Новости за 25.11.2015

“Star Wars Battlefront” follows a well-worn path for the venerable franchise. If you remember the trio of movies made infamous by Jar Jar Binks, you know the story. News of a new installment is greeted with cheers, but reality fails to live up to expectations when the product hits the screen.

The pilot in one of the most iconic air battle photographs of World War II wonders whether the Pentagon really thought things through before naming the current air campaign to destroy Islamic State oil Operation Tidal Wave II.

A U.S. airstrike that killed 30 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz was caused largely by human error, and those most closely involved have been suspended, the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

For Staff Sgt. Steven Daughtrey, a three-month deployment to this swampy base on NATO’S eastern edge has been one of adaptation.

Since the end of World War II, Dick Graff has found purpose sharing his vivid recollections to thousands of school children during classroom visits and talking about war and the meaning of being thankful. "Maybe that's why the good Lord has seen fit to give me so many more sunrises — to keep talking to the kids," he said.

The Saudi state does appear to have thrown its weight behind the fight against the Islamic State, with considerable amounts of funds and resources going to projects designed to counter terrorism and extremism. But is it enough?

The Saudi state does appear to have thrown its weight behind the fight against the Islamic State, with considerable amounts of funds and resources going to projects designed to counter terrorism and extremism. But is it enough?

I come not to mock Ben Carson for forgetting that Thomas Jefferson was in France when the Constitution and Bill of Rights were drafted, but to thank him for (unwittingly) raising the topic. My thesis is this: We should be thankful Jefferson was away.

The worries of some Clinton insiders are focused on the general election. There is an “enthusiasm gap.” She doesn’t excite important constituencies: young people, independents, possibly even minority voters.

Talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus have made further progress and the island's rival leaders are confident remaining issues can be resolved soon, a U.N. envoy said Wednesday.

The Marine Corps has awarded contracts to BAE Systems and SAIC as the finalists to build the Corps' new amphibious assault vehicle.

A U.S. airstrike that killed 30 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz was caused largely by human error, and those most closely involved have been suspended, the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

The body of a suspected suicide bomber was found at the scene of an attack on Tunisia's presidential guard, and the Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for the attack that left 13 people dead.

Across the United States, towns have honored their soldiers and fallen soldiers in different ways – sometimes small or sometimes with large monuments. They are permanent markers in towns across the country that only locals know of but wandering tourists could easily miss.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered state-of-the art air defense missile systems to be deployed at a Russian air base in Syria following the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey, a move that raised the threat of a military confrontation between the NATO member and Russia.

Brazilian police have arrested the government's leader in the Senate for allegedly obstructing the investigation into a corruption scandal at state-owned oil company Petrobras.

It’s hard to imagine that someone would put the country at greater risk for personal political benefit. But that’s exactly what Trump has been doing.

Governments around the world seeking to strengthen their defenses against terrorism are threatening to revoke the citizenship of those joining the Islamic State or other militant groups training in the Middle East for global jihad.

Donald Trump is still on top of the polls — defiantly, loudly, implausibly on top, even after saying things that would doom any candidate in a normal year.

U.S. European Command on Wednesday lifted travel restrictions to Paris, the day before a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend for military personnel.

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving to commemorate the feast by Pilgrim settlers and their Native American guests in 1621 when the small band of English colonists gave thanks for surviving their first year in their new American home.

The Kremlin sharpened its accusations Wednesday in the wake of Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane, as Moscow's top diplomat called the incident a "planned provocation" that has dealt a blow to already fragile relations with NATO.

Poland's new conservative government has shut down the website of a state investigation into the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski, reopening debate over the disaster.

If the first casualty of war is the truth, maybe the second is common sense. Before abandoning part of the European Union’s most popular achievement — freedom of movement — let’s think it through.

A man not authorized to be on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base drove through a security gate and made his way inside a building on foot before he was taken into custody, according to base officials.