Новости за 07.10.2015

Angered by the latest “potential violations of law,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal called on the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into the findings of a damning Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general’s report.

Toyota trucks are conspicuous in militant propaganda and are often what carry Islamic State group fighters into war with large caliber weapons affixed to truck beds.

Police and soldiers lined intersections and manned checkpoints in Kunduz city Wednesday, but few civilians ventured into the glass-strewn streets after more than a week of fighting to reclaim the city from Taliban insurgents.

The Department of Veterans Affairs should consider scaling back its medical system to focus only on specialized care, an independent auditor told the House on Wednesday.

A top U.S. diplomat warned Pyongyang on Wednesday that any rocket launch or nuclear tests conducted during this weekend’s key political anniversary would bring further international punishment to the regime.

Russian ships fired cruise missiles into Syria Wednesday, intensifying its campaign there, while Russian artillery and close air support backed a Syrian army ground offensive near the city of Hama.

Russian warships in the Caspian Sea fired cruise missiles Wednesday as Syrian government troops launched a ground offensive in central Syria in the first major combined air-and-ground assault since Moscow began its military campaign in the country last week.

A former 10th Mountain Division soldier has been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison for accepting bribes in exchange for influencing supply contracts while deployed to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.

When it comes to veterans issues, a seemingly unlikely partnership is emerging in the Senate between Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown and freshman Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

Dessau has a need. As they did in the 12th century and again after the Thirty Years War in the 17th century, when the city also needed new blood, Dessau’s leaders are counting on immigration.

As Marines arrive by air in Jacksonville, the friendly faces at the USO are there to greet them. When the facility opened Monday at 8a.m., "there were 10 Marines already in,” said Deb Fisher, director of the USO’s Jacksonville Center and the new location in the airport.

Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 63 on Wednesday, and he celebrated the occasion with his customary swagger.

It's a classic balm for cubicle jockeys the world over. What memo or spreadsheet can't be put off for a few mindless minutes while you put your suits in order? Maybe it's not as urgent as fantasy football, but perhaps when you're deeply bored, only a deeply boring card game will ease the pain?

A near epidemic of gun violence in the United States has prompted Hillary Clinton to embrace the cause of gun control with an aggressiveness not seen from a major Democratic presidential contender since her husband ran for the White House more than two decades ago.

A new French government ad campaign features mourning families to discourage young people from joining extremists in Syria - an attempt at a counter-narrative against an Islamic State publicity machine that churns out huge amounts of propaganda.

The chairman of the committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks said Wednesday that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy "screwed up" when he suggested the probe was useful in driving down Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's poll numbers.

A lawmaker is pressing the Air Force to make L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. pay as much as $62 million in damages from an aircraft fire that investigators linked to a loose nut that company maintenance workers failed to tighten in the plane's oxygen system.

Turkey's prime minister demanded Wednesday that Russia respect Turkey's borders, saying the nation won't "make any concessions" on matters of border security, after two Russian warplanes strayed into Turkish airspace over the weekend.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said emphatically Wednesday that the U.S. would not cooperate with Russia on a Syrian air campaign beyond ensuring the safety of U.S. pilots.

It’s worth remembering that the powerful gun lobby has an interest in our acceptance of a new normal that includes plenty of easily accessible guns and a numb toleration of mass shootings as the inevitable byproduct of the freedom to own a weapon.

Russia’s airstrikes against Syrian rebels last week came as a surprise to many Americans — including, it seems, many in the Obama administration. They shouldn’t have.

It’s too early for polling to predict much. But early October is a good time to stop and take a look at how the candidates are doing.

The setting of 18 as the court’s maximum age was an arbitrary choice based on the mores of the time rather than hard evidence. It’s time we expanded the protections and rehabilitative benefits of the family court to young adults.

A Chinese navy destroyer, a Chinese frigate and a Chinese supply vessel sailed into Poland's navy port of Gdynia on Wednesday on the first such visit ever, marking 66 years of diplomatic ties and aiming to strengthen them even more.

Army spouse Mia Reisweber tried to negotiate a planned move to Missouri from Hawaii, successfully arranging a university teaching job and a place to complete her doctoral studies.