Новости за 15.01.2017

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 LIVERPOOL 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered his most important goal yet for Manchester United as he sent Old Trafford wild with his 19th of the season in all competitions to salvage a 1-1 draw with their fiercest rivals Liverpool on Sunday. James Milner, so often a scourge of United, had silenced the home […]

EVERTON 4 MANCHESTER CITY 0 Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes were delivered a grievous blow on Sunday as Everton’s inspired Romelu Lukaku and teenagers Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman made it another crushing afternoon for Pep Guardiola. The Spaniard suffered his biggest-ever defeat in league football after City had enjoyed the lion’s share of […]

Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on Sunday that he was disappointed by a black civil rights activist and politician’s questioning of Donald Trump’s legitimacy as president of the United States and his decision to boycott Friday’s inauguration. U.S. Representative John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, said on Friday he thought hacking by Russians had helped Trump, […]

Israel said on Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had sought to reassure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a Middle East peace conference being held in Paris, which neither Israel nor the Palestinians are attending. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the […]

Iran will not renegotiate its nuclear agreement with world powers, even if it faces new U.S. sanctions after Donald Trump becomes president, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. Trump, who will take office on Friday, has threatened to either scrap the agreement, which curbs Iran’s nuclear programme and lifts sanctions against it, or […]

Nine Turkish army colonels were detained Sunday in the north as part of ongoing operations by Ankara against US-based Erdogan critic Fetullah Gulen, Turkey’s Andadolou news agency said, according to military sources. The colonels were then deported by two military helicopters to Ankara, Turkish military officials, who asked not to be named due to restrictions […]

By Elias Hazou Parliament intends to draft a bill forcing fuel importers to immediately disclose the cost of their shipments, thus shedding light on their pricing policy, which continues to baffle consumers. There had been much talk of a legal amendment compelling oil companies to promptly provide data to customs authorities upon arrival of each […]

A fierce internal critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Sunday she would resign from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, accusing Merkel of having harmed the country with her migration policy. Erika Steinbach’s move could weaken Merkel’s standing among conservative voters ahead of a September election in which the anti-immigrant Alternative for […]

Serbia’s president said on Sunday that Kosovo had shown it wanted war with after it deployed special forces to prevent a train painted with Serbia’s national colours and the words “Kosovo is Serbia” from entering its territory. President Tomislav Nikolic said the neighbours had been “on the brink of conflict” on Saturday, while Kosovo’s prime […]

Five migrants have been found dead off the southern Spanish coast this weekend, a Spanish police spokeswoman said on Sunday, after another at least eight were discovered off the coast of Libya on Saturday. The bodies of four men and one woman were discovered on beaches and floating just off the coast of Tarifa late […]

Russia is facing increased cyber attacks from abroad, a senior security official was quoted on Sunday as saying, responding to Western accusations that Moscow is aggressively targeting information networks in the United States and Europe. U.S. intelligence agencies say Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a cyber campaign aimed at boosting Donald Trump’s electoral chances by […]

By John Irish and Lesley Wroughton Major powers will signal to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is the only solution, with France warning him that plans to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derail peace efforts. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states […]

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday that Turkey’s guarantees on Cyprus could not be abandoned, CNA reported. “Our conditions and our red lines are clear,” he was quoted as saying. “Turkey’s security on Cyprus cannot be abandoned or removed.” However, he added, a federal Cyprus state should satisfy the needs of the two […]

By Michele Kambas A working group due to convene on Jan. 18 to hammer out security arrangements for a post-settlement Cyprus will meet for two to three days only, followed by another round of high-level talks, a source close to the Turkish Cypriot side said on Sunday. Talks in Geneva last week failed to produce […]

Five more bodies have been recovered from the Ganges river after an overloaded boat capsized near the capital of eastern India’s Bihar state, taking the death toll to 24, officials said on Sunday as rescuers ended search operations. The accident happened on Saturday evening as people were ferrying back after watching kite-flying celebrations to mark […]

The Larnaca district court on Sunday ordered that a Russian man, 33, who is wanted in Russia in connection with an armed robbery there, be detained until he is extradited. The man was arrested on Saturday night on an international arrest warrant. According to police, he arrived at Larnaca airport on Saturday night on a […]

By Andria Kades With the arrest in Greece of Efi Irodotou, Cyprus’ most wanted woman, six years after a warrant was issued against her for the death of Emilios Ioannou, the courts can no longer avoid confronting the allegations of nepotism and corruption that have accompanied the case from the start. Irodotou’s parents were also […]

Police said on Sunday they would be initiating a week-long clampdown on drink-driving as of Monday. They said the campaign would run until January 22.

Jordan’s King Abdullah on Sunday swore in a new government following a reshuffle but retained Hani Mulki as prime minister, state television reported on Sunday. The second reshuffle since Mulki was appointed last May was intended to give him more scope for economic reforms and to tackle security threats, officials said.

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday even spoke with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, following the Geneva conference on Cyprus which took place on January 12. The two discussed the outcome of the conference and the strategy they will follow in the coming period. Both men, according to sources close to Tsipras’ office, agreed on the […]

Prime Minister Theresa May will use a major speech on Brexit next week to call on Britons to reject the acrimony of last year’s referendum and unite around the vision of a Britain more open to the world, her office said on Sunday. May intends to kick off the formal process of negotiating the terms […]

There was no evidence that a bomb was on board a plane operated by Lufthansa’s budget unit Eurowings bound for Cologne on Sunday, a company spokesman said in Germany, in reply to an enquiry. He confirmed the plane made an emergency landing in Kuwait, having headed out from Salalah in Oman. There were 287 passengers […]

Two 23-year-old’s from Nicosia were arrested after police allegedly found in their possession a stolen military G3 rifle, a magazine and a small amount of drugs. Subsequent investigations revealed the gun was stolen from a house in Larnaca. Police said officers had stopped the pair in their car on Saturday night, and during a search […]

By Ian Ransom HAVING snatched Novak Djokovic’s world number one ranking in a thrilling late-season raid, Andy Murray will bid to storm the Serb’s Melbourne Park fortress and capture an elusive Australian Open title after five agonising near misses. Murray enters the year’s first grand slam in unknown territory, rated as top seed for the […]

By Nick Mulvenney FOR the last few years the main question regarding the women’s draw at the Australian Open has been who or what can prevent Serena Williams from adding to her impressive collection of Melbourne Park titles. The answer for most of that time has been injury and, until proved otherwise, most deem it […]