Новости за 22.10.2016

Aleppo's opposition-held districts have been surrounded and under siege for months. Russian and Syrian warplanes are bombing the streets into rubble. For the 270,000 people holding out there, everything is getting harder to find — food, drinkable water and fuel. Residents are planting vegetables in bomb craters and digging wells.

The entire territory of Syria must be "liberated," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in remarks televised Saturday, dismissing demands for Syrian President Bashar Assad's departure as "thoughtless."

Residents of Sarajevo expressed Saturday their support for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming U.S. presidential election based in part on the role her husband's administration had in ending Bosnia's devastating war during the 1990s.

Ramstein stomped the overmatched Raiders 49-3, completing a 4-1 conference season, securing a home-field semifinal game and dooming its struggling archrival to a winless fall campaign.

Harold T. Martin III began taking classified government files almost 20 years ago so he could get better at his job, his lawyer said in court Friday.

Two-time defending champion Kadena travels to American School In Japan to play for the title Nov. 12.

Setting the pace was Pacific touchdown leader Caeleb Ricafrente. The senior power back ran 19 times for 193 yards and three touchdowns.

A simple gesture — being given a 50th anniversary commemorative lapel pin with an eagle and the words Vietnam War Veteran — had a lot of meaning for more than 100 Vietnam War veterans from metro Detroit during a ceremony Friday at the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Headquarters.

George Washington rallied for a third-quarter touchdown and a field goal to edge the Panthers 18-16.

Among the many striking moments of the presidential campaign was the father of a slain Army soldier speaking out against Donald Trump at the Democratic convention — and Trump’s subsequent attacks on Khizr Kahn’s family and its Muslim faith.

Facebook employees pushed to remove some of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's Facebook posts — such as one proposing the ban of Muslims from entering the U.S. — from the service as hate speech that violated the giant social network's policies, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war. Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back.

Construction of the massive, new William Beaumont Army Medical Center complex at Fort Bliss is almost two years behind schedule and at least $22 million over the original contract award.

Three senior Taliban members traveled to Pakistan this week and held a series of meetings with Pakistani officials in Islamabad, mainly to brief them about the recent talks held in Qatar.

The United Nations celebrated Wonder Woman's 75th birthday on Friday by naming the comic book character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls, despite frustration from both inside and outside the world organization.

A massive Islamic State assault on targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk came to an end Saturday after a day and night of heavy clashes, as Iraqi forces launched a new advance southeast of the IS-held city of Mosul.

As cooler weather settles in, forcing people to grab their jackets, Lake County, Ill. residents have a chance to secure donated coats for veterans and their families who are in need.

Ray Mabus, America's longest serving Secretary of the Navy since World War I, came to Bremerton for likely his last time Friday to praise its sailors and marine corps, and the community that he sees as steadfast in its support of them.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad Saturday to discuss with Iraqi leaders the ongoing battle against the Islamic State group in Mosul.

Typhoon Haima forced the evacuations of more than 50,000 people in southern China after hammering the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain, triggering flooding, landslides and power outages and killing at least 13 people.

Ralph Butler Watson of Fort Smith, Ark. received the medal from both U.S. Sen. John Boozman and U.S. Rep. Steve Womack shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday at the 83rd Composite Squadron Headquarters in Fort Smith.

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Burgess’s wife, Lt. Cmdr. Tiffani Walker, nominated him in August for the “Travel MANager #1 Dad” sweepstakes, hosted by Homewood Suites and Home2 Suites by Hilton with the nonprofit National Military Family Association.

More than two dozen Fort Bragg medics are better prepared to provide life-saving care, thanks to a partnership between Womack Army Medical Center and Fayetteville Technical Community College.