Новости за 27.04.2016

AMMAN — The Lower House on Wednesday passed the constitutional amendments that gave new powers to the King and allowed citizens with dual nationalities to occupy senior public posts and parliamentary seats, among other changes.

MOSCOW/GENEVA — The United Nations said on Wednesday no date had been set for the next round of Syria peace talks, contradicting a report quoting Russia's deputy foreign minister as saying talks would resume in Geneva on May 10.

ISTANBUL — A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a historic district of Turkey's fourth largest city on Wednesday, wounding 13 people, according to officials.

ANKARA — Turkey's new constitution will retain secularism as a principle, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday, playing down comments from the parliamentary speaker who triggered a public uproar by calling for a religious national charter.

BEIRUT — A military build-up in northern Syria, coupled with heavy fighting and mounting civilian casualties, spells the end of a ceasefire that for two months brought some relief to a war-weary country. The renewed violence is ushering in what could be an even more ruinous chapter in the five-year-old conflict.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, saying they were armed with knives and tried to carry out an attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.

AMMAN — The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts will hold an eight-day art event in the capital in May with the aim of boosting the art scene and encouraging more young people to take part in art and appreciate it. 

AMMAN — The official number of runaway domestic workers is currently 1,100, whereas the actual unannounced number amounts to 3,000 helpers, Domestic Helpers Recruitment Agencies Association President Khaled Hseinat said on Wednesday. 

PARIS — Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole survivor among a group of militants who killed 130 people in Paris in November, was extradited to France from Belgium on Wednesday.

MANCHESTER – Manchester City are set up to land Real Madrid a knockout blow at the Bernabeu next week and earn a place in the Champions League final, Joe Hart said after his saves helped earn a 0-0 draw in Tuesday's first leg.