Новости за 04.11.2015

Mike Rieker survived the Vietnam War, where he was a Navy seaman serving aboard river boats. It was dangerous work that claimed the lives of 11 of his closest friends. But Rieker could not survive the Department of Veterans Affairs claims processing system.

A newly formed group of U.S.-backed Syrian rebels has driven Islamic State militants out of an expansive region in northeast Syria, a U.S. spokesman in Baghdad said Wednesday. “The Syrian Arab Coalition really fought with valor,” Army Col. Steve Warren said Wednesday during a video conference at the Pentagon. “They really showed us something here, and we’re pleased by that.”

The Defense Department’s use of “paid patriotism” at sporting events went far beyond a few NFL franchises and included money doled out to dozens of professional football, baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey teams, according an investigation by Congress released Wednesday.

Where to go when 53 years of action-scene set pieces have exhausted seemingly every exotic corner of the Earth? How much globe can a globe-trotter trot?

For an hour, NATO allies attacked on land and from the air with an impressive array of aircraft, fighting vehicles and troops. More than 1,100 troops from several NATO countries launched a complex attack on a small dusty village to engage a fictitious foe and rescue hostages.

South Korea plans to purchase 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters to bolster its defense against North Korea, defense officials said Wednesday.

A strong or increased presence of secularism isn’t the damaging threat to society so many continually claim it to be.

President Barack Obama says he doesn’t want to turn the Syria conflict into a proxy war. Unfortunately, that’s already happening, as combatants join the battle against the Islamic State with radically differing agendas that could collide.

The Republican presidential candidates’ three debates have been sometimes compelling, often contentious and always amusing.

Of presidents and pretenders, we should ask more.

Israel police say a Palestinian was shot and killed after he rammed his vehicle into an officer in the West Bank, the latest attack in over a month of violence.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein will visit the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday as it passes through the South China Sea and conducts routine operations.

The presidents of China and Taiwan are meeting this weekend for the first time since the Chinese revolution ended in 1949, with the once-bitter Cold War foes testing years of rapidly warming ties.

Hawaii's first satellite crashed back down to Earth shortly after liftoff when a rocket failed.

An Afghan official says that an American drone has crashed in the mountains south of the capital, Kabul.

Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed rebels in the east of the country are threatening to stop the ongoing weapons withdrawal if their positions continue to come under attack.

The 26-year career of a Navy officer is in question after he willfully disobeyed a superior commissioned officer.

The Japanese government gifted Vietnam with two used ships Tuesday, continuing an effort to help the Southeast Asian nation beef up its maritime security amid heightened tensions with China.

Former servicemembers are highly trainable, self-motivated, comfortable navigating ambiguous situations and can bring much-needed team orientation and collaboration to the IT industry.

A new champion will be crowned Thursday in the Far East High School Division II Girls Volleyball Tournament.

Police in Rhineland-Pfalz warned dog owners Wednesday to be on the lookout for possibly poisoned meatballs in the Kaiserslautern suburb of Katzweiler.

The Pentagon has suspended indefinitely an “operational exercise” of the troubled missile defense system called JLENS, whose giant, radar-carrying blimps were intended to help safeguard the skies over Washington.

Task Group 152’s commander joined U.S. Navy officials in hoping that this goodwill visit would build trust between the two nations despite some recent tension.

ASEAN defense ministers canceled the signing ceremony for the joint statement they traditionally issue at the end of their annual summit, with U.S. officials saying China successfully pressured some to remain silent on its aggressive buildup in the South China Sea.