Новости за 12.12.2015

The littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee, the Navy's newest ship that was commissioned in Milwaukee in November, broke down at sea Friday and had to be towed more than 40 nautical miles to a base in Little Creek, Va., the Navy Times reported.

John Cantlie, the Briton taken hostage in Syria in November 2012 who became the star of nine of the group’s propaganda videos late last year and early this year, has disappeared again — baffling hostage recovery investigators familiar with his case.

President Vladimir Putin ordered defense chiefs to strengthen Russia’s strategic nuclear forces amid rising tensions with the U.S. over the global balance of power.

Their opponents have most assuredly taken notice, most recently Osan, which fell 87-53 Saturday with Josh Scott leading the way with 21 points.

The Oregon Lottery had a winner. But for more than three months, the $6.4 million jackpot went unclaimed. Then, on Dec. 1, an Iraqi man walked into the lottery office in Portland asking for his money. Lottery officials weren’t sure what to do.

The brother of San Bernardino killer Tashfeen Malik said members of his family in Saudi Arabia are devastated by the attack last week that left 14 people dead and several wounded. “It’s a disaster for our life,” said Saad Gulzar Malik, who lives in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, where his sister spent part of her life before moving to the United States in 2014.

President Obama supports the right of Muslim Americans to celebrate religious holidays, the White House said Friday. He just can't give them the day off. Responding to a petition on the White House's "We the People" site, the White House declined to declare federal holidays for the Muslim holy days of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.

The United States has about 15,475 combat troops deployed to fight the war on terror, about 2,650 more troops than six months ago.

Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Major was 10 months into his first deployment in Iraq with the Third Armored Division, having recently returned from a two-week leave back in Baltimore.

Some 21 people were found shot dead in a neighborhood of Burundi's capital Saturday, a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations elsewhere.

A Pakistani woman's role as a shooter in the San Bernardino massacre is raising fears that foreign-born brides who support the Islamic State group could marry Americans to come to the U.S. to carry out extremist missions.

The son of a Somali singer and political activist gunned down by Al-Shabab operatives last year is suing an international money-transfer company with ties to Minnesota for allegedly paying a bounty on her life.

Dave Pilipovich stepped to the upper level overlooking Mitchell Hall this week and made his pitch to 4,000 dining cadets.

According to Terri Marts, Senior Vice President with AECOM, more than $5,800 in toys were collected to be donated to local families of United States Marine Corps veterans.

Storylines galore grace the 116th Army-Navy football game. Looming above all else is Navy's record winning streak, which stands at 13 games. Ten straight classes of football seniors have graduated from Annapolis without experiencing a loss to the archrival.

Polling stations opened their doors Saturday for the first female voters in Saudi Arabia's history in landmark elections that marked another step at reforms in a country that still imposes strict rules such as ban on women driving.

Sen. Roy Blunt said he needs to review whether states, offering incentives to keep or attract military installations, is in the national interest.

Taliban militants killed six people, including two foreigners, in the siege of a Spanish embassy guesthouse that began Friday night and lasted into early Saturday morning, an Afghan police official said.

Thanks to the Buddy Smith Home, homeless veterans in the Fort Smith area have a place to live and a way reintegrate into society.

When Wreaths Across America founder Morrill Worcester turned on the radio Friday morning, he heard news that the U.S. terrorist threat levels were the highest they’ve been since 9/11. “How ironic,” he said after arriving at the Pentagon to lay 184 wreaths in honor of those who died at the Arlington site 14 years ago.

When Wreaths Across America founder Morrill Worcester turned on the radio Friday morning, he heard news that the U.S. terrorist threat levels were the highest they’ve been since 9/11. “How ironic,” he said after arriving at the Pentagon to lay 184 wreaths in honor of those who died at the Arlington site 14 years ago.

A U.S. man was charged Friday with tweeting threats against FBI agents after the arrest of a friend on charges of conspiring to help the Islamic State group, and authorities allege the man had hopes himself of traveling to Syria.