Новости за 04.10.2016

The Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps, a century-old military leadership program, has overhauled its weapons training procedures on the nation's college campuses after cadet drills were mistaken for possible active-shooter attacks.

Three U.S. ships will provide humanitarian relief to areas hit by Hurricane Matthew, the Navy said Tuesday.

Medical officials say at least 10 civilians have been killed in a rocket attack in the war-torn Yemeni city of Taiz, including children.

Lowell Thomas Jr., who served as Alaska's lieutenant governor from 1974 to 1978, died at his home in Anchorage on Saturday. He was 92.

Federal government sharpshooters will target hundreds of white-tailed deer at two Civil War battlefields in Maryland this December, launching a multi-year program aimed at curbing damage to forests and plants, the National Park Service said Tuesday.

Russia’s decision to add another air defense system to Syria will not affect U.S. or coalition flights there, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

I visited four bases in three Persian Gulf countries last month, speaking with dozens of troops about where they get their news, their impressions of Stars and Stripes and how they keep themselves informed and entertained during deployments that stretch four to 12 months at a time.

The head of Central African Republic's armed forces was shot dead Tuesday and his teenage son was injured in an attack in the capital, Bangui, a family member said.

The head of Iran's space agency said Tuesday his country is interested in cooperating with NASA.

A U.S. special operator died Tuesday from wounds sustained when a patrol triggered an improvised explosive device during a larger operation targeting the Islamic State group in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said.

After the Nigerian army declared him "fatally wounded" on Aug. 19, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video last week to mock the government that has claimed to have killed him at least four times already.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the elite Revolutionary Guard has killed 12 militants in the country's Kurdish area.

The VA says such a move could make it easier for veterans in remote areas to be seen and speed up payouts. But VA doctors say the quality of exams could suffer, leading to more disputes between veterans and the department over payouts.

About 100 troops and nine helicopters will be staged and ready to assist in disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, U.S. Southern Command said Tuesday.

A battered body hangs from a tree as a man swings a folding chair over his head, preparing to smash it into the corpse. Spectators watch intently at a slight distance, some smiling, as if watching a puppet show.

Libyan officials say several rockets fired from areas held by the Islamic State group have landed in Benghazi's city center, killing three civilians and wounding more than a dozen.

Now that Congress has voted to override President Obama's veto of legislation making it easier for U.S. citizens to sue foreign governments for terrorist acts, an avalanche of retaliatory litigation against American interests is only a matter of time.

When President Theodore Roosevelt designated the country's first national monument 110 years ago, the proclamation inadvertently left out a punctuation mark, and what was supposed to be Devil's Tower became Devils Tower instead. Some say that's not all it got wrong.

When Saturday's Honor Flight departs, Andy Mayer won't just be escorting his father Robert, a World War II veteran. Brother Daniel, who was in Vietnam, is going, too, and it's a sad reason: He's dying of cancer.

The Air Force will continue a robust schedule of training in eastern Europe as it secures forward basing throughout the region and enhances cooperation with NATO partners, the new commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe–Air Forces Africa said Tuesday.

Thanks to Nuremberg and its successor trials, policymakers can no longer safely assume that they will escape justice by claiming a legal or political right to impunity.

If we want military leaders who communicate clearly, solve problems creatively and appreciate cultural differences in theaters where they operate, studying the humanities is just as important as science, technology, engineering and math.

Police call it a virtual kidnapping - an old scam that is having a renaissance across the country. The callers target affluent areas and find enough information online to make their ruse plausible.

Since his arrest, German militant Harry Sarfo has been unusually talkative. But in depicting himself as a disillusioned fighter who refused to commit violence, Sarfo left out some potentially incriminating scenes.

Syrian government forces pressed their assault Tuesday on the eastern, rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo, opposition activists said, while state media reported that rebel shelling of government-controlled part of the city left six dead, including two students killed at a university campus.