Новости за 08.09.2015

Any Russian military attempt to bolster the Syrian regime in its fight against anti-government groups would further destabilize the country that’s been locked in civil war for four-plus years, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.

The Pentagon has launched an investigation into an airstrike conducted Sunday by U.S. forces that authorities in Afghanistan say killed 11 policemen in Kandahar province.

Saudi-led airstrikes killed 12 Shiite rebels in Yemen's Marib province Tuesday, the area where a rebel missile strike days earlier killed 45 Emirati soldiers and 10 Saudi troops, independent Yemeni security officials and witnesses said Tuesday.

A man pleaded guilty to a federal charge Tuesday and admitted mutilating and destroying World War II-era draft records that he was supposed to be digitizing, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Britain's defense minister on Tuesday said the United Kingdom was prepared to launch more drone strikes in Syria, even against its own British nationals, if there was no other way of keeping the country's streets safe from terrorists.

Bulgaria denied Russian military-transport planes permission to cross its airspace on their way to Syria on suspicion they weren’t carrying humanitarian aid as claimed as tensions grew over reports that Russia is stepping up its intervention in the Middle Eastern country.

North Korea and South Korea agreed to hold the first reunions of families divided by their civil war in nearly two years, as they continue to ratchet down tensions after a military standoff last month.

Shinzo Abe is on course to become Japan's longest-serving prime minister in more than four decades after standing unopposed in his ruling party's leadership election.

Democrats clinched the crucial Senate votes Tuesday to block passage of a disapproval resolution against the Iran nuclear accord, an outcome that would be a major victory for President Barack Obama against united Republican opposition.

On Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II beats the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria - 63 years and 7 months - more than a century ago. Only four other British kings and queens have reigned 50 years or more.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are nearly 4.1 million registered refugees from Syria. Some countries have opened their gates, hearts and pocketbooks to varying degrees. Others have hoisted barriers to the migrant tide.

Turkish ground forces crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday for the first time since 2011 in a "short-term" operation to hunt down Kurdish rebels, a Turkish government official said, as Turkish jets carried out more airstrikes against rebel camps in the region.

In “Loss and Lies: A soldier’s lie unravels 8 years later, opening old wounds,” reporter Travis J. Tritten sets the record straight on a gripping — but false — Stripes war story from 2008, and shows that it’s better by far to correct the record than to try to erase it. That is, it’s better to publish than “un-publish.”

U.S. military budget cuts are unlikely to affect America's ability to respond to major natural disasters and humanitarian crises in Asia, where it has led multinational drills to prepare for emergencies, a U.S. Navy official said Tuesday.

Brig. Gen. Saad Maan says the gunmen intercepted the convoy of acting Deputy Minister Abdul-Karim al-Saadi in the mainly Shiite eastern part of the city on Tuesday, kidnapping him and two guards.

Whether we like it or not, Russia is the dominant power in Eastern Europe, and no solution to the current crisis can realistically emerge unless and until Russia and Ukraine work out an acceptable modus vivendi between them.

Fogle was not charged with child sex trafficking because we still do not recognize the harm caused by buyers when they purchase children for commercial sex.

Until now, France has only sent jets to Iraq, fearing that hitting at IS would ultimately help the government of Bashar Assad.

Democrats struggled Tuesday for the votes to block a disapproval resolution against the Iran nuclear deal as one undecided senator announced a surprise "no" vote shortly after lawmakers returned from a five-week summer recess.

It's no secret that deployments can be high-stress affairs. But doctors at the home of the nation's most deployed troops have found the constant cycle of sending servicemembers overseas has a deeper effect on growing families than was previously known.

Brand Sanders is rolling. The Democratic Party couldn’t stop his money or kill the energy in his campaign if it tried; and if it did try, it would only help Sanders raise more money and generate even more energy.

A few signs of life are returning to this rural town made desolate by the Fukushima nuclear disaster four-and-a-half years ago: Carpenters bang on houses, an occasional delivery truck drives by and a noodle shop has opened to serve employees who have returned to Naraha's small town hall.

People anxious to pass through Hungary pushed and police shoved back as tensions mounted at Hungary's southern border with Serbia Tuesday.

Iran's president said on Tuesday that his country is ready to hold talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia on ways to resolve Syria's civil war, providing such negotiations can secure peace and democracy in conflict-torn Syria.

An effort to mend fences between the Army and the National Guard could lead to a radical redesign of both, a retired general heading a congressionally appointed panel on the future of the service said.