia has provided air cover to a leading Western-backed opposition group in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, calling for closer coordination with the U.S.-allied coalition - comments that may reflect...

The latest news related to Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with top military officials in Moscow. All times local:

One of the most wanted suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide will soon be transferred to the Congolese capital for questioning, the Congolese army spokesman said Friday.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on two of the most vexing crises in U.S.-Russian relations: Syria's civil war and Ukraine's ongoing...

A critically endangered elephant species has been photographed by researchers for the first time in South Sudan, significantly expanding the known range of the animal. But even in these remote central African forests, it...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Friday for triple suicide bombings in northern Syria that killed at least 26 people and wounded 90, underscoring its ability to launch attacks in areas that it has lost to...

She's the youngest French lawmaker and in an election this weekend could become the youngest president of a powerful region.

By The Associated Press As 2015 comes to a close, The Associated Press is looking back at the year's events as seen by photojournalists in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Cuba and the United States announced Friday they have struck a deal to re-establish direct mail service, which was cut in 1963 at the height of Cold War tensions.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday his family had put its dog in quarantine after she made headlines by biting two guests at a Jewish religious event they had hosted.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Burundi next Thursday after a request from the United States, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

The interim pastor of Emanuel AME Church is suing his former parishioners in Columbia for defamation and slander after they raised questions about his handling of money at their church.

The interim pastor of the Charleston church where nine black members were massacred in June is suing his former parishioners in Columbia for defamation after they raised questions about his handling of money at their church.

The Boston Yeti is back - just in time for another winter.

Russia has been told what it will take to get its track and field athletes back in the Olympics, and it entails extra doping tests.

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Boxing great Larry Holmes grew up in the small Pennsylvania city of Easton and never left, despite a long, lucrative career that took him to the pinnacle of his sport....

Daily fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel can't do business in New York for now, a judge said Friday, cutting off one of their biggest customer bases at least temporarily as the state attorney general and the...

John "Hot Rod" Williams, a popular sixth man with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1986 to 1995, has died. He was 53.

Could this be the year of SantaCon without SantaControversy?

BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Halliburton will meet with EU antitrust regulators next week where it is expected to be told about competition worries over its $35 billion bid for Baker Hughes, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

New Jersey voters would be asked in November whether to approve two new casinos in the northern part of the state under an agreement unveiled Friday by state lawmakers.