Новости за 06.07.2015

Jared M. Feldschreiber
MOSCOW, July 6 (UPI) -- Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov offered $200 million for a controlling stake in media broadcaster CTC Media Inc.'s operating business Modern Times Group.

Jared M. Feldschreiber
MOSCOW, July 6 (UPI) -- Russian billionaire Alisher Usamanov offered $200 million for a controlling stake in media broadcaster CTC Media Inc.'s operating business Modern Times Group.

Ed Adamczyk
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 6 (UPI) -- Anti-gay activists in Nairobi, Kenya, warned U.S. President Barack Obama Monday against advocating tolerance for homosexuality when he visits Kenya in August.

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, July 6 (UPI) -- North Korean defectors are overwhelmingly women, according to a South Korean government report released Sunday.

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, July 6 (UPI) -- An openly gay South Korean couple has appealed a government decision to deny legal recognition of their marriage.

Ed Adamczyk
SINGAPORE, July 6 (UPI) -- A Singapore blogger received a one-month sentence Monday for an obscene picture and disparagement of Christians on the Internet.

Ed Adamczyk
CAIRO, July 6 (UPI) -- Egypt arrested 13 Muslim Brotherhood members Monday, suspected of installing explosives around the Suez Canal to disrupt shipping.

Ed Adamczyk
CAIRO , July 6 (UPI) -- Egypt arrested 13 Muslim Brotherhood members Monday, suspected of installing explosives around the Suez Canal to disrupt shipping.

Ed Adamczyk
BAGHDAD, July 6 (UPI) -- An Iraqi military plane accidentally bombed civilians in Baghdad's Ni'riya neighborhood Monday, killing at least five.

Ed Adamczyk
JOS, Nigeria, July 6 (UPI) -- At least 44 people died in two bomb attacks, believed to have been initiated by the militant Boko Haram, in Jos, Nigeria.

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, July 6 (UPI) -- North Korea is seeking U.N. medical assistance as it continues to battle what it says is the "worst drought in 100 years."

Ed Adamczyk and Danielle Haynes
WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- Though there have been setbacks, Obama says he remains committed to the "destruction" of the Islamic State, emphasizing a "larger battle for hearts and minds."

Ed Adamczyk
WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama will make a rare visit to the Pentagon Monday to be briefed on efforts to contain the Islamic State in the Middle East.

Andrew V. Pestano
BERLIN, July 6 (UPI) -- Germany broke its heat record on Sunday after a 104.5 degree Fahrenheit temperature was documented, the hottest since records began in 1881.

Ed Adamczyk
VIENNA, July 6 (UPI) -- Iran is ready to double its oil exports as soon as economic sanctions are lifted, Mansour Moazami, the country's deputy oil minister, said.

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, July 6 (UPI) -- Kim Jong Un may have executed the manager of a terrapin farm the North Korean leader visited in May, according to a source in Pyongyang.

Ed Adamczyk
ANKARA, Turkey, July 6 (UPI) -- China's embassy in Ankara, Turkey, issued a travel warning Monday, claiming some Chinese tourists were attacked during protests in Turkey.

Andrew V. Pestano
ADEN, Yemen, July 6 (UPI) -- Up to 30 civilians were killed in airstrikes conducted by the coalition led by Saudi Arabia in Aden, Yemen, as the United Nations hopes to broker a cease-fire.

Andrew V. Pestano
ATHENS, Greece, July 6 (UPI) -- Oxford-educated economist Euclid Tsakalotos is set to become the new Minister of Finance for Greece but the prospect of a potential deal remains complicated.

Andrew V. Pestano
ATHENS, Greece, July 6 (UPI) -- Greece's Minister of Finance resigned Monday shortly after helping lead a financial referendum that rejected bailout demands from international creditors.

Amar Guriro
KARACHI, Pakistan, July 6 (News Lens Pakistan) -- Rising sea levels are threatening a way of life for thousands in Pakistan's Indus River Delta.

Fred Lambert
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 5 (UPI) -- An improvised explosive device attacked to a motorcycle in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killed a police officer and two civilians on Sunday, according to reports.

Doug G. Ware
PALMYRA, Syria, July 5 (UPI) -- A deadly new video has surfaced online from ISIS -- this time purportedly showing a group of teenage radicals killing two dozen Syrian government troops.

Fred Lambert
WENLING, China, July 5 (UPI) -- At least a dozen people died Saturday when a shoe factory collapsed in the Chinese city of Wenling, according to reports.

Doug G. Ware
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 5 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama is celebrating his 80th birthday in Southern California -- which is among the American stops the peace advocate is making in the United States.