Новости за 31.08.2015

From ancient Israelites to the Roman Empire and through the Middle Ages to the present, priests, ministers and chaplains have marched with soldiers in their life-and-death struggles. Now, tensions are rising as some military chaplains struggle with social changes.

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has bounced back, even as mounting opposition to his defense policy led thousands of people across the nation to protest Sunday against his push to expand the powers of Japan’s military.

A sailor accused of attempted murder in the stabbing of another sailor at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center had been subjected to a dozen rounds of electroshock therapy and was cut off from psychiatric medication prior to the attack last summer, his defense lawyer said during a military court hearing Monday at Norfolk Naval Station.

The release of two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945 helped end World War II but ushered in the Cold War, a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that dragged on nearly half a century.

They call summer the season of “popcorn movies” for a reason - they may not be the most nutritious fare, but they’re great to munch on. Certainly summer 2015 gave us a large order of popcorn movies such as “Jurassic World” and “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,” but there was surprising variety in there too - some of it actually good for you.

Justin Bieber cried, Taylor Swift won most of the awards and Kanye West ranted onstage, but Miley Cyrus still owned the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.

The Kattar family, which runs the Merrimack Valley Golf Club, is working on building a memorial and reflection area for veterans on the course.

Since its start in 2000, the Veterans History Project has amassed more than 98,000 collections, which include interviews as well as photographs, diaries and letters from veterans who served from World War I through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Experts in government secrecy law see almost no possibility of criminal action against Hillary Clinton or her top aides in connection with now-classified information sent over unsecure email while she was secretary of state, based on the public evidence thus far.

Wang Xiaolu, a reporter for a respected Chinese business magazine, "confessed" to causing chaos and panic in the markets, state media reported Sunday.

A calendar of nearby events of interest to people living on U.S. facilities in the Pacific.

More than 100 Ukrainian schoolchildren will have unusual tales to tell their mates when classes resume, after spending part of their summer vacations undergoing training by the National Guard.

Ahead of a historic trip to the Arctic, President Barack Obama erased a former Republican president's name from North America's tallest peak in a move applauded in Alaska and derided more than 3,000 miles away in Ohio. More contentious matters concerning climate change and Arctic drilling awaited.

Polish authorities have blocked off a wooded area near a railroad track after scores of treasure hunters swarmed southwest Poland looking for an alleged Nazi gold train.

Foreign spy services, especially in China and Russia, are aggressively aggregating and cross-indexing hacked U.S. computer databases — including security clearance applications, airline records and medical insurance forms — to identify U.S. intelligence officers and agents, U.S. officials said.

With one-tenth of U.S. soldiers on post, including much of the nation's quick reaction forces, logisticians on Fort Bragg must be ready to feed thousands at any moment, providing food for the training areas of the installation and beyond.

Just three days after touching down in Germany, two of the F-22 fighter planes on their inaugural deployment to Europe have jetted east to conduct training with the Polish air force.

The mayor of a remote, Islamic State-held town in western Iraq said on Monday that some 200 residents have been detained by the group at an unknown location following clashes there.

Classes began Monday for most Defense Department-run schools overseas, with parents and children — some attending base schools for the first time — enthusiastic about the first day of the new year.

One of the most heinous of the endless war crimes of the Islamic State has been the systematic rape of thousands of young girls and women — who are sold as sex slaves.

Deploying forward air controllers places us in the middle of a war that our commander in chief has no intention of winning.

The extent of damage from a massive explosion near the ancient Temple of Bel in Syria's Palmyra is unclear, but it appears the structure is still standing despite an attempt by the Islamic State group to blow it up, a Syrian official said Monday.

It is a striking vision for a country torn to pieces by war and jihadi insurrection: a series of airports, built by NATO to fight the Taliban, are being handed over to the Afghan government in a civil aviation upgrade that optimists hope will fuel not only regional trade but even tourism.

The USS Ronald Reagan is about to become the Navy’s latest forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the Asia-Pacific region.

Thai police said Monday they discovered bomb-making materials during a raid of a second apartment on the outskirts of the capital, as authorities widened their search for suspects behind Bangkok's deadly bombing.