Новости за 13.09.2016

The Israeli military struck artillery positions in Syria on Tuesday after a projectile from that country's civil war hit the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, but denied a Syrian claim that Syrian forces shot down two Israeli aircraft.

Public Storm Warning Signals lowered as Meranti exits Philippines’ area of responsibility.

Meranti peaks at even higher wind speeds, 190-mph sustained winds.

Marine veteran Ray Sumner is embarking on a third career. "I'm learning like I would be if I were 24, but I'm 54," he said. "Only now, if I make a mistake, they don't make me do pushups. We just talk about it over a beer."

Blake Lyons founded the Victor Echo Tango Foundation, a nonprofit, state-certified veterans organization. As president of the foundation, he helps set up community events and talks with local veterans about what is needed.

The armed occupiers who seized a remote bird sanctuary in Oregon's high desert early this year were divided into squads and drilled in hand-to-hand combat, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday as the trial began for seven people accused in the standoff.

Three witnesses ordered to testify Tuesday before a House committee investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server asserted their constitutional rights against self-incrimination and did not appear or refused to answer questions.

Boeing faces a dogfight with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon for the contract to produce about 350 jets through the T-X advanced trainer program. The winning entry would replace the aging T-38 fleet.

The victim, a WWII Navy veteran, was manipulated by callers who falsely informed the 90-year-old that he won $7.5 million in a sweepstakes he never entered.

Information from federal and state health officials suggest that contact with bodily fluids, such as tears, discharge from infected eyes, saliva, vomit, urine or stool, could have been how a Utah man became infected after caring for his elderly father.

Investigators say a civilian contractor pilot who ejected from a Vietnam War-era military jet near Nellis Air Force Base last month steered the failing aircraft toward the desert before it crashed.

Margot Lee Shetterly's book about those math whizzes, "Hidden Figures," came out last week. In January, a movie version will hit multiplexes with a cast that includes Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe.

The city of Norfolk, Virginia is creating a 15-member commission to plan celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Norfolk Naval Station next year. The base was founded in 1917.

“This is a living kind of community plaza,” said Larry Silvey, a military veteran who donated land. It has a large open space in the front, with an American flag and statues representing branches of the military in the back.

Pose Method is a running technique that its practitioners say can reduce injury and improve performance. Such claims are appealing to the military, where injuries from running and fitness test failures from slow run times are costly and contribute to decreased readiness.

In the nearly 15 years since Majid Khan left Maryland for Pakistan and joined up with some of the top figures in al-Qaida, his family have been slowly coming to terms with his odyssey from Northern Virginia to Guantanamo Bay.

Investigators reported Jeremy Taylor, a private first-class with the 1st Batallion of the 145th Armored Regiment stationed in Alliance, drove left of center, sideswiped one vehicle and then hit a sedan head-on. The sedan's driver and passenger died.

The commander of a Guam-based Navy helicopter squadron was arrested Monday in San Diego on charges of attempted rape and assault, according to records from the city sheriff’s department.

Israel says the Islamic militant group Hamas has rejected a proposal to exchange prisoners in return for two Israeli soldiers' remains held since the 2014 Gaza War, which killed over 2,200 Palestinians and 73 Israelis.

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday suffered a stroke and was rushed to a hospital. His office said the 93-year-old politician's condition was stable and that he was fully conscious.

The Security Council on Tuesday approved the deployment of a U.N. political mission to monitor a cease-fire between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

The two-mile stretch that hugs the eastern bank of the Tigris River has been bombed three times this year, a number security forces say has been kept down by frequent road closures.

The U.S. military says it has bombed an Islamic State facility in Iraq that a senior general calls a "significant chemical threat" to Iraqi civilians.

Europe should boost its efforts to integrate newcomers from places like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.N. refugee agency chief said Tuesday, calling it "one of the great challenges" of the future.

A teenager charged with preparing acts of terrorism planned to carry out a bombing in a busy area of London, British prosecutors said Tuesday.