Новости за 04.07.2015

The Islamic State group has released a video showing the killing of some 20 government soldiers in the historic town of Palmyra in central Syria.

A series of attacks, mainly car bombs, in Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens on Saturday, authorities said.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, wearing battle dress for the first time in over a year, said Saturday that Egypt had foiled an attempt by the Islamic State group to seize territory and set up an extremist state with its recent assault on the military in the troubled northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula.

Tunisia's state news agency says the country's president is declaring a state of emergency more than a week after a beach attack targeting foreign tourists that killed 38 people.

A second monument in memory of the Confederacy has been vandalized in Richmond.

A display along the Audie Murphy Overpass honors fallen soldiers from Hunt County.

Spanish police say they have arrested a Moroccan national in the northeastern city of Badalona on suspicion of having spent months praising jihadi terrorism and disseminating propaganda for the Islamic State group.

As Dale Shelton sits in his recliner, his hands grip the armrests as if to react to painful memories from the past. "I've forgotten a lot of what happened over there," Shelton said. "I've been trying to forget it all. You get to thinking about it all and you get nervous and everything else."

Fort Bragg's newest behavioral health clinic is expected to treat 10,000 soldiers a year. Perhaps more importantly, officials said it's a big step in fighting the stigma around soldiers seeking help.

It's been 45 years, but Nellie Taylor's grief hasn't abated. On June 11, 1970, government officials who knocked on her door said her son, Thomas Eugene "Tommy" Taylor, 20, was killed in action in Vietnam. Last year, Taylor got a call from Hawaii resident Janna Hoehn, wanting a copy of the only photo she had of Tommy. Hoehn is collecting photos of every veteran whose name is etched on the wall that makes up the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In 1992, the Bleau family moved to a home in Oregon and found a box left by the previous homeowners that contained the life memories of Army Pfc. Forrest Stubbs. Jaci Bleau and her husband John Bleau shared laughs and tears after reading his letters from World War II.

Western Pennsylvania is home to sites well-known and obscure with paramount ties to American history. On this Fourth of July, the Tribune-Review presents a sampling of these and other sites with enduring links to our country's formation.

Mitchell Fretwell came down from Indianapolis this weekend to help his daughter, Sherise, relocate. Ironically, the U.S. Navy veteran stumbled upon a local business where grilled hot dogs were being prepared to support putting wreaths on the graves of veterans.

Which is worse: nightmares or no place to sleep? Army veteran Bobby Rico said he has experienced both.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Barack Obama on Independence Day and expressed confidence that Russia and the United States can work together to find solutions to international problems.

A man was arrested Friday evening after he allegedly stole a vehicle from Fort Gordon and drove the vehicle in Aiken on U.S. Highway 1 and up Interstate 20 going toward Columbia.

Grand Forks is featured in a new vintage-style military travel poster designed to highlight military bases, aircraft, ships, submarines and campaigns around the world--and beyond.

Syrian troops backed by members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group began a major offensive Saturday under the cover of intense airstrikes to retake a rebel-held mountain resort while opposition fighters retaliated by shelling the capital Damascus.

Three years into the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico's security situation remains tenuous – a worrisome sign for analysts and some U.S. intelligence agents, who cite corruption that continues with impunity; limited cooperation between the two countries; and a rising homicide rate.

Nearly 10,000 American troops overseas are getting a slice of American pie for Independence Day.

Afghanistan’s parliament on Saturday again rejected President Ashraf Ghani’s nominee for defense minister, leaving the nation’s military without a confirmed civilian head 10 months after the new administration took office.

As it nears another birthday, America is forging the outlines of a new century. It's moving with now remarkable speed to cast aside some of the traditions and mores that dominated American life for centuries.

Afghanistan’s parliament on Saturday again rejected President Ashraf Ghani’s nominee for defense minister, leaving the nation’s military without a confirmed civilian head 10 months after the new administration took office.