Новости за 20.01.2016

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The latest stop for Jordan Spieth on his tour of the golfing world is the Middle East and an eagerly anticipated head to head with Rory McIlroy at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship this week.

NEW YORK - John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City has started using new face recognition technology.

JERUSALEM - Israel's domestic security agency said Wednesday it had thwarted a plot by the son of the chief of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to recruit Palestinians to attack Israel.

BALTIMORE - A Baltimore judge will hear motions Wednesday from prosecutors who want to force an officer whose trial ended in mistrial late last year to testify against four other officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

LONDON - Police have dropped an investigation of a 10-year-old Muslim boy who mistakenly wrote that he lived in a "terrorist house" rather than a "terraced house" - a British term for row houses.

MOSCOW - The Russian ruble slid to a record low against the dollar Wednesday under pressure from the low oil price.

LOS ANGELES - France-based music streaming service Deezer says it has raised 100 million euros ($109 million) from its two largest shareholders to fuel its expansion after abandoning plans for an initial public offering of stock last year.

DAVOS, Switzerland - The latest developments from Davos, where the World Economic Forum is holding its annual meeting (all times local).

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni security officials say that Oman has closed its two border crossings with Yemen over fears of militant attacks, leaving Yemenis largely sealed off from the outside world.

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam said China has moved an oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea, in a possible repeat of a 2014 stand-off between the communist neighbors.

LONDON - Royal Dutch Shell expects its fourth quarter profits to drop by at least 40 percent to between $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion after a sharp drop in crude oil prices, but underscored its determination to press ahead with the proposed mega-merger with BG Group plc.

BRUSSELS - The European Union is ordering Belgium to recoup $230 million from the Duferco steel group because of illegal state aid that distorted competition.

SINGAPORE - Singapore on Wednesday said it had arrested and deported 26 Bangladeshi construction workers for forming a religious study group that spread the ideology of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai police say a New Year's Eve fire at a luxury hotel in the Mideast commercial hub was likely caused by exposed wiring.

ATHENS, Greece - Greek ferry crews have launched a two-day strike while hundreds of farmers are preparing to block highways to protest unpopular draft pension reforms that will further cut incomes in the austerity-weary country.

LONDON - The global vaccine alliance GAVI says it will donate $5 million toward developing the leading Ebola vaccine, hoping that it will be approved by a regulator by the end of 2017.

CHARSADDA, Pakistan - The latest developments in an ongoing gunbattle after Taliban militants stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan. All times local.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A cold snap in the North Korean capital has residents ice fishing on the Taedong River.

BEIJING - A deputy head of the Chinese Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office has been placed under investigation for apparent corruption amid renewed scrutiny of Beijing's policies toward the island following its election of a new independence-leaning president.

SANTIAGO, Chile - Jorge Sampaoli has resigned as Chile's national team coach, departing just six months after his club won the Copa America.

BEIRUT - A Britain-based activist group says the Islamic State has set free 270 people it captured last week during intense fighting with Syrian government forces in the country's east.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan troops are fighting the Taliban across most of southern Helmand province and are in desperate need of reinforcements, an Afghan official said on Wednesday.

CHARSADDA, Pakistan - Pakistani official: Army operation to end attack at northwestern university is over, 20 killed.

LISBON, Portugal - FC Porto says it has hired Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro on an 18-month contract to replace Spaniard Julen Lopetegui.