Новости за 24.04.2016

RACE: 68th Indianapolis 500

JEREZ, Spain - Valentino Rossi won the Spanish Moto Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, finishing well ahead of Jorge Lorezno and Marc Marquez.

ALGIERS - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has traveled to Switzerland for medical tests.

NEW YORK - After a successful attack on corruption in New York's state government, the hard-charging federal prosecutor in Manhattan appears to have set his sights on New York City.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Rights group Amnesty International says a court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a peaceful dissident to nine years in prison and banned him from travel abroad for another nine years on charges related to his civil rights work.

CHSINAU, Moldova - Some 7,000 people have staged a protest in the Moldovan capital, demanding the resignation of the government and early elections.

LONDON - President Barack Obama went from Shakespeare to Harry Potter during his visit to London.

KINSHASA, Congo - Papa Wemba, known around the world as "the king of Congolese rumba," has died following a collapse on stage during a concert. He was 66.

TOPEKA, Kansas - Authorities say four federal agents suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot while trying to make an arrest at a Kansas motel.

JERUSALEM - Israel's counterterrorism bureau says the suicide bomber who killed three Israeli tourists in Istanbul last month did not specifically target Israelis but was taking aim at tourism in Turkey in general.

CAIRO - Egypt's president is urging people to defend the state and its institutions from "the forces of evil" a day before planned demonstrations against his policies, including the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.

BEIRUT - An opposition monitoring group says at least 14 people, including two young siblings, have been killed in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, as rebels and government forces trade fire.

LONDON - Eliud Kipchoge defended his London Marathon title Sunday by running only eight seconds slower than the world record and setting a course record on a chilly morning.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has told teenagers happiness can't be downloaded like a cellphone app.

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's opera house has apologized after a third show this week was canceled at short notice and warned the public to expect more turmoil as it is rocked by a bitter dispute.

AERZEN, Germany - President Barack Obama, beginning a visit Sunday to Germany, hoped to build momentum for a U.S.-Europe trade deal that has become a tough sell, particularly in Germany.

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbs are voting Sunday in an election that is seen as a test of the prime minister's proclaimed bid to lead the Balkan nation to the European Union amid an ultra-nationalist surge which favors close ties with Russia instead.

LONDON - A leader of the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union says the government should ban French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from coming to the U.K. to support the cause.

HANNOVER, Germany - The Latest on President Barack Obama's visit to Germany (all times local):

ANTIGO, Wisconsin - A person toting a rifle opened fire outside a high school prom, leaving three people injured, Wisconsin police said.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is praying that a "merciful" God will touch the hearts of those in Syria who have abducted Catholic and Orthodox faithful, including bishops and priests, so that the captives will be released soon.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai will soon have a one-stop destination for families whose tastes run from Spider-Man to velociraptors to the Powerpuff Girls.

HELSINKI - The Norwegian Air Force says an F-16 fighter jet accidentally fired at a lookout tower near three military personnel during target practice earlier this month, but that no one was hurt.

BAGHDAD - Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens, officials said Sunday.

SANAA, Yemen - Hundreds of Yemeni troops loyal to the internationally recognized president have launched an operation to drive al-Qaida and Islamic State fighters out of southern coastal areas the extremists have seized amid the country's complex civil war, security officials said Sunday.