Новости за 17.05.2016

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Tuesday that Egypt's relations with Israel, rooted in a landmark 1979 peace treaty, can only be "warmer" if his country's former enemy reached a settlement with the Palestinians and pledged that Cairo would "make every effort" toward a solution.

A Libyan militia spokesman says militias from the western city of Misrata are battling Islamic State militants and have seized vital checkpoints after a brief takeover by the IS.

Syrian rebels and government forces exchanged prisoners and dead fighters Tuesday near the divided city of Aleppo, the scene of some of the country's fiercest fighting in recent months.

The Yemeni foreign minister on Tuesday announced the suspension of peace talks held in Kuwait with Shiite rebels after weeks of no progress, saying the rebels refuse to accept the legitimacy of the country's internationally-recognized president.

Uganda's long-time president promoted his son to a two-star general, bolstering speculation that the son is being groomed to succeed his father.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton promised Puerto Ricans on Tuesday that his wife Hillary Clinton will fight for equal treatment of the economically struggling U.S. territory if she's elected president.

House Republican leaders want to strip language from a defense policy bill requiring women to register for the draft, employing a maneuver to prevent members from having to cast and up-or-down vote on the politically contentious issue.

One night a few years ago, director Bryan Singer was at the Saddle Ranch Chop House in Los Angeles, half-drunk, having a good time when a dark cinematic vision popped into his head.

The late Command Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley, a legend in the U.S. Army and famously depicted by the actor Sam Elliott in the Vietnam War movie "We Were Soldiers," is under review by Army officials for having worn unauthorized combat and valor awards, according to a report on Military.com.

If you've ever played the mobile video game Angry Birds, you might have found yourself wondering -- why am I sling-shotting cartoon birds at grinning green pigs? Why are these birds so angry? What have the pigs done to deserve this destruction? "Angry Birds," the movie, is here to fill in that backstory, to answer the questions that may or may not have been asked, and provide motivation for the avian rage. The film, directed by Clay Kittis and Fergal Reilly, from a screenplay by "Simpsons" writer Jon Vitti... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Navy is remembering the 29th anniversary of the Iraqi attack on the 3,900-ton guided-missile frigate USS Stark.

Shane Black films are unmistakably Shane Black films, with crackling dialogue, relentless action, and tough guys cut from a decidedly retro cloth. In "The Nice Guys," which he directed, and co-wrote with Anthony Bagarozzi, that cloth is the kind of polyester that might make up a late-'70s leisure suit. While Black's films are always deeply influenced by his appreciation for pulp noir detective fiction, "The Nice Guys," is one of the purest expressions of Black's aesthetic, a bloody, hilarious, convoluted mystery that's as funny as it's dark. Читать дальше...

The 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment will move from an area near North Korea this summer, becoming “the vanguard” for a massive relocation of U.S. forces to regional hubs south of Seoul, an Army spokesman said Tuesday.

How drunk is too drunk to consent to sex? According to military training aimed at preventing sexual harassment and assault, the answer has been: barely tipsy.

They are all here to heal. Or to try. Or to do something. Because anything is better than what they have now — one partner traumatized by war, the other overwhelmed by how much falls on them and how little they understand.

House and Senate Republicans are at odds over how to allocate war spending, all but guaranteeing a showdown later this year over how to fund defense programs and keep military campaigns going in Afghanistan, Iraq and against the Islamic State.

A 4.3 percent cut in National Guard troops across the country will result in the loss of about 120 positions in Maine over the next three years.

Sadly, when it comes to Obamacare, judicial overreach has become par for the course.

If Bob Hope can be stripped of this kind of legacy, think of the other highly recognizable luminaries who might have their names replaced on the side of airports, courtesy of rebranding. Is no one safe?

The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site and without asking for permission from relevant authorities, an American heritage organization and a top Syrian archaeologist said Tuesday.

Buckling under conservative pressure, the Republican-led House Rules Committee pulled a legislative sleight of hand and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required women between the ages of 18 and 25 to sign up for a military draft.

The Obama administration on Tuesday eased its targeted sanctions on Myanmar after its peaceful transition to a democratically elected government.

Lawmakers will take another shot this week at allowing doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana, reigniting a smoldering debate over veteran access to the drug.

Two Navy SEALs received Silver Star medals in secret after the April 2003 rescue of Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch in Iraq, records obtained by USA Today show, although an expert on military commendations called the citations the possible result of "a race to submit recommendations before the end of perceived combat operations."

Only 21 percent of Americans believe the country is on the right track, while 68 percent say the wrong track. You want more of this?