Новости за 30.11.2015

A European Union envoy criticized Syria on Monday for "gaps and contradictions" in its declarations about its chemical weapons arsenal to the global watchdog overseeing the destruction of the toxic armaments.

Retired Vice Adm. Michael Miller has asked that his legacy not be marred by incidents a decade ago, before he led the Naval Academy.

Over the past 15 years, the United States has flown its wounded troops out of combat zones to hospitals around the globe. Yet according to a new, first-of-its-kind study conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, rapid air evacuation has the potential to cause more damage to those patients suffering from an extremely prevalent battlefield affliction — traumatic brain injury.

A representative of civil society groups says at least 30 people have died, including civilians, in clashes between rebels and Congo's military in the country's east.

Some 150 world leaders including President Barack Obama are joining U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday in kicking off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks near Paris, with organizers hoping the unprecedented high-level appearances will turbocharge the chances of reaching an ambitious deal to cut emissions that are warming the planet.

Iraq's military command has told civilians in the Islamic State-held Ramadi to leave the city, a sign that an operation may soon be underway to retake the provincial capital.

as the government marches toward a historic peace agreement with Colombia's main leftist insurgency, there is mounting national debate about whether the country still needs a big army — and conscription.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world on Sunday, calling on leaders to halt climate change on the eve of a major conference in Paris.

NATO members will consider new steps this week to avoid airspace confrontations with Moscow over Syria after Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane.

Stars and Stripes’ selection of the best Marine Corps photos of the week.

The last C-17 Globemaster III built at a Southern California Boeing plant soared into history on Sunday with a flyover that marked the end of an era for the region's once-thriving aerospace industry.

A look at the three people who were killed in a shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic.

Robert Lewis Dear told authorities "no more baby parts" after being arrested for the shooting of a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, according to a law enforcement official, part of a rambling statement that investigators are parsing to understand the reasoning behind an assault that left three dead.

To Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, the Gray Zone is a familiar place of ambiguity. It’s a place where the Islamic State operates. A place where Russia has taken on Ukraine. And it’s home to many other spots, hot, lukewarm or otherwise, around the globe.

Connecting with history can be tough for students who don't share life experience with those who lived long ago. But science teacher Brendan Gallagher with the Carroll County Career and Technology Center is hoping few will forget the experience of tending to a fellow students' blown-off limb or bullet wound with minimal supplies, part of a World War II-themed lesson in which students roleplay a medical officer of the era.

The training center, a satellite installation of Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Tacoma, has a full-time staff of about 100 soldiers. But the base is considered a remote assignment, meaning there’s no permanent on-base housing for staff and their families.

It took approximately 20 years to construct the Great Wall of China and 10 years to build the Panama Canal. In comparison, constructing the new control tower at Vance Air Force Base has not taken any time at all, though it doesn’t seem that way to those involved.

Iraqi forces backed by Iranian-trained militias and U.S. airtrikes have made significant progress in isolating Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province that Islamic State overran in May, according to Iraqi officials, local residents and Western military advisers.

For probably hundreds of years, seafaring miscreants endured a different kind of criminal justice than land-bound wrong-doers did, but that began changing after the United States’ first Naval prison was built on Mare Island in the 1860s.