Новости за 17.04.2016

The U.S. has to take a harder stance against Saudi Arabia and its support of the kind of fundamentalist ideology that drives Islamic State and al-Qaida, Bernie Sanders said Sunday.

A sponge-like material made with stainless steel could make body armor lighter and stronger.

The reports delivered to U.S. Sen. Bob Corker and other lawmakers last week were blunt in their assessment of the fight against the Islamic State and terrorism.

Each year, the imaginary nation of Berylia is summoned into existence solely to have its simulated computer networks pummeled by an elite team of hackers. But the Berylians are not left undefended in the face of the onslaught. A NATO-backed center in Estonia invites military teams from across the alliance to come to its aid — and next week a small detachment of Maryland National Guard airmen will help staff the digital ramparts.

Over the course of the average woman’s lifetime she will earn less income than her male counterpart. And most of that gap can be explained by her individual choices, not some insidious patriarchical scheme to cheat women out of their due.

The presidential campaign is evidence enough that we live in a polarized environment. Do we need more lines in the sand, and fewer people talking and meeting with each other?

Air Force Research Laboratory work on key technologies in hypersonic air vehicles, directed-energy weapons and autonomy, or human-machine teaming, will be “game-changers” in a renewed Pentagon push to counter new threats around the globe, according to a top military commander.

Success in all such efforts will require sustained commitment, not just of our military forces, but also of the capabilities of other departments and agencies.

A Russian fighter flew within 50 feet of a U.S. reconnaissance plane flying over the Baltic Sea, barrel-rolling over the top of American RC-135 in dangerous maneuver that put the U.S. aircrew at risk, U.S. European Command said.

Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans' skepticism about what they read on social media.

Mexico's defense secretary formally apologized to the country Saturday for a video-recorded incident of torture involving two soldiers and a federal police officer. Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda addressed a sea of green-uniformed soldiers in a televised address that illustrated just how damaging the graphic torture video has been for the institution.

Millions of taxpayers face a midnight deadline Monday to file their tax returns, while millions of others will ask for more time —a six-month extension. There was a three-day delay beyond the traditional April 15 deadline Friday was a legal holiday in the District of Columbia.

When more than 800 people drowned last year on an overcrowded ship bound for Italy's southernmost isle of Lampedusa, the European Union deployed a round-the-clock flotilla that has saved thousands of lives on what remains one of the world's most perilous journeys.

In an extraordinary display of internal discord, the chairman of the Republican Party's rules committee accused top GOP officials Saturday of "a breach of our trust" by improperly trying to impede a proposed change in bylaws that would make it harder for party leaders to nominate a fresh candidate for president.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his country will never withdraw from the Golan Heights and the strategic plateau bordering Syria will forever stay in Israeli hands.

Oil-producing countries met Sunday in Qatar to discuss a possible freeze of production to counter low global prices, but Iran's decision to stay home could dilute the impact of any agreement.

Oil-producing countries met Sunday in Qatar to discuss a possible freeze of production to counter low global prices, but Iran's decision to stay home and hours of negotiations without an announced decision raised questions about the impact of any possible agreement.

The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, says residents of the Yarmouk camp have gone without food or water for more than a week.

The increased intelligence picture over Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State allows the Air Force to do more dynamic targeting – targets that were not part of a pre-planned air tasking order.

In January 1994, the EPA moved to add Wurtsmith to its National Priorities List, essentially making it a Superfund site -- the worst of the worst, most problematic contaminated sites in the U.S

The counter-intelligence section of 3rd Special Forces Group is assessing the situation to determine if there are any damages associated with the civilian's access.

It's a stretch of Gorst Creek that would be quite beautiful if the waterfalls weren't actually pouring from mounds of trash.

The depot sits behind a chain-link fence, empty, the houses boarded up. Some would think Point Molate is a white elephant.

Plans for two projects in the county have moved forward and at least 20 landowners have signed leases with Alterra Power Corp., a Canadian alternative energy company.

The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documented 600 civilian deaths and 1,343 cases of injury between Jan. 1 and March 31.