Новости за 21.07.2016

UK authorities say they are searching for two people in the attempted abduction of a serviceman at a Royal Air Force base in eastern England.

President Barack Obama will speak Aug. 1 to the group Disabled American Veterans during a convention in Atlanta, the White House said Thursday.

Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of the West African country.

A Texas man who acted as a secret agent for the Russian government and illegally exported cutting-edge military technology to Russia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

President Barack Obama will speak Aug. 1 to the group Disabled American Veterans during a convention in Atlanta, the White House said Thursday.

Donald Trump’s approach to business, politics and life in general is based on a belief in the survival of the fittest, which apparently includes cutting corners when the reward is greater than the risk. If he is elected, this modus operandi risks becoming official policy.

With the right education and partnerships in place, the DOD can empower servicemembers with the knowledge, skills and resources they need to create their own jobs — and build businesses that will contribute to the economy — when they leave the military.

Nations allied to defeat the Islamic State group should share more information about potential terrorists and directly combat underlying issues that foster violent extremism, Secretary of State John Kerry told a gathering of the coalition’s top diplomats and defense chiefs Thursday.

A distressed dolphin landed in a boat near Back Bay in Florida and the Coast Guard was called for help.

As the temperature creeps toward the 100-degree mark in the nation's capital, visitors to the National Mall are looking for ways to stay cool. Some have tried to beat the heat by immersing themselves in the National World War II Memorial's pool.

Texas and California education officials have been asked to investigate publicly-funded charter schools that Turkey says are linked to Fethullah Gulen. Turkey also is planning to bring more complaints in other parts of the U.S.

An Oscar-winning filmmaker has asked a judge to prevent the military from forcing him to turn over interviews with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, adding Hollywood intrigue to the soldier's prosecution on desertion accusations.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to pay $475,000 to a New Mexico woman who accused agents of forcing her to undergo body cavity probes and then got charged for the exams, civil liberties advocates said Thursday.

Brazilian police arrested 10 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on social media and discussed possible attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, officials said Thursday.

At the academy, James Stavridis was a "brigade ops officer," English major and Rhodes Scholar candidate. He was known as a "literary wizard" who "did everything with class and flair," according to the 1976 edition of the Lucky Bag yearbook.

The stunning sweep of Turkey's crackdown following an attempted coup last week forces questions about how far President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go in a tense, conspiracy-fueled country.

The deported veterans grappled with problems that hundreds of thousands of veterans face as they transition out of the military. They made bad decisions, abused alcohol or drugs; some joined criminal gangs. All of them acknowledge that their prison time was merited. They paid for their crimes. The question is whether their military service earned them a second chance.

Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Bulent Meric on Wednesday called for a crackdown in Japan on Turkish businesses he accuses of raising funds for U.S.-based fugitive cleric Fethullah Gulen. Ankara accuses Gulen of orchestrating Friday’s failed coup.

The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday.

Oyoana Allende was deployed in Iraq when a suicide blast left her with second- and third-degree burns on 80 percent of her body. She credits occupational therapists with helping her recover and find a new career.

Over several road trips with a two-wheeler in my SUV, I've come to appreciate driving to faraway places but exploring them on a human-powered vehicle. But I've also learned some lessons.

Turkey will be able to extend detention times for suspects and issue decrees without parliamentary approval under a three-month state of emergency approved Thursday by lawmakers following last week's attempted military coup.

I spent a day and a half walking from one end of Manhattan to the other on what I've termed a Hamil-thon. I was trying to catch a glimpse of perhaps the world's first consummate New Yorker: the real Alexander Hamilton, the one who didn't sing in a musical.

A New York man is accused of holding an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in a motel for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks.

Transgender experts express confidence that the U.S. military will adapt to open service of transgender members and shifting gender identities.