Новости за 26.01.2016

The American body politic is in a state of toxic shock in the days before real voting commences in the presidential primaries.

Iraq's 72nd Brigade was slowly moving through a live-fire exercise recently under the watchful eyes of U.S., Spanish and British coalition trainers when things began to go wrong.

When actor John Mahoney sat down to fill out his ballot for this year's Oscar nominations, he did what he always does. The 75-year-old longtime academy member, known for his work in films such as "Say Anything ... " and as the lovably gruff dad on the sitcom "Frasier," simply chose what he believed were the best performances, regardless of the color of the actor's skin.

The Obama administration is loosening the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba with a new round of regulations allowing American companies to sell to Cuba on credit and export a limited number of products to the Cuban government, officials said Tuesday.

Multiple bombings struck a government-run checkpoint in the central Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over a hundred amid intense political jockeying ahead of U.N.-backed peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva on Friday.

The Kurds urgently need financial help for munitions and weapons, as well as food, clothes, boots, transportation and medicine for their fighters.

The Bahrain International Airshow drew more exhibitors and visitors and resulted in more orders than the 2014 show, officials said after the thee-day event concluded.

The Bahrain International Airshow drew more exhibitors and visitors and resulted in more orders than the 2014 show, officials said after the thee-day event concluded.

Is there a fundamental difference between war fought for reasons of belief and war fought out of self-interest? Is one more primitive than the other, or morally superior?

Military authorities responded Tuesday to a report of gunshots at a building on the campus Naval Medical Center San Diego.

Authorities found no gunman or signs of a shooting on Tuesday after receiving a report from a Department of Defense employee that shots had been heard at one of the nation's largest Naval medical facilities.

A cat named Hemi is back with his owner, who drove 1,700 miles from North Dakota to retrieve his lost-and-found pet.

President Obama has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to significantly curtail the use of solitary confinement — including an outright ban on the use of restrictive housing for juvenile prisoners.

Jorge Ramon Hernandez, the bodybuilding exsoldier who spearheaded the largest synthetic drug ring in Miami history, pleaded guilty on Monday alongside seven associates.

Russia’s re-emergence as the top security threat in Europe demands a fresh examination of how American power is deployed on the Continent, where a steady post-Cold War drawdown has left the military undermanned.

Chinese President Xi Jinping covered a lot of ground in his first swing through the Middle East, announcing $55 billion in aid and giving a speech to the Arab League in which he vowed not to seek proxies, a thinly veiled jab at U.S. history in the region.

Walking through the aisles lined with letters from Korea, canteens carried in World War II and a blood-stained uniform worn in Iraq, the stories flow freely. They talk of parachuting into enemy territory, storming the beaches of France and crawling through tunnels dug by the Viet Cong. The stories told by white-haired, bespectacled veterans fill the corners of the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives created in their honor.

Pope Francis held talks with Iran's president at the Vatican Tuesday, calling on Tehran to play a key role in stopping the spread of terrorism as Iran tries to improve its image in the global arena following an agreement on its nuclear program.

After years of lingering behind its neighbors on the path to EU membership, Bosnia's president has announced his country will apply for EU membership in mid-February.

A Hampden native who has been tapped to lead the Maine Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing said Monday it's like he has been preparing for the role for most of his life.

Iraq's urgent need for more police officers to secure neighborhoods in Ramadi and other cities freed from Islamic State control is expected to be a priority of Defense Secretary Ash Carter's when he meets next month with allies in Brussels, Defense officials said Monday.

Pakistani authorities have closed all the schools in the country's largest province, Punjab, following an alert over possible militant attacks.

Russia on Tuesday argued strongly against Turkey's demand to keep a leading Kurdish group out of Syrian peace talks, and said it expects the U.N. envoy to resist "blackmail" by Turkey and others, reflecting sharp differences that remain ahead of the talks.

Ten Afghan policemen were killed in an apparent insider attack at a remote checkpoint by an officer who then deserted and joined the Taliban, officials said Tuesday.

Up to $10 million will be available for upgrades in equipment and infrastructure at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, a good sign as the facility retools for the next generation of Abrams tanks.