Новости за 23.04.2017

Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detained on Saturday, according to Park Chan-mo, the chancellor of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.

The Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang said it was aware of a Korean-American citizen being detained recently, but could not comment further.

Tens of thousands of Jews, Serbs and Gypsies died in death camps run by Croatia's pro-Nazi puppet state in World War II.

President Trump’s pledge to cut U.S. foreign aid and support for emergency humanitarian assistance around the world loomed large over meetings the United Nations’ refugee chief held with economic development officials here Friday.

Brown University says it has signed a memorandum with the Defense Department so it can talk to service members at military bases about attending the university.

President Trump has chosen to hold a campaign rally in Pennsylvania next Saturday rather than attend the annual dinner of White House correspondents.

An American aircraft carrier heading toward the Korean Peninsula began joint exercises Sunday with Japanese naval ships in the Philippine Sea.

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says a Gaza staffer suspected of being elected to the Islamic militant Hamas group's leadership no longer works for the agency.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Friday to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals.

This week, the international manhunt for Joseph Kony came to an undistinguished end. Both Uganda and the United States said they were withdrawing forces dedicated to catching the warlord, who remains on the run despite a multi-year, multimillion-dollar chase.

A 19-year-old soldier from North Carolina was shot and killed on April 17 near Fort Hood, Texas.

Army kids are strong, resilient and our soldiers' sources of strength. But how much do they know about what mom and dad do each day?

A $25 million solar project in Fort Rucker is now producing electricity. The 115,000 solar panel installed in the post absorbed the sunlight and converted it to electricity, the Dothan Eagle reported.

There it was, on the front page: "15 percent of female undergraduates at UT have been raped, survey says." As shocking as that truth was, the chancellor of the University of Texas System wasn't going to run away from it. In fact, he broke the news.