Новости за 14.04.2016

A military vehicle has overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike, leaving at least four soldiers injured. Two are in critical condition.

Secretary of State John Kerry says that under U.S. military rules of engagement, the Navy ship that was buzzed by Russian military jets in the Baltic Sea this week could have opened fire.

Veteran advocates and House lawmakers rallied Thursday on Capitol Hill to oppose cuts to the Post 9/11 GI Bill that they say would break a “sacred” trust.

The House advanced a proposal Thursday to try and stop the government from indefinitely detaining or executing Arizona citizens without due process, despite criticisms the bill defies what is allowed under the Constitution.

Unlike most European countries, the Czech Republic has lacked a one-word version of its name in foreign languages. Now, the country is set to use the name Czechia in English, Tschechien in German or Tchequie in French," translations of "Cesko" in Czech.

Canada on Thursday introduced a new assisted suicide law that will apply only to citizens and residents, meaning Americans won't be able to travel to Canada to die.

At least nine people were killed and more than 800 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan, the government's chief spokesman said Friday.

The Pentagon is considering a version of the NFL's "Rooney Rule" to diversify its officer corps, a proposal that has already raised internal concerns about its legality, according to documents obtained by USA Today.

The surveillance aircraft potentially exposed in the espionage case are America's high-tech "eyes in the sky" in the western Pacific.

Real-life military interaction between the U.S. and Philippines generally involves relief efforts after natural disasters, such as the devastating super typhoon Haiyan of 2013. But the Philippine armed forces have been battling insurgencies in the country’s southern region for years, particularly in Mindanao, and lessons learned at the annual Balikatan exercise have real-time resonance for this nation’s troops.

The FBI was there. The Department of Homeland Security was there. So were staffers from dozens of nightlife spots and restaurants. The message: You know those terrorists who want to attack Washington? Forget the Capitol. Next time, they might come for your happy hour.

A panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs ignored “plain language” of a 2010 statute meant to protect VA-enrolled veterans from out-of-pocket costs when forced to use non-VA emergency medical care.

A squadron of Marine electronic-warfare aircraft deployed to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to join the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military said Thursday.

The Navy’s top officer will ultimately decide if the latest encounter between Russian jets and a U.S. warship rise to a violation of the two navies’ agreement on conduct at sea.

Ambassadors to Libya from France, Britain and Spain arrived in the capital Tripoli on Thursday, reiterating the international community's support for the new, U.N.-brokered unity government and pledging to reopen embassies closed two years ago because of the fighting.

The Israeli military says prosecutors have announced their intention to file a manslaughter charge against a soldier who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in the head.

The Israeli military says it has dismissed a transgender teenager who objected to joining the army on ideological grounds.

The U.S. is deploying nine aircraft and hundreds of U.S. troops and special operators to at least seven bases in the Philippines as part of a new, regular presence there, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Thursday.

Angry over lack of progress to resolve one of the highest-profile mass kidnappings in the world, Nigerians marched in their country's major cities on Thursday to demand the safe return of girls who were abducted by Boko Haram extremists two years ago from a school in Chibok.

The Navy has identified the sailor who disappeared Saturday from the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall as Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor KayJean Machado, a gunners mate.

Seeking to better integrate the 1.1 million asylum-seekers who arrived last year, Germany's governing parties agreed Thursday to get newcomers into the workforce faster, promote broader German language skills and prevent migrant ghettos from forming in big cities.

European Union lawmakers approved Thursday a scheme to share airline passenger information that nations hope to use to track foreign fighters travelling to and from conflict areas like Syria and who might pose a danger in Europe.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday that the violent influence of the Islamic State group could be emboldening militants in the southern Philippines who last week killed 18 Filipino troops.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck southern Japan on Thursday, causing some damage but there was no danger of a tsunami.