Новости за 22.11.2015

Parts of South Carolina are expected to face frigid temperatures going into Monday.

French special-operations teams on Wednesday fought a ferocious gun battle at an apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis that killed Belgian-born Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected architect of the Paris attacks.

Romanian authorities say a 19-year-old student has died of injuries sustained in a nightclub fire in Bucharest, bringing the death toll to 60.

Iran has sentenced detained Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to an unspecified prison term following his conviction last month on charges that include espionage, Iranian state TV reported Sunday.

Around 3,000 protesters have gathered in Barcelona to support an organization that seeks the creation of a Catalan state independent from Spain and urge regional lawmakers to reach an agreement to form a transitional...

An Albuquerque burglary suspect who was held at gunpoint by two of his victims is back in jail after allegedly committing another robbery.

South Carolina has won a federal grant to open and expand public charter schools that could total $30 million over five years.

At least one person was killed and two people were wounded in a shooting between people in separate cars early Sunday morning in North Charleston. 

One person was wounded in a shooting outside a mobile home park in North Charleston Sunday morning. 

A young Israeli woman was stabbed to death by a Palestinian who was among three assailants to be shot dead following separate attacks Sunday, Israeli security forces said, with the latest flare-up of violence coming ahead...

A German department store said Sunday that it's putting eight Israeli wines back on the shelves after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused it of boycotting Israeli goods.

The latest news as hundreds of thousands make their way across Europe in search of safety and a better life. All times local:

Two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide-robbery at a Georgia Walmart and a robbery in St. George were taken into custody Saturday. 

Russian law enforcement officers on Sunday raided a hideout in the North Caucasus of armed militants allied with the Islamic State group, killing all 11 of them in an exchange of fire, the counter-terrorism agency said.

Gay activists are hoping Pope Francis will preach tolerance toward homosexuals, and even go so far as to condemn violent attacks against gays during his upcoming visit to Uganda. Church leaders, however, are praying...

Threatening letters from the Taliban, once tantamount to a death sentence, are now being forged and sold to Afghans who want to start a new life in Europe.

President Barack Obama said Sunday that the United States and its international partners "will not relent" in the fight against the Islamic State group and that the world would not accept the extremists' attacks on...

Pageant judges have crowned a new winner of Zimbabwe's 4th annual "Mister Ugly" contest, upsetting supporters of the crowd favorite and prompting rioting at the event.

Syria's president says his forces are advancing on "almost" all fronts thanks to Russian airstrikes that began nearly two months ago and have tipped the balance in his favor in some parts of the country.

Research supported by the soybean industry is looking to convert some farm-raised fish into vegetarians.

A newly approved drug is being hailed as a major advance in treatment of cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disease that clogs the lungs with mucus and forces patients to struggle to breathe. But it comes with a...

A landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed about 100 people, most of them villagers digging for green stones in a mountain of displaced earth, a witness and a community leader said Sunday. Many other people...

Even with its third-string quarterback, Baylor's top-ranked offense moved with its usual efficiency.

Unless something really strange happens over the last two weeks of the season, the second College Football Playoff will crown a new champion.

Rory McIlroy survived a late scare and finished his frustrating season on a high, winning both the DP World Tour Championship and the Race to Dubai crown on Sunday.