Новости за 07.05.2017

About 50,000 people are heading back to their homes in the northern German city of Hannover after bomb-disposal experts defused three World War II bombs discovered at a construction site.

“Saluting Our Grandmas,” tells the story of the legions of young women who left their hometowns across America and joined the military in roles from pilots to nurses.

French voters elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president ever on Sunday. Marine Le Pen, his far-right opponent in the presidential runoff, quickly called the 39-year-old Macron to concede defeat

Sam Welty's planning a new military tribute mural in Virginia Beach. The artist never gave up, even after his nearly 12,000-square-foot mural of Navy jets flying above the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier was painted over last year.

U.S. military officials say an unmanned spacecraft orbiting Earth since May 2015 has landed in Florida.

U.S. military officials say an unmanned aircraft orbiting Earth since May 2015 has landed in Florida.

Republican senators plan to write a health-care bill that could be radically different from the one passed last week by the House, including keeping some of the benefits and safeguards currently enshrined within Obamacare.

The annual Civil War weekend encampment began Saturday with an uncommon ceremony, a eulogy given to two ranks of soldiers, some in gray and some in blue. Prayers and a cannon fire salute marked off the morning from the regularly scheduled living history engagement.

Military members were teamed with professional anglers in the 12th Warriors on the Water bass fishing tournament, a non-profit program developed as a “thank , you" for active duty soldiers from all branches of the armed services.

The real mission is to draw visitors into the home to learn about history — and people enjoy watching a battle, complete with cannon, muskets and a Nathanael Greene reenactor on horseback.

If it takes shutting down the U.S. government to fix a broken budget appropriations process, that's acceptable to the White House, said budget director Mick Mulvaney.

Under a shutdown, thousands of federal employees would go without pay and national parks would close, among other things. Here’s a look at the key players and fallout from recent and potential government shutdowns.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will start a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state's southern red rock region should be scaled down or even rescinded.

Hudson Witz, 67, wore a hat with the words "Vietnam Veteran." He stood on the parade field at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Saturday morning. He straightened his camouflaged jacket, adorned with medals.

A U.S. soldier was found dead Friday night, four days after he was reported missing. The soldier belonged to a National Guard unit and was two months into what was supposed to be a six-month assignment with U.S. Army Africa, officials said Sunday.

The U.S. Coast Guard says three people were rescued off Southern California's coast after their boat capsized.

Syrian activists say government forces have taken a village on the edge of a large cease-fire zone encompassing rebel-held territory in northwest Syria.

The 36th Airlift Squadron’s old C-130H Hercules cargo planes seem to know their time in Japan is coming to an end. The more than 40-year-old aircraft began acting up when a pair of sleek, new C-130J Super Hercules visited Yokota last year.

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday that Kim Hak Song had worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology before he was held on Saturday.

Both Somalia and the U.S. are stepping up efforts against the Somalia-based al-Shabab, which has carried out attacks in other parts of East Africa and continues to target the Somali capital with deadly bombings.

Those rescued were refugees fleeing the war in Syria and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who had set sail from Libya.

Pakistan said Sunday its forces killed at least 50 Afghan troops and destroyed five checkpoints in clashes along the disputed border two days earlier, while Afghanistan dismissed the account, saying only two border police and a civilian were killed.

Police say a package being delivered by a man exploded late Saturday in downtown Manila's Quiapo district, killing him and another man receiving the package at a Shiite center.

Five militants disguised in military uniforms carried out the attack at dawn Sunday on the K1 base outside the northern city of Kirkuk.

City officials say two suspected bombs were found at a construction site and three more nearby.