Новости за 23.10.2015

Further details - if they'll host or travel and the identity of their opponent - depend on how 2-2 contenders Lakenheath and Vilseck fare in their Saturday games at Kaiserslautern and Ramstein, respectively.

The U.S. special operations soldier killed Thursday during a raid in Iraq to free hostages from their Islamic State captors was a veteran of more than one dozen deployments and earned a handful of awards for battlefield valor.

What to make of “The Last Witch Hunter”? What a curious conundrum. It’s too self-reflective to be an entertaining mess of unintentional hilarity, but none of the actual scripted punchlines land. The premise itself, while definitely out there, could possibly work, if the nonsensical screenplay didn’t throw everything at it to see what sticks. There are moments where it achieves the highest camp, and times where it strives for something attempting dark grittiness, and that middle ground is a brutal no-man’s-land. Читать дальше...

It’s a compliment to director Jon M. Chu that I walked out of the “Jem and the Holograms” movie wanting to dot my review with a few pink heart emojis, because I walked into the theater with a giant chip on my shoulder.

Lawyers for Jill Kelley say there are very good reasons they should be allowed to continue questioning an FBI agent in connection with their lawsuit accusing the federal government of violating her privacy.

Republicans in the House will take on President Barack Obama with a Nov. 5 vote on overriding his veto of an annual defense budget bill that includes military pay and benefits.

Watch out for the men in blue and gray this weekend. They’ll be back in town, where Union and Confederate soldiers whiled away many an hour during the Civil War.

When the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program was canceled in June 1969 before the Air Force could launch a single astronaut into space, Robert Crippen was devastated.

An Iranian-American engineer has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for trying to send sensitive U.S. military documents to Iran as part of his application to teach at state-run universities.

A retired Army captain from Fort Carson set to receive the Medal of Honor next month says it will never truly be his. "I don't feel really comfortable with it," he said. "But it gives me a chance to talk about the four guys that were lost and their families."

“It doesn’t go away … even after 32 years,” says retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Dan Joy, crossing his arms.

“It doesn’t go away … even after 32 years,” retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Dan Joy said. There are nights when he can’t sleep so he goes to the Beirut Memorial just to “stare at those names.”

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says a onetime bodyguard for former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been killed while fighting in Syria.

Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere. Locals and tourists were either hunkering down or trying to make last-minute escapes ahead of what forecasters called a "potentially catastrophic landfall" later in the day.

Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler, a U.S. special operations soldier, was killed Thursday during a raid to free captives from an Islamic State-controlled prison in northern Iraq, the Department of Defense confirmed.

The case arises from the e-mail investigation that revealed the affair behind the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus. The plaintiffs are Jill Kelley, a former honorary consul who became known to the world as the Bayshore Boulevard socialite and friend of top military leaders, along with her husband Scott, a surgical oncologist.

Muslim prayers at a major Jerusalem shrine, which has been the epicenter of weeks of unrest, ended peacefully Friday after Israel lifted restrictions on the entry of worshippers in an apparent bid to ease tensions.

Ray Hotta racked up 149 yards on 20 carries, Henrik Olsson added 78 yards on five attempts and Sho Hatakeyama returned an interception 98 yards for a score.

The increase, which coincides with similar trends in the civilian population, suggests troops are engaging in riskier sexual behavior, such as casual encounters fueled by the rise of Internet dating, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center said in a monthly report on communicable diseases.

Egyptian authorities arrested a senior leader and financier of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the interior ministry said Friday, the latest in the country's security crackdown on Islamists.

U.S. Army Europe plans to move units into Hungary Monday as it expands its presence in eastern Europe beyond the Baltics and Poland.

The victory came hours after the Samurai learned that they’ll get a seventh game this season, instead of concluding the campaign on Friday.

Japan’s Finance Ministry says the country should stop picking up the tab for labor costs at entertainment facilities — such as bowling alleys and movie theaters — on U.S. military installations, Jiji Press reported Thursday.

Serbia and Croatia agreed Friday to ease the flow of migrants over the border between the countries after thousands of people, including children, were forced to spend the night out in the open in near-freezing temperatures along a muddy border passage.