Новости за 23.06.2015

North Korea's Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced two South Koreans to life in prison with labor after finding them guilty of spying for Seoul.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was defending himself in an incident at the University of California, Los Angeles, that led to his arrest, a representative the hip-hop mogul's company said Tuesday.

A man suspected in a series of bias attacks on Asian women in Manhattan was found dead in an apparent suicide, police said Tuesday, just days after he detailed in an online blog a plot to attack the women and then kill...

The Bank of China will cooperate with Italian prosecutors seeking to indict the bank and dozens of Chinese migrants following a massive money-laundering probe reported by The Associated Press earlier this month.

Street protests in the Armenian capital against a hike in electricity prices grew on Tuesday evening, with an estimated 7,000 people joining a second attempt to march toward the presidential residence even after riot...

Facebook is now bigger than Wal-Mart, at least when it comes to its value on the stock market.

Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Confederate flag "shouldn't fly anywhere."

The Stonewall Inn, the Greenwich Village bar where resistance to a police raid sparked the modern gay rights movement, was made a city landmark Tuesday, the first time a site has been named primarily because of its...

The United States has made it through to the quarterfinals at the Women's World Cup but not unscathed.

To prepare rookies for life as professionals, the NFL is again providing a crash course filled with seminars, testimonials and advice on how to navigate the pitfalls of fame and fortune.

Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes and buoyed by battlefield successes, Kurdish fighters kept up an offensive through northern Syria on Tuesday, driving Islamic State militants out of a town near the extremists' de facto...

A solar-powered plane carrying no fuel has postponed its departure from central Japan for Hawaii due to worse than expected weather conditions.

Softening longstanding policy, the Obama administration will tell families of Americans held by terror groups that they can communicate with captors and even pay ransom without fear of prosecution. The shift comes as part...

The 66-year-old driver of an SUV that tore through a Reno house, killing two young children inside before ending up in the backyard, was involved in a traffic accident two years ago after he suffered a medical episode,...

By The Associated Press Wildfires are tearing through some hot, drought-stricken areas of the West. They include a massive blaze in a remote area and some smaller but dangerous fires. Here's a look...

A balcony that snapped off an apartment building and led to the deaths of six college students was supported by wooden beams that had been badly rotted by exposure to moisture, building inspectors in Berkeley, California,...

Greece's government on Tuesday defended the billions worth of "harsh" new budget savings it has offered in talks with creditors, as some of the governing party's own lawmakers spoke out against them.

President Barack Obama's long-pursued trade agenda took a giant step toward becoming law on Tuesday, and opponents grudgingly conceded they now must fight on less-favorable terrain.

Tom Brady and representatives from the players' union have been meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell at NFL headquarters for much of Tuesday as the New England quarterback appeals his four-game suspension.

NASCAR issued a statement Tuesday backing South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds in the wake of the Charleston church massacre.

By The Associated Press 3:50 p.m.

Passwords written down on desks. Outdated anti-virus software. "Perceived ineptitude" in information technology departments.

The U.S. roster for next month's CONCACAF Gold Cup will look a lot like the American team at last year's World Cup.

Authorities seized drugs, video poker machines and made 24 arrests during a weekend sweep in the Goose Creek area, Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis announced Tuesday.

All trains and many ferry services between Britain and France were cut off Tuesday by striking port workers, stranding hundreds of trucks and thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel.