Новости за 25.09.2016

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber in Iraq killed at least seven people who were setting up tents on Sunday ahead of a major Shiite religious observance next month, officials said. The bomber struck as residents of Baghdad’s western Eskan neighborhood were preparing for Ashoura, which commemorates the 7th century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson

AMMAN, Jordan — A prominent and outspoken Jordanian writer on Sunday was shot dead in front of the courthouse where he had been on trial for sharing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam. There were no immediate details on the identity or motive of the gunman. But a witness described the shooter, who was immediately

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serbs are voting in a referendum banned by the country’s constitutional court, risking Western sanctions against their autonomous region and criminal charges against their leaders. The vote Sunday is whether to keep Jan. 9 as a holiday in Republika Srpska, commemorating the day in 1992 that Bosnian Serbs declared the

MADRID — Two consecutive draws and a little rant by Cristiano Ronaldo have put Real Madrid on the verge of an early crisis. Real Madrid got off to a good start this season but setbacks against Villarreal and Las Palmas in the Spanish league, combined with Ronaldo’s angry reaction after being substituted on Saturday, have

BERLIN — Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia pulled away from Wilson Kipsang of Kenya late in the race to win the Berlin Marathon just outside the world record time on Sunday. Bekele’s winning time of two hours, 3 minutes and 3 seconds was six seconds outside Dennis Kimetto’s world record, also set in Berlin in 2014

GENEVA — Swiss voters are casting ballots to decide whether to grant new powers to Switzerland’s intelligence services like tracking internet activity, snooping on email boxes and tapping phones to better fight spies, criminal hackers and violent extremists. A new intelligence law, plus pension reforms and environmental policy, are the three issues being considered in

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — Investigators on Sunday tried to piece together information on the 20-year-old suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shootings who was apprehended after a nearly 24-hour manhunt. Washington State Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis said Sunday morning that authorities were searching an apartment tied to Arcan Cetin and searching his vehicle. Francis

HOUSTON — When you’re Russell Westbrook, the undisputed king of NBA fashion, you don’t spend the offseason like typical players do. The five-time All-Star passes his time designing clothes, perched on the front row for shows during New York Fashion Week or talking style and tennis with Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. “Sitting down and

BEIJING — The world’s largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China’s rising ambitions in space and its pursuit of international scientific prestige. Beijing has poured billions into such ambitious scientific projects as well as its military-backed space program, which saw the

LOGAN, Utah — Jacobi Owens scored on a 1-yard TD run with 5:06 left in the fourth quarter and Air Force opened the Mountain West Conference season with a 27-20 win over Utah State on Saturday night. Air Force’s Haji Dunn Jr. set up Owens’ score when he sacked Kent Myers, forced the fumble and

LONDON — London police say they have arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking the iCloud account of Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, and stealing 3,000 photographs. The Sun newspaper said Saturday it was contacted by a purported hacker seeking to sell the images for a minimum of 50,000 pounds

TOKYO — Caroline Wozniacki overcame injury to beat Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka 7-5, 6-3 and win the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday. Wozniacki, who also won here in 2010, took control in the second set when she broke in the second game. The former No. 1 led 5-0 before Osaka fought back to give home

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nightly protests have shaken the city of Charlotte since the shooting death of a black man by police last week, but Sunday’s NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Minnesota Vikings was played without interruption. A group of around 100 demonstrators gathered across the street from Bank of America Stadium to

TEMPE, Ariz. — Failure to force turnovers had been a big problem for Arizona State this season. Until the final three minutes Saturday night. The Sun Devils picked off Davis Webb twice in that span and D.J. Calhoun returned a Cal onside kick attempt 42 yards with 48 seconds to play in a 51-41 victory

BAGHDAD — An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic State group. The usual alliance — Iraqi troops alongside Shiite militiamen, Kurdish fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and

SAN DIEGO — Yangervis Solarte had an emotional return to baseball a week after losing his wife to cancer. As he walked to the plate as a pinch-hitter with two outs in the seventh and his San Diego Padres trailing the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Saturday night, he received a nice ovation from the crowd.

TOKYO — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Sunday that his counterparts in the Group of Seven nations welcomed U.S. guidelines on regulating self-driving cars and have agreed to work together on creating such standards to maintain safety. “There was actually a very enthusiastic reception to the policy,” he said. “We did a good job

TUCSON, Ariz. — Washington survived its first real test after rolling through an easy nonconference schedule. To keep their run going, the Huskies know they’ll have to play better than this. Jake Browning hit Dante Pettis on a 4-yard touchdown in overtime and No. 9 Washington overcame a slew of missed opportunities to hold off

BURLINGTON, Wash. — Authorities arrested a suspect Saturday evening in in the slayings of five people in the makeup department of a Macy’s store at a mall north of Seattle. Here are things to know about the shooting and the investigation: WHAT HAPPENED? Authorities say the gunman initially entered the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington,

LOS ANGELES — Every time Chad Bettis turned around, the Dodgers had runners on base. And they kept scoring. The Rockies lost 14-1 on Saturday night, their 82nd defeat of the season and third in a row that assured the team of its sixth straight losing season. “It was not a pretty night,” Colorado manager

NEW YORK — Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin once watched his Triple-A Iowa Cubs blow an 8-0 lead with two outs in the ninth inning to lose 9-8. On Saturday night, Mackanin nearly saw an even bigger rally. The New York Mets fell behind by 10 runs early and finished just short of what would

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors who became brides for rural Chinese men, they faced another excruciating choice when they suffered abuse: to flee to South Korea and leave their children. Women who’ve made that choice have lived with the guilt and shame for years, but some are breaking their silence and trying to

SEOUL, South Korea — After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had nowhere to go. An even more painful decision came later. She said severe abuse by her husband, including once being tied

ARLINGTON, Texas — The momentum quickly turned for 10th-ranked Texas A&M when Trevor Knight, the quarterback already with two long touchdown runs, had another big play right after a huge defensive stand by the Aggies. Knight hit Josh Reynolds for a 92-yard tiebreaking TD pass two plays after 17th-ranked Arkansas was stopped three times from

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kevin Ellis scored his first goal of the season in the 81st minute and Sporting Kansas City beat the Earthquakes 2-1 on Saturday night for their first victory in San Jose since Aug. 16, 2000. Benny Feilhaber’s corner slipped through a group of leaping players and connected with Ellis,, who deflected