Новости за 16.05.2016

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is waiting to see whether Congress uses war funds in the 2017 defense budget before he decides to recommend that the president veto it, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said Monday.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee this week will try to strip language from legislation he oversees that would require women to register for the draft, blaming himself for not stopping the proposal from getting in the bill in the first place.

The Navy has released new video of two Russian jets buzzing the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea last month, as well as video of a Russian helicopter circling the destroyer.

A public spat between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister has exposed a simmering rift between Israel's security establishment and its hard-line government, pitting the Israeli leader in a risky showdown.

Tom Wilson feels a special affinity for Lance Sijan. Both were military pilots shot down by their enemies. Both were captured and held captive as prisoners of war, though different wars on different continents.

Julie Wilkinson and the rest of her family set out to learn about Louis Ciccotti's service in World War II, which led to the posthumous award of a Silver Star at a ceremony sponsored by the Veterans' Legacy Foundation Sunday.

Five years have passed since the Navy transferred all its personnel and aircraft from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to other military bases around the country.

When he’s in the middle of making a movie, Seth Rogen doesn’t like to talk about the possibility of a sequel - even in jest. Why jinx things?

A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation's first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs.

OxyContin’s stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. OxyContin is a chemical cousin of heroin, and when it doesn’t last, patients can experience excruciating symptoms of withdrawal, including an intense craving for the drug.

Citations for two Navy Crosses and more than 100 Silver Star medals awarded secretly to Navy SEALs and a Marine for “extraordinary heroism” in the last 15 years reflect the fierce battles that have been fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to records obtained by USA Today.

China on Monday said landlocked Afghanistan has expressed support for Beijing's stance on the South China Sea dispute, the latest country from outside the region to line up behind China's calls for bilateral talks on the issue.

U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump says he may have a poor relationship with Prime Minister David Cameron in light of the British leader's criticism of Trump's call for all Muslims to be temporarily banned from entering the United States.

The military could not have done more the stop the Benghazi terrorist attacks as they unfolded, the former chief counsel for the House Benghazi investigation said on multiple occasions, according to panel Democrats.

A second round of investigative hearings into the sinking of the freighter El Faro starts Monday and will seek new information about the vessel's stability and whether there were mistakes in weather forecasting or cargo loading before the ship's final voyage.

Work to upgrade Rome's public transport has again run up against an ancient problem: archaeological ruins.

The discovery of a fake bomb inside Old Trafford brought embarrassment and potentially a $4 million bill to Manchester United, raising serious questions about the security arrangements in place at one of the world's biggest sports teams.

As top diplomats begin meeting on bringing peace to Libya, Germany's foreign minister says it is too early to say whether talks will succeed in moving toward that goal.

A Turkish news agency says Turkish shelling and air strikes by the U.S.-led military coalition killed 27 Islamic State militants in Syria.

A United Nations envoy for human rights has criticized the European Union's response to the refugee crisis as showing a "lack of vision," operating under legal ambiguity, and backing the detention of newly arrived migrants in Greece.

In a political year notable for its rancor, the Senate is finding a rare bit of harmony when it comes to its spending work.

The Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf has threatened to execute one of two foreign hostages on June 13 unless a ransom worth 600 million pesos ($13 million) is paid.