Новости за 05.12.2015

A triple suicide bombing Saturday at a market on an island in Lake Chad killed at least 15 people and injured 130, Chad's government said. A top police official blamed the carnage on Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.

As recent attacks in Paris, Mali, Colorado Springs and San Bernardino show, threats of terrorism and mass violence are all too real. But could your fear of such attacks be more deadly than the unlikely chance you will be physically hurt by terror? Recent research suggests the answer could be yes.

“The challenge the U.S. faces is that there are radical individuals who are being a lot more careful and it makes them virtually impossible to detect,” said Seth Jones, a terrorism analyst with the Rand Corp.

Is China’s anti-corruption campaign now turning on itself, like a snake eating its own tail?

The woman who carried out the San Bernardino massacre with her husband came to the U.S. last year on a special visa for fiances of U.S. citizens, raising questions about whether the process can adequately vet people who may sympathize with terrorist groups.

The 28-year-old U.S. Navy combat veteran had been swimming – and swimming. He had started June 6 at Itasca State Park, splashing down the Mississippi in a 2,552-mile paddle honoring families who have lost loved ones to war.

The 28-year-old U.S. Navy combat veteran had been swimming – and swimming. He had started June 6 at Itasca State Park, splashing down the Mississippi in a 2,552-mile paddle honoring families who have lost loved ones to war.

President Juan Manual Santos says he'll release more details on Saturday about the discovery of a Spanish galleon that was sunk more than 300 years ago with a large cargo of gold and precious stones aboard.

With Christmas weeks away and the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence showing no signs of abating, gloom has descended on the century-old Jacir Palace hotel in Bethlehem. The traditional Christmas party has been nixed, as empty tear gas canisters litter the street in front of the hotel.

Sophomore scores 34 points, with 23 rebounds and eight assists in two wins over Hohenfels.

"It was tough," Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Muir, said of his recent dunk tank water survival training. "There's no substitute for being put in the dunker and being turned upside down and having water up your nose and then having to find your way out."

he news that Tashfeen Malik, the woman suspected in the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings, was granted a fiancee visa and permanent U.S. residency raises new questions about the effectiveness of the screening process the U.S. relies on to prevent dangerous individuals from entering the country.

Future broadcast journalism students got another unique case study Friday when camera crews barged into the townhouse belonging to the now-dead suspects in the San Bernardino shooting.

A few days after two women became the first female soldiers to pass the Army's grueling Ranger School, a college junior in Vermont became a military pathfinder in her own right. And at first, she didn't even know it.

The president of Liberty University urged students at the Christian school to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack like the mass killings in San Bernardino, Calif.

Straining to cope with the influx, European countries are sharpening measures to stop the flow of refugees and migrants amid heightened security concerns following the Paris attacks last month.

The latest mass shooting prompted a sheriff in New York state to make a public proclamation: if you can legally carry a gun, then you should.

The man who took a tactical shotgun to an Irving mosque doesn’t want his group confused with the self-styled Ku Klux Klan chapter planning to rally in the same city.

High wind is once again threatening to keep space station supplies stuck on Earth.

It was a typical Saturday night at the Pepper Grill, a halal burger and Tex-Mex restaurant in the Parisian suburb of St.-Ouen-l’Aumone. Staff were busy serving customers when police in full body armor, carrying rifles and riot shields, poured into the sleek red dining room.

The White House reacted cautiously Friday to mounting evidence that the perpetrators of the San Bernardino shootings had links to overseas terrorist groups, as the fallout from the attack threatened to create new political problems for a president who has sought to reassure Americans that his policies will keep them safe.

An attorney for the family of one of the San Bernardino attackers cited conspiracy theories surrounding another mass shooting in trying to cast doubt on accounts of this week's attack. "There was a lot of questions drawn with regard to Sandy Hook and whether or not that was a real incident or not," he said.

Fortune struck Fouad Wawieh and his family while in Cairo. They were selected at random by the United Nations to be resettled in the United States, which accepts tens of thousands of refugees from around the world each year. They ended up in Pomona because a friend of a friend was living there. But lucky isn’t the same as easy.

Sophomore Eileen Dickinson posted the meet’s high score, with a 284 out of a possible 300 points, and teammates Kaila Jones, Macy Kimball, and Callum Funk comprised the rest of the meet’s top four scores.