Новости за 24.06.2016

The launch was the fifth in a series of advanced Navy communication satellites for use by the U.S. military worldwide.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos shook hands with Rodrigo Londono, commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, on Thursday. Along with a framework for a cease-fire, both sides agreed on a demobilization plan that will see guerrillas concentrate in rural areas under government protection and relinquish weapons to U.N. monitors.

A high-ranking Senate Democrat is pushing for more answers on why doctors and patient advocates with financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry came to serve on a panel that advises the federal government on pain issues.

The world's major economies on Friday suspended anti-money laundering measures against Iran for a year despite concerns that the Islamic Republic uses its financial sector to protect criminal enterprises and fund terrorist activity.

The top North Korean official for U.S. relations told The Associated Press on Friday that his country is now a nuclear threat to be reckoned with, and Washington can expect more nuclear tests and missile launches like the ones earlier this week as long as it attempts to force his government's collapse through a policy of pressure and punishment.

The ready group is comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island.

A former Air Force Academy boss hindered investigations into athlete misconduct by shielding football coach Troy Calhoun from questioning.

The Pentagon's inspector general found that a former Air Force Academy boss hindered an investigation into athlete misconduct by shielding football coach Troy Calhoun from questioning, but determined that the issue didn't rise to the level of "impeding the investigation."

An Afghan official says Islamic State militants in the country's east have killed eight people, including two women and two children.

The Dover Air Force Base could become home to a new generation aerial tanker fleet.

The U.K.'s unprecedented decision to leave the European Union sent shockwaves through the country and around the world Friday, rocking financial markets, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron and even threatening the ties that bind the United Kingdom.

The Islamic State militants have abducted some 900 Kurds in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby IS stronghold, a Kurdish official and Syrian activists said Friday.

A proposal allowing doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans appeared close to becoming law until Congress removed it this week from the agency’s annual budget bill at the last moment.

The $5.4-billion project is aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the 50-mile shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific and maintaining its ability to generate billions of dollars a year for the Central American nation.

Hezbollah's leader said on Friday that the Lebanese militant group will be sending more fighters to Syria's Aleppo province, where pro-government forces are battling Syrian rebels on several fronts.

The $3.6 million machine was supposed to revolutionize our understanding of traumatic brain injury and other war injuries by studying the brains of Fort Hood troops before and after deployments to Iraq. That never happened.

A Navy pilot is accused of recording a 16-year-old girl without permission in the dressing room of a Chesapeake store.

Hundreds of Bahraini protesters kept up their rally Thursday outside the home of a Shiite cleric, a day after they chanted a promise to "give our soul and blood as a sacrifice" to protect him following the government's move that revoked his citizenship this week.

"Dispatches" was a memoir of sorts about his stint as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine. It was published at a time when many veterans were reluctant to publicly reveal the horrors they experienced in Vietnam.

Another commander responsible for two Navy patrol boats that were detained by Iran in January has been relieved of duty, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said Friday.

A battle over a flag-folding speech on Travis Air Force Base has raised questions not only about referencing God and prayer in military ceremonies, but also where military control ends and an individual’s rights begin.

Cleanup is underway after a high level of a discontinued chemical compound was found in the soil and groundwater near the Ansbach, Germany military community.

Britain’s decision to break with the European Union could pose unintended security problems for NATO, including the alliance’s nuclear posture, if pro-EU Scotland launches a new push for independence.

Stan Turner's body was found Wednesday in the kitchen of his home. A downed power line and exploding ammunition kept in the garage complicated firefighters' efforts.