Новости за 17.02.2016

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Germany revived calls Wednesday for a no-fly zone in northern Syria — an idea that once might have greatly helped the beleaguered rebels and protected civilians from bombardment but now is more complicated, dangerous and unlikely due to Russia's air campaign supporting President Bashar Assad.

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A suicide hotline operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs allowed crisis calls to go into voicemail, and callers did not always receive immediate assistance, according to a report by the agency's internal watchdog.

Parts of the Iraqi Army's 15th division, a unit of around 1,000 soldiers, have moved into Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days, according to a senior U.S. military official.

Iraqi officials say Islamic State militants shot down a military helicopter west of Baghdad, killing both crew members.

The statuettes for the upcoming Academy Awards will be based on an original Oscar from 1929.

A teenager, honored as a military child of the year, died in a Missouri crash. State officials say his Jeep ran off the right side of the road, struck a culvert, became airborne and overturned. He apparently had been headed home from a program for high-schoolers interested in a career in the medical field.

At least five people died and 10 others were injured in a large explosion in the Turkish capital on Wednesday, believed to have been caused by a car bomb, Ankara's governor said.

The U.S. airstrike over the weekend of another Islamic State financial site has increased the estimated amount of cash destroyed into the “hundreds of millions,” according to Col. Steve Warren, the Baghdad-based spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that it's in Germany's national interest for Britain to remain in the European Union, and she also pressed her fellow European leaders to work with Turkey to curb the migrant influx.

The symbols on the P-51 Mustang are familiar to anyone who has seen World War II fighter planes up close. A marking on the side for each enemy aircraft shot down. Seven swastikas, a rising sun, Italian fasces. And an American flag. That one gets your attention.

A broad public debate about the use of cyberweapons has yet to happen, however, although every modern society is vulnerable to attacks on its critical infrastructure, says Alex Gibney, an Academy Award-winning documentary maker who spent years investigating the Stuxnet case for his new film, "Zero Days."

An employee appeals board has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate a fired medical center director found to have ignored patient abuse, though the board upheld the charges against her.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday renewed her proposal for a no-fly zone in Syria where civilians would be protected, a suggestion that was promptly rebuffed by Moscow that said it can only be done with the Syrian government's consent.

The U.N. envoy to Libya is urging its parliament to endorse a unity government in order to bring the country together and combat an increasingly powerful Islamic State affiliate.

A twin bombing that killed 58 people at a camp in a northeastern Nigerian town last week underlies the destructive capacity of Boko Haram that's left 3 million people cut off from access to aid two months after President Muhammadu Buhari said the Islamist militant group had been defeated.

Jihadis used armored vehicles in the attack on the United Nations mission in northern Mali that killed at least seven peacekeepers last week, a spokeswoman for the mission said Tuesday.

Thousands of Kosovo opposition supporters called for the government to resign Wednesday on the eighth anniversary of the country's declaration of independence, accusing it of violating the constitution in reaching deals with Serbia and Montenegro.

The United Nations said Tuesday it has confirmed four new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against minors by U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic.

Britain's defense secretary paid tribute to fallen British veterans on a visit Tuesday to the contested Falkland Islands and said the election of a new government in Argentina could open the door for better relations between the countries.

Both sides fight dirty whenever they think it’s to their advantage. The stakes are too high to do otherwise.

It was the mystery of the 2016 presidential campaign: Why wasn’t Jeb Bush, who seemed a shoo-in for the Republican nomination and has the resources to go all the way, doing better in polls and primaries? In North Charleston, S.C., on Monday night, I got my answer.

As a combat veteran, Mark Spencer understands the critical role that relationships play in helping servicemembers recover from trauma, so he founded Patriot Outdoors Adventures to provide excursions in outdoor settings that create a soothing environment.