Новости за 08.02.2017

A series of airstrikes on an opposition-held district in the Syrian city of Homs, presumably carried out by Russia or Syria, killed at least nine civilians on Wednesday, local activists said.

At Fisher House, we’ve seen firsthand the ongoing work, sacrifice and dedication of our caregivers, not just during the early months but for the rest of their lives.

A new clinic at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is making it easier for active-duty members and their families to get medical appointments, while also significantly expanding the pool of patients eligible for care at the hospital, officials say.

German officials say they remain concerned about possible Russian propaganda before this year's elections, despite reports that Germany's spy agencies have failed to find proof of such efforts.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled against a retired soldier who sued the state, an insurance company and a drunken driver following a car crash that took his legs and part of his hand.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled against a retired soldier who sued the state, an insurance company and a drunken driver following a car crash that took his legs and part of his hand.

Forces fighting the Islamic State group should be able to retake the IS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria within the next six months, according to the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

For veterans who had converged on Standing Rock in December, the decision to continue construction of the oil pipeline instigated another call to action for what protest leaders are calling a “last stand.”

German authorities have arrested a Russian national accused of undergoing military training in Syria with the Islamic State group.

The Russian embassy in Nigeria says seven Russian sailors and a Ukrainian have been kidnapped from a cargo ship in Nigerian waters.

In a sign of improving ties, Turkish officials said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and responded "positively" on two key Turkish demands that had soured Ankara's relations with the Obama administration.

The Dutch royal couple has visited the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, placing white roses in memory of the victims.

As the U.S. 7th Fleet prepares for threats as diverse as North Korean ballistic missiles and Southeast Asian piracy, it is also focusing on an internal, less tangible threat: complacency.

The utility company that operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan — the one that went into triple meltdown after the enormous 2011 earthquake and tsunami — has released some jaw-dropping figures.

As the Taliban and Islamic State ramp up their insurgencies against the government of President Ashraf Ghani, new revelations of corruption and double dealing have put into doubt the effectiveness of the $69 billion the U.S. has spent training Afghanistan's army, with calls mounting for President Donald Trump to review the 15-year war in Afghanistan.

The black Labrador retriever is part of a growing trend in service dogs primed to protect allergy sufferers from potentially deadly encounters with everything from soy to nuts.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump had their first telephone call late Tuesday, a highly anticipated conversation in which Erdogan was expected to press the new U.S. leader to reject Pentagon proposals to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria and to quickly extradite a Turkish cleric exiled in Pennsylvania and regarded by Turkey as an enemy of the state.

The last of a dozen World War II-era sea mines found last year have been removed from a U.S. naval base in Japan.

When Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Olympics six years ago, many South Koreans felt that the first Winter Games on home snow would herald their entry into the top tier of rich nations.

Air Force's top computer warfare expert compared his service's internet efforts to being the Patriots at halftime of last Sunday's Super Bowl.

The Department of Defense is seeking to rent space in President Donald Trump's New York skyscraper, Trump Tower, a move that could directly funnel government money into the president's business interests.

About seven months since the augmented-reality game Pokemon Go became a smash hit around the world, the mobile phone app finally arrives in Korea.

Kayla Germany took a pregnancy test before heading to her high school softball team practice, just to make sure. She didn't expect the results to include Defense Department regulations and a complex international treaty, which threaten to keep her and her family apart.

A federal appeals court will decide whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the judges hammered away at the administration's motivations for the ban, but also directed pointed questions to an attorney for two states trying to overturn it.

A panel of appeals court judges reviewing President Donald Trump's travel ban hammered away Tuesday at the federal government's arguments that the ban was motivated by concerns about terrorism, but also questioned an attorney who said it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims.