Новости за 21.10.2015

Nobody expected Justin Trudeau to win when he entered the boxing ring three years ago to duke it out with one of Canada’s Conservative senators in a charity match.

House and Senate Republicans sent President Barack Obama a $612 billion defense policy bill on Tuesday, warning him not to veto it as part of a partisan fight over government spending.

The House Select Committee on Benghazi has been furiously preparing for months to interrogate Hillary Rodham Clinton, but on the eve of Thursday's hearing it is not Clinton who is on the defensive. It is the committee.

The Navy is poised to promote the admiral in charge of its elite SEAL teams and other commando units even though Pentagon investigators determined that he illegally retaliated against staff members whom he mistakenly suspected were whistleblowers.

After months of qualifiers, the Veteran Golfers Association National Championship will take place in Pinehurst on Nov. 8-11.

Vice President Joe Biden will not run for president in 2016, he said Wednesday, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long political career.

A foundation to honor the Monuments Men treasure hunters who saved 5 million works of art during World War II says it is closing due to a lack of funds.

Members of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs were expecting to question five Department of Veterans Affairs employees about an inflammatory VA Inspector General report on a hiring scandal. Instead, they were greeted by name tags and empty chairs.

Democrats on the House committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday released a full transcript of testimony by a top aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Mufti of Jerusalem had "a central role in fomenting the final solution." Reaction in Israel — and around the Jewish world — came hard and fast.

The president is widely seen, especially on the right, as weak. In my view, his strategy is flawed, but there is no doubting his ruthlessness when it comes to executing it.

A U.S. drone that experienced mechanical failure before crashing in Turkey has been recovered, U.S. Air Force officials said Wednesday.

By sending Russian warplanes, troops and tanks to Syria, Putin has begun to restore Primakov’s dream of Russian influence in the Arab world, but at a cost of assuming the burden of fighting Muslim extremism, an effort that has been draining for the U.S.

Two Chinese diplomats in the Philippines were killed and the consul-general was wounded Wednesday by a Chinese attacker armed with a pistol during a birthday celebration at a restaurant, police said.

Police say security forces have raided a militant hideout in northwest Pakistan, sparking a gunbattle in which four suspected militants were killed.

Maj. Lisa Jaster was sitting on the back steps of a home in the Columbus Historic District last Thursday night, her red-headed 3-year-old daughter, Tori, clinging to her.

South African police on Wednesday used stun grenades outside the parliament building in Cape Town to disperse students demonstrating against planned tuition increases.

The U.S. Navy will name a ship after Hershel “Woody” Williams, West Virginia World War II veteran and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.

Col. David Benson of the 509th Operations Group will assume control of the 7th Bomb Wing during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Oct. 29, according to the Dyess Air Force Base’s Facebook page.

Freezing temperatures and burning tents heightened the misery of thousands of people pushing their way through Europe on Wednesday, hoping to find refuge at the end of their arduous treks.

A Libyan official has told BBC that Libyan authorities will permit questioning of two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103.

A Marine pilot was killed Wednesday in an F/A-18 crash in a field near RAF Lakenheath, local police and residents said.

The Koreans tearfully reuniting this week after being torn apart by war for six decades yearn for details about their loved ones. But with strict rules and constant hovering by North Korean officials, the brief reunions have often ended with deep regrets over questions not asked and future meetings never to come.

China has hosted a visit to its sole aircraft carrier by senior U.S. Navy officers, amid plans by Washington to challenge Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday that a frequent Fox News commentator charged with lying about a 27-year career with the CIA to win government contracting jobs referenced his purported clandestine work often when he saw a benefit to himself.