Новости за 22.10.2018

Authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have jailed the Uyghur former host of a popular children's television show, according to sources, who said he was targeted

HARARE, ZIMBABWE - Authorities in Zimbabwe say the country's economic crisis has resulted in an acute shortage of essential medical drugs. Officials say the shortage has pushed some people to turn

Luthuli House in the Johannesburg CBD should brace itself for a "sleepover" if the Gauteng government doesn't address issues raised by landless residents of Freedom Park in the south of the city.

Ambassadors and representatives from 36 Member States, more than ever before, visited the IAEA Environment Laboratories in Monaco last Friday, commemorating 20 years since the laboratories' relocat

The defendants were charged with production and selling the bath lotion that contained methanol -- which can be fatal if consumed -- instead of regular alcohol, or ethanol.

An independent Pakistani cricket tribunal has upheld a 10-year ban from the sport against Pakistani player Nasir Jamshed over his role in Pakistan Super League fixing scandals.

A soldier in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission was killed and two others wounded on October 22 by an apparent insider attack in the western province of Herat.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was accompanied by a colossal retinue on his visit to Uzbekistan last week - as sure a sign as any that Moscow is going to fight hard to keep Tashkent in its corner

Last week gun owners' associations were up in arms over a draft bill on gun licences which proposes taking away self-defence as a reason to own a gun. The South African Police Service (SAPS) called

Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Unity Government's CEO Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday that Taliban's thoughts and ideas have been rejected, as people came out to vote for S

ISTANBUL - Turkish investigators are stepping up pressure on Riyadh over the killing of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepares to reveal key details about the c

Washington DC, [USA] Oct 22 (ANI): Technology met art, as a London based artist Davide Quayola used a robot to recreate a Hellenic masterpiece of Laocoon and his Sons. The masterpiece which was uneart

The Democratic Republic of Congo's ruling coalition spokesperson said on Monday his house was sprayed with bullets overnight in the capital Kinshasa, just two months ahead of a key vote.

Speaking at the opening session of the UN World Data Forum on Monday, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted the life-saving impact that data can have, noting that better data and fore

Experts and analysts are struggling to grasp the implications of the growing likelihood that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. As U.S. na

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Uganda's security forces are under scrutiny after a video surfaced showing plain clothed officers brutally beating and arresting a civilian on the street. Uganda's army spokesman

WASHINGTON, U.S. - The U.S. President Donald Trump, who has proactively pursued better ties with Russia ever since assuming office, dealt a deadly blow to the already frail relationship between the

BORONGAN CITY, October 17 (PIA) - - The Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) tapped the media to help convey the DOE messages to the community abou

China has eased its winter smog rules as the country faces threats from natural gas shortages and economic pressures, signaling that the push for better air quality may take a back seat to producti

Sheryl L Hendriks, University of Pretoria; Elizabeth Mkandawire, University of Pretoria, and Nosipho Mabuza, University of Pretoria

Activists, Twitter celebs, non-governmental organisations and ordinary citizens have come out in droves to support the victims of a Khayelitsha fire that displaced more than 1 300 residents on Satu

(Beirut) -The United States, Turkey, EU member states, and other countries should reject Saudi Arabia's attempted whitewash about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, Human Rights Watch said today.

The U.S. withdrawal from a landmark 1987 nuclear arms treaty could make the world 'more dangerous' and force Moscow to take steps to restore the balance of power, senior Russian officials said as U

A rickshaw driver who set himself on fire to protest against alleged extortion by police has died of severe burns in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, authorities say.

Senior officials in Pristina and Belgrade have strongly condemned an attack on buses carrying ethnic Serb pilgrims to a monastery in eastern Kosovo.