Новости за 20.05.2016

A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues, according to the group's annual report. It also funded reporters and partnerships with other news outlets.

Rep. Janice Hahn remembers the story from her childhood. Her father, a Navy captain during World War II, received benefits under the GI Bill. Her uncle, Gordon Hahn, a lieutenant in the Merchant Marines, did not.

Donald Trump on Friday slammed Hillary Clinton as "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership that he said would leave Americans in high-crime areas unable to protect themselves. He also challenged Clinton to follow his lead and release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

A former U.S. Army explosive ordinance disposal officer was charged Friday with possessing grenades and other explosives in his Overland Park home.

The Mexican government has approved the extradition of drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, a decision aimed at delivering one of the world's most notorious criminals to the U.S. justice system to face a vast array of drug trafficking and organized crime charges.

Dragon boys, girls each looking to avenge losses to foes suffered earlier in season or tournament.

U.S.-coalition aircraft will “not collaborate or coordinate with the Russians” on any operations in Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday, downplaying a proposal to launch joint airstrikes there.

Falcons go into European tourney on a high note, while winless Bucs glad to wipe record clean.

The Fly Girls of World War II are back. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a law reinstating the right of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, a group of pioneering female fliers, to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

An Oklahoma judge on Friday put off deciding whether to accept a man's request to plead guilty to first-degree murder in the beheading of a co-worker, as a death sentence would still be possible. "I'm being (held) captive to the disbelievers of Allah, the one and only God," said the suspect Alton Nolen.

Lakenheath downs Kaiserslautern in semifinals to set up match against team that has beaten it twice this season.

A list of U.S. Army specialists who have been selected for promotion to the rank of sergeant as of June 1, 2016.

Wildcats beat Wiesbaden to advance to finals against Panthers a day after knocking off Royals.

Prosecutors are seeking a six-year prison sentence for a former Auschwitz death camp guard being tried in Germany as an accessory to murder.

The Aviation Herald cited information transmitted from the plane that showed smoke was detected in the plane's lavatory near the cockpit, suggesting mechanical failure.

The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group has credited its slain top military commander for the recent advances made by Syrian government forces.

Members of the United Nations Security Council are urging Kenya's government not to forcibly evict refugees from a sprawling camp that is home to hundreds of thousands of Somalis.

Israel's defense minister announced his resignation on Friday, saying the governing party had been taken over by "extremist and dangerous elements" and that he no longer trusted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following reports that he was to be replaced.

Two Afghan cyclists on a round-the-world trip to promote peace have presented United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a traditional chapan coat and a message saying their countrymen are tired of war and violence.

A second "Chibok girl" rescued by Nigeria's military in a forest battle with Islamic extremists was kidnapped from her home village and is not among 218 students missing from the 2014 mass abduction by Boko Haram that sparked worldwide outrage.

The Russian defense minister proposed on Friday that Russia and the U.S.-led coalition launch joint action against al-Qaida's branch in Syria, known as the Nusra Front. A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said no agreement on such action has been made with Russia.

President Barack Obama recently announced that an additional 250 Special Operations forces will be sent to Syria to stem the spread of the Islamic State. It won't work. By now, "too little, too late" has become the moniker of the administration's Middle East policy.

When my father would declare, “It’s a good day to fly,” he meant there was cloud cover and no more than a slight breeze.

The real reckoning in Hiroshima should be about the future of nuclear weapons, not the past. Unless President Obama acts and speaks forthrightly, his visit may mark not only the ashes of Hiroshima but also the ashes of his promise to move toward a world freed of the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Iraq's military imposed a curfew across Baghdad on Friday after security forces used tear gas and water cannons against protesters storming the fortified Green Zone as political tensions reignited.