Новости за 12.03.2017

IS fighters blew up the shrine of the biblical Jonah's tomb in 2014 after taking control of the city. They started digging tunnels into the side of the hill under the shrine, leading to the discovery.

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to unleash an all-out war against the New People's Army guerrillas after they killed four policemen and wounded another in an ambush in southern Davao del Sur province.

Extremist group Boko Haram has been using more and more teenage suicide bombers in the past couple of years.

There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, but the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab frequently carries out deadly attacks here.

The struggle for the Ras Lanuf refinery and nearby Sidr depot threatens to spiral into an all-out conflict between east and west.

China's chief justice said Sunday that his country, which is believed to execute more people than the rest of the world combined, gave the death penalty "to an extremely small number of criminals for extremely serious offenses" in the past 10 years.

The ouster of South Korea’s president ushers in an era of uncertainty for its longstanding alliance with the United States at a critical time as the threat from North Korea is growing.

U.S. and Iranian officials had been negotiating a possible release of Iranian-American dual nationals imprisoned in Iran until talks broke down in the final days of the Obama administration, according to family lawyers. Now their hopes for freedom lie with President Donald Trump.

Less than a week after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles that plunged into the Sea of Japan just 200 miles from Japan’s coastline, the isolated country appears to be readying its Punggyeri nuclear site for a future test.

Preet Bharara, one of the most high-profile federal prosecutors in the country, said he was fired Saturday after refusing to submit a letter of resignation as part of an ouster of the remaining U.S. attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama administration, according to people familiar with the matter.

Melania Trump's invitation for high-powered women to join her at the White House was about more than the lunch they would eat, or the stated purpose of honoring International Women's Day.

After a week in which Pyongyang successfully lobbed four intermediate-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, U.S. officials are no longer seeing North Korea's weapons tests as amateurish, attention-grabbing provocations. Instead, they are viewed as evidence of a rapidly growing threat - and one that increasingly defies solution.

Schools and businesses have reopened since the Islamic State was driven out of east Mosul in January, but with the militants still entrenched on the west side of the city, the area’s future remains uncertain.

Andrew King, Xavier Moss, Edgar Poe and Eddy Ruzga participated in Army's Pro Day on Friday. "Our program is shifting and more NFL scouts at the next level are taking notice," King said. "That's great to see scouts here."

Marquez Brown was one of the first students that band director Dominique Lane taught when they both arrived at the Macon school in 2008. Four years after Brown’s graduation, he returned to Southwest this past summer to mentor fellow drum majors.

The former president's book features 66 portraits and a four panel-mural of 98 service members and veterans. In addition to the book, the portraits will be displayed as part of a special exhibit at the Bush Center's museum through Oct. 1.