Новости за 29.02.2016

IDOMENI/ATHENS — Police in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of migrants who stormed the border from Greece on Monday as a deeply divided Europe traded barbs over the biggest humanitarian crisis in decades.

MOSCOW — Russian police wrestled to the ground a woman in a hijab brandishing the severed head of a child outside a Moscow metro station on Monday and charged her with murder, in an incident that stirred fears of a terrorist attack.

NEW DELHI — India's government pledged billions of dollars to help struggling farmers and boost the rural economy as it unveiled its annual budget on Monday, with an eye on kickstarting growth and boosting its flagging popularity.

AMMAN — Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Nael Kabariti on Monday described the Kingdom's participation in the Gulf Food Exhibition in Dubai as successful, and commended the high level of coordination between the commercial and industrial sectors to promote national products. 

Hollywood - Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio finally bagged Oscars gold on Sunday for his grueling star turn in "The Revenant," 22 years after his first Academy Award nomination. 

AMMAN — Universities should close down or admit fewer students into disciplines with which the civil service is oversupplied, according to the head of the agency responsible for public sector employment. 

DAMASCUS — Key players in Syria's war traded accusations Sunday over violations of the first major ceasefire in the five-year conflict, but the truce remained largely intact on its second day.

HOMS — Two years after the last Syrian rebels left the besieged Old City of Homs, voices echo through the shells of bombed-out buildings, their upper floors tilted at odd angles as though frozen in time.

TEHRAN — Reformist allies of moderate President Hassan Rouhani won all 30 parliamentary seats in the Iranian capital, a major boost Sunday that pushed them into a nationwide lead in crucial elections.

AMMAN — Following a week off, the Lower House is scheduled to resume meetings on Tuesday to discuss a US-Jordan draft treaty that was put on hold until the full text was received by lawmakers. 

ISTANBUL — Turkish security forces have foiled 18 suicide attacks since the start of the year, three of them by intercepting vehicles planned for use as car bombs, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in an interview with the Kanal 7 television station on Sunday.

ATHENS — Greece warned Sunday that the number of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000, as a Balkan cap on border crossings left thousands "trapped" in the country.

AMMAN — Only 3 per cent of victims of gender-based violence would seek support from the police after experiencing violence, a local study revealed on Sunday.

MOSCOW — The death toll in Russia's worst mining disaster in years climbed to 36 on Sunday as officials said 26 workers missing following methane explosions at the pit in the country's frozen Arctic north could not have survived.

AMMAN — The Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) has prepared draft new instructions that allow trading unlisted securities on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE).

TUNIS — Tunisia should adjust its development model to counter economic slowdown and build “inclusive growth”, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) country representative said, ahead of an expected line of IMF credit.