Новости за 11.06.2016

Iraqi forces radioed the U.S.-led coalition for air cover as they evacuated their casualties: One member of a police bomb disposal team had been killed, and two others has been wounded as they attempted to dismantle part of the complex network of booby traps on the edge of Islamic State-held Fallujah.

Rear Adm. Kevin Delaney flew almost 700 helicopter combat missions in Vietnam, and the Navy’s largest helicopter hangar was named after him Friday in a ceremony at Jacksonville Naval Air Station.

After three days of being lugged across the country, a Vietnam-era F4 Phantom fighter jet has finally arrived at the Regional Military Museum in Houma, La.

The leader of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is “extremely displeased” and the agency is reviewing what, if any legal action, to take after Wright-Patterson failed to meet a June 9 deadline to turn in groundwater samples to detect possible contamination, an agency spokesman said Friday.

Inside the hearse was the casket containing the remains of the siblings’ uncle, the Marine who died in a nightmarish World War II battle and for more than 70 years lay in a lost grave on a miserable speck of an island in the central Pacific.

Inside the hearse was the casket containing the remains of the siblings’ uncle, the Marine who died in a nightmarish World War II battle and for more than 70 years lay in a lost grave on a miserable speck of an island in the central Pacific.

Draped in rainbow peace flags and huddling under umbrellas, thousands of protesters converged in the rain Saturday outside Ramstein Air Base to demand the facility end its alleged support of U.S. drone operations.

The Newport News traveled more than 40,000 nautical miles and supported the Navy’s efforts in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf. All that travel helped boost morale among the sailors, most of whom were deploying for the first time, Clark said.

The ghosts of the brutal dictatorship of Chile's Augusto Pinochet are coming to a Florida courtroom with a civil trial involving a military officer and a popular singer who was beaten and shot to death more than four decades ago.

For the last 19 months, Adam Sandoval and his Chihuahua, Scooter, have traveled across the U.S., visiting Harley-Davidson dealerships as part of his effort to raise awareness for military veterans.

Sgt. Ricky Blakely on Wednesday lost one of his most prized possessions and he's offering a $100 reward for its safe return.

Decades before he took to the skies, Wade Eakle of Santa Rosa had developed an enduring love affair with flying, especially the dramatic adventures and history of World War I fighter pilots.

World War II veteran and POW Dudley Riley spent more than two years as a captive of the German army. On Tuesday at Owensboro's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 696, the 93-year-old Dawson Springs native is scheduled to tell his story of survival.

No matter the 2016 presidential matchup after the primary campaigns, the Democratic nominee was likely to have an edge over the Republican candidate once the election turned toward the November race.

Terrell Dixon Jr. tied the score and won the game with a pair of 1-yard quarterback sneaks, the last one coming in overtime as Foster rallied from a 6-0 deficit to dethrone Kadena 12-6 in the Torii Bowl title game.

An Oregon judge ruled Friday that a transgender person can legally change their sex to "non-binary" rather than male or female. Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Shupe called the win in court "liberating," and legal experts believe Shupe is a first in the United States.

Sweden's foreign minister says a British exit from the European Union could badly damage the 28-nation bloc.

Fort Hunter Liggett, a U.S. Army base in southern Monterey County, was on lockdown Friday evening due to reports of shots being fired and a possible active shooter, which authorities later confirmed were unfounded.

A prominent activist in Bahrain said early Saturday she left the tiny island kingdom after recently being freed from prison, the latest protester to go into exile five years after its Arab Spring demonstrations.

The Israeli military early Saturday demolished the family home of a Palestinian who it says stabbed a Jewish mother to death in front of her children, in one of the most grisly killings in an eight-month wave of violence.

Afghan officials say six police officers, including a district police chief, have been killed by gunmen affiliated with the Islamic State group in the restive eastern Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan.

Nigeria is firing dozens of senior officers accused of corruption and the theft of billions of dollars meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency, the army and an officer privy to the list said Saturday.

Satellite and drone images have led to a new discovery in the ancient city of Petra — a massive man-made stone platform hidden under sand.

In the view of Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, Russia is taking refuge in ideas from its Soviet past, but this nostalgia collides with newer, darker forces.