Новости за 11.09.2015

The United Nations General Assembly voted to approve raising Palestinian flag at UN headquarters.

Catalan separatists hold a mass rally Friday for independence that will kick off campaigning for a regional election billed as a de facto referendum on breaking away from Spain.

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh is scheduled to make his first professional boxing bout on October 10.

Yana Agafonova, a media official in the pro-Russian rebel government in eastern Ukraine, says critical publications are not welcome in the separatist region, which is locked in a vicious propaganda war with Kiev.

One US Marine has been killed and 18 others were injured in a rollover crash during routine training.

Karachi, Pakistan`s biggest and most diverse city, was once home to a famous nightclub scene where alcohol flowed freely and luminaries from the world of jazz played to packed crowds eager for a taste of Western culture.

A video of an incident in which US police officers repeatedly used a stun gun to subdue a mentally ill inmate who eventually died from the encounter was released Thursday.

When rumours spread through Lebanon this week that a massive boat was coming to bring Syrian refugees to Germany, huge crowds rushed to Berlin`s embassy outside Beirut.

The Abu Snineh family woke up at their home in east Jerusalem one morning to find Jewish settlers had moved into the building and Israeli flags were on the roof.

Voting is underway on Friday for student body elections at both the Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University here. More than 50 candidates are in fray in the two campuses.

US President Barack Obama achieved perhaps the greatest foreign policy victory of his six years in office on Thursday, when a Republican-backed effort to kill the Iran nuclear agreement was narrowly blocked in the US Senate, clearing the way for the deal`s implementation.

Polish players Piotr Gadomski and Arkadiusz Kocyla have been banned for seven and five years respectively after being found guilty of betting-related offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme.

The South Korean man behind a shocking knife attack that left the US ambassador in Seoul needing 80 stitches to a deep gash on his face, was convicted of attempted murder on Friday and jailed for 12 years.

Lexi Thompson made the most of a storming start to the Evian Championship on Thursday as the American sprinted into a tie for the lead with South Korean Lee Mi-hyang on five-under-par 66 in Haute Savoie, France.

Journalists and other public figures can now offer live video to their followers on Facebook, which announced plans Thursday to broaden the streaming service.

The pair of running shoes worn by Roger Bannister when the Briton ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 were sold by auctioneers Christie`s on Thursday for 266,500 pounds ($412,062.30).

Defying earlier fears, the Antarctic Ocean has been absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide over the past decade, researchers reported Thursday.

A special MCOCA court is likely to pronounce on Friday its verdict in the July 11, 2006 Mumbai suburban train bombings in which 188 people were killed.

Australia will be forced to blood an entirely new opening partnership in Bangladesh next month after David Warner was ruled out of the two-test series with a broken finger on Friday.

The Bombay High Court on Friday will hear Maharashtra Government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's response on a petition challenging ban on animal slaughter and sale of meat for four days during the Jain festival 'Paryushan'.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned new close-up images of Pluto to the Earth that show an amazing range of features on the planet's surface and in its atmosphere.

Thomas Tuchel`s arrival at Borussia Dortmund following the departure of Juergen Klopp has revitalised the Westphalian club after a very underwhelming 2014-15 campaign.

Wayne Rooney has set his sights on stealing the spotlight from Manchester United new-boy Anthony Martial when England`s freshly-crowned record goalscorer returns to Premier League action in Saturday`s clash with bitter rivals Liverpool.

Atletico Madrid have a great opportunity to show their La Liga title challenge is to be taken seriously this season when an under-strength Barcelona visit the Vicente Calderon on Saturday.

Champions Juventus host surprise Serie A leaders Chievo on Saturday hoping to kick-start their season while Mario Balotelli is eyeing his first start for AC Milan when they face Inter in the Milan derby.