Новости за 22.07.2016

The director of the Pentagon agency devoted to stopping improvised bombings is in Baghdad this week meeting with Iraqi officials, but U.S. military officials caution that they will not be able to deliver quick solutions to suppress a string of suicide attacks there.

Brazil's Islamic community supports police actions against a group of people suspected of planning attacks during the Olympics as long as the investigations are conducted in a transparent way, a Brazilian Muslim leader said Friday.

Bjorn Ahlander and his crew say they are upset that they were invited to make the harrowing three-month voyage to compete in next week's Tall Ships festival in Chicago, only to be told once they arrived in U.S. waters that they could not sail on the Great Lakes without a $400-an-hour licensed pilot.

Military school cadets who were arrested following the failed coup in Turkey were unwitting participants because their commanders told them they would be attending a "surprise party" for the new head of the academy, relatives of the youths said Friday.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby stopped mid-briefing to call out an unnamed reporter for checking the Pokemon Go app during the briefing.

A number of Afghans hoping to seek asylum in Europe are worried that recent attacks in the West carried out by people of Afghan origin will hurt their chances of being welcomed abroad.

Kansas' attorney general sued the U.S. Department of Defense Friday, accusing the government of failing to produce records related to President Barack Obama's proposal to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Army prison at Fort Leavenworth.

Outside power was restored on Friday to Incirlik Air Base, a week after Turkish authorities cut electricity as they rounded up members of the military suspected of involvement in the failed coup attempt, including the base’s Turkish commander.

U.S. officials acknowledged that Russian airstrikes hit two remote outposts in Syria used by U.S. and coalition forces last month. No U.S. troops were at the sites at the time of the attacks.

President Barack Obama rejected claims that the U.S. had prior knowledge of last week's attempted coup in Turkey and urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to tamp down any rumors of American involvement.

A manhunt was underway Friday for a shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich, killing six people and wounding others, police and media reports said. The city transit system shut down and police asked people to stay inside their homes and otherwise avoid public places.

A U.S. military spokesman said Friday that Islamic State group fighters have used thousands of civilians as human shields and decoys in the battle for the northern Syrian city of Manbij, where it was reported earlier this week that nearly 60 civilians were killed by an airstrike.

A recent pledge by the Afghan Taliban’s new leader to give more rights to women living in areas under the group’s control has been met with skepticism by members of the government, but even some critics see the move as evidence the militants are changing with the times.

The United Nations Security Council is expected to call on the international community to help Libya dispose of its last remaining chemical weapons stocks.

Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers set off on foot Friday toward Serbia's border with Hungary to protest its decision to keep its border closed for most people trying to reach the European Union.

Karl Urban had no real interest in returning to the role of Leonard "Bones' McCoy after making "Star Trek Into Darkness."

Chris Colfer did something when he was younger that, while it worked out for the best in the end, he would not have the courage to do again. He sent tickets to a "Glee" concert to comedian Jennifer Saunders.

A civilian contract worker has become the first person with a confirmed case of Zika on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after being diagnosed with the mosquito-borne virus following a trip to Jamaica, the Navy said Friday.

Not far from Rio's posh Ipanema and Copacabana districts, narrow pathways lead to grim slums where poverty, drug gangs and young men with assault rifles dominate life for hundreds of thousands of residents.

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, an avowed white supremacist, officially signed up Friday to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.

When people look back at the movies and television shows and podcasts and web series of today to see what 20 and 30 somethings were doing in 2016, they would not be misguided in assuming that everyone was in improv. Yes, the trials of the stand-up and improv-classes have been as thoroughly documented as those of New York City prep school students in the ‘90s.

Norway paid an emotional tribute Friday to the 77 people killed in a bombing-and-shooting rampage five years ago, with church services and other events marking what the prime minister called "one of the darkest days in Norwegian history."

A senior Veterans Affairs official said issues that used to plague veterans' access to health care are being addressed and improving both in Muskogee, Okla., and nationally.

Two more people died in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, police said, as anti-India protests and clashes with government forces persisted despite a strict curfew in place for a 14th straight day.

Sailors taking high school equivalency or college placement exams off base may be eligible for reimbursement as part of the Navy’s larger plan to shutter its stateside on-base college offices.