Новости за 13.04.2023

A U.S. raid Saturday in eastern Syria led to the capture of an Islamic State group operative and two of his associates, the U.S. Central Command said.  A CENTCOM statement Wednesday identified the operative as Hudayfah al Yemeni, "an ISIS attack facilitator."  "The capture of Hudayfah al Yemeni and his associates will disrupt the organization's ability to plot and carry out operations," the statement said.  The raid is the latest in a series of operations targeting Islamic State group figures in Syria. Читать дальше...

U.S. President Joe Biden holds talks Thursday with Irish President Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, the country’s prime minister, and is set to deliver remarks to the houses of the Oireachtas — the Irish parliament. Biden’s schedule also includes a youth Gaelic sports demonstration in Dublin as well as a banquet dinner at Dublin Castle. Biden, who often highlights his Irish heritage, closes his trip with a Friday night speech in Ballina, home of his paternal ancestors, on the west coast of Ireland. Читать дальше...

Rural Afghanistan is “facing a very concerning situation,” where households live in a “quite desperate’” situation facing extreme food shortages and acute malnutrition, said a U.N. official who visited Afghanistan in recent weeks. Rein Paulsen, the director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, told VOA “the situation is concerning. Households lack basic supplies. They lack often seeds to produce staple foods. They may lack animal... Читать дальше...

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, U.S. officials said, prompting emergency alerts and evacuation warnings on Japan’s northernmost main island. Residents in Hokkaido were warned to immediately take shelter in their basements, and some public transit systems in the area were temporarily stopped, according to Japanese media. About 20 minutes after the alerts were issued, however, Japanese officials lifted the warning, saying the North Korean missile was not expected to land in Hokkaido. Читать дальше...

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers' boats, the U.N. migration agency reported Wednesday, citing delays by nations in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along the dangerous sea route between northern Africa and Europe's southern shores during January, February and March. In 2017, 742 known deaths were documented in the same period... Читать дальше...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing the minister of agriculture and the head of planning and budget, Iranian media reported. The moves came amid widespread dissatisfaction with the government.  State TV said late Tuesday that Raisi had replaced agriculture minister Javad Sadatinejad with a deputy who will serve as interim minister. He replaced the vice president and head of the planning and budget department, Masoud Mirkazemi, with Davoud Manzoor, a former department deputy. Читать дальше...

As the last American journalist to be detained in Russia and falsely accused of espionage, Nicholas Daniloff has some understanding of what Evan Gershkovich is going through. “It’s a tough situation to be in,” the veteran reporter told VOA. Daniloff was held for about a month during the Cold War in 1986 under circumstances similar to Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Moscow has accused Gershkovich of espionage, without providing evidence. It’s a charge The Journal and Gershkovich’s lawyer strongly deny. Читать дальше...