Новости за 03.04.2016

With the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line on March 26, the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu have finally been linked by bullet train — 43 years after plans for a national high-speed rail network were first laid out in 1973.

An agreement between the European Union and Turkey to deport migrants currently on Greek islands back to the Turkish mainland is to take effect Monday morning, but the operation is threatened by a shortage of personnel.

Iraqi forces say they have taken the northern edge of the Islamic State group held town of Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, after hundreds of roadside bombs littering the surrounding area slowed progress for days.

Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio governor who's only won his home state so far shouldn't be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he has no chance of being the nominee.

An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, killing two Amtrak workers and sending more than 30 passengers to hospitals, authorities said.

Michael Kraft's three younger siblings leaned on him, almost as a father, after the death of their dad, a World War II veteran, in 1959. In early 1967, Michael was deployed quite suddenly to Vietnam. He died there.

Michael Kraft's three younger siblings leaned on him, almost as a father, after the death of their dad, a World War II veteran, in 1959. In early 1967, Michael was deployed quite suddenly to Vietnam. He died there.

The AFNWC is responsible for ICBM (intercontinental ballistic systems) and air-delivered systems (bombs and missiles from aircraft). That responsibility endures through the entire cycle of a weapons system — acquisition, sustainment, modernization and, finally, disposal.

Chad Jukes and Thomas Charles "Charlie" Linville want to defy their disabilities in the most extreme way — by climbing Mount Everest within the next two months. They could be the first combat amputees to reach that summit.

Nearly four months after a staff sergeant was separated from his military working dog in Afghanistan, the soldier was reunited with the Belgian Malinois at the police department where it had been adopted.

While their college peers relaxed on ski slopes and beaches, scores of Air Force Academy cadets spent spring break with shovels and hammers.

Austrian police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the closure of Europe's borders to migrants.

The head of the French national rail service says that train marshals, armed and allowed to use their weapons, will be patrolling some passenger trains, one of a series of new security measures.

An Ohio family handcuffed and held at gunpoint during a 2014 visit to the National Air Force Museum is suing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base security officers alleging civil rights violations.

To prepare his family for his death, Jim Northrup has made a list of potential tombstone epitaphs. They include: “Here’s one deadline I didn’t miss” and “Hey, I can see up your dress from here.”

Congress is considering a bill that would create a special “atomic veteran” designation for the men and women who worked to clean up nuclear waste from a South Pacific atoll nearly 40 years ago, a move that Maine veteran Paul Laird says was a long time coming.

A federal prosecutor may file a racketeering lawsuit against a Roman Catholic diocese where a state grand jury found two former bishops helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 clergy over a 40-year period.

Central African Republic's newly elected president has appointed his campaign manager as the country's prime minister.

The TSA Academy in Georgia is Transportation Security Administrator Peter V. Neffenger's response to several incidents last year that raised questions about the professionalism and effectiveness of his officers.

Donald Trump said in an interview that economic conditions are so perilous that the country is headed for a "very massive recession" and that "it's a terrible time right now" to invest in the stock market, embracing a distinctly gloomy view of the economy that counters mainstream economic forecasts.

A massive fire raged at a former headquarters of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow on Sunday before it was brought under control several hours later.

Edwin Shifrin's family knew he successfully escaped from a Nazi prison camp during World War II, but it wasn't until one of his children started digging into his wartime past that they learned the details of the clever escape.

Authorities say an Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia, and some injuries are being reported.

A government-sponsored committee is recommending standards that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones and other uses not yet possible, The Associated Press has learned.

An Islamic State affiliate in Saudi Arabia says its militants detonated two explosive devices in front of a police station in the city of al-Dalam, setting fire to three police vehicles.