Новости за 01.01.2016

LONDON —With temperatures above freezing at the North Pole, deadly tornadoes in Texas, extreme heat in Australia and floods in Britain and Missouri, the world is beset by extreme weather events as it welcomes 2016.

BEIRUT — The Daesh terror group on Thursday claimed the bombing of two restaurants in a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Syria the previous night, an attack that killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 30.

KUWAIT CITY — Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory on Thursday, following a massive decline in oil prices and regional turmoil.

JAKARTA — Southeast Asian nations officially launched a European Union (EU)-inspired economic bloc Thursday aimed at boosting the region's trading clout and attracting more investment, but analysts said a true single market was still a long way off.

DALLAS — The Golden State Warriors flopped without Stephen Curry, getting blown out for just their second loss of the season behind 23 points for Dallas’ J.J. Barea in a 114-91 victory for the Mavericks on Wednesday night.

AMMAN — Jordan’s U-23 football team beat North Korea 2-1 on Thursday in its second friendly in its UAE camp running until January 7. After a friendly against Syria was cancelled the team will played North Korea again, after defeating it 1-0 in its first friendly on Tuesday.

AMMAN — The season’s prime basketball competition — the Premier Basketball League — tips off Saturday with eight teams competing. Reigning champs Orthodoxi won their record 23rd title last season. They started off the season by winning the Jordan Cup this week, beating closest rivals Riyadi in the final minutes of the match.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the Daesh stronghold of Mosul: Fallujah, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists at the capital's western gates.

AMMAN — The 2016-2018 Jordan Response Plan (JRP) to the Syrian crisis includes several interventions, programmes and projects that require around $7.99 billion, Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury said Thursday.