Новости за 16.05.2017

The body of a Japan-based airman who died from a fall at Aha Falls near Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, has returned home to Pennsylvania.

Airlines and travelers are girding for one of the most disruptive new security restrictions since Sept. 11, 2001, as the U.S. appears close to expanding a ban on laptops and other large electronics from cabins on flights leaving Europe for America.

For months, U.S. allies have anxiously wondered if President Donald Trump could be trusted with some of the world's most sensitive national security secrets.

Standing in front of one of America’s largest unmanned aircraft, Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris told troops at the U.S. Forces Japan headquarters that the Asia-Pacific region is a priority for Washington.

It’s not surprising that Trump didn’t change his ways when he arrived at the White House. Playing fast and loose with the truth had always worked for him before.

They FBI agents conducting the Russia probe are sophisticated actors who know how to press the levers of Washington to fight back against any effort to curb their work.

The scenario has become pretty familiar by now. Sometime in the early morning, a missile roars off its launcher in North Korea and flies off — to a splash zone somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. But what if Pyongyang wasn't just testing its hardware or drilling its troops? How long would it take to hit its real-world, primary targets?

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan departed its Yokosuka homeport Tuesday for a scheduled patrol of the Asia-Pacific region, amid concerns about North Korea and questions about how the White House will address China’s claims to the South China Sea.

A Marine Corps task force newly deployed to Afghanistan's most violent province could need additional troops or other resources, depending on what policy decisions that Washington and Kabul make for Afghanistan, said the top officer in the task force.

A group of law enforcement leaders and gun control activists led by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, are launching a lobbying effort Tuesday to oppose legislation that would decrease federal regulation of silencers and nationalize concealed carry permitting. The coalition argues that the bills would make law enforcement less safe.

As President Donald Trump prepares to depart Friday for his first trip abroad, he no longer behaves like a president eager to disengage from the world, and from the postwar alliances of the last seven decades that he so denigrated as a candidate.

More than 600 Fort Carson soldiers deployed Monday in a rapid deployment exercise reminiscent of Cold War training carried out by the fathers and grandfathers.

An Afghan official said a rocket fired by the Taliban has killed two people in the country's east.

Security researchers have found digital clues in the malware used in last weekend's global ransomware attack that might indicate North Korea is involved, although they caution the evidence is not conclusive.

The U.N. Security Council agreed unanimously late Monday that the stalemate between Sudan and South Sudan over the status of the oil-rich region of Abyei has gone on for too long and gave the countries a final six months to implement joint border monitoring.

Sgt. Terrence Hinton, 36, of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, was a passenger in the vehicle, which was towing heavy machinery in the northwest part of the big island.

A soldier who was taken by medical helicopter to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill after a serious crash between a Humvee and tractor-trailer on Fort Bragg last week is in stable condition, according to a spokeswoman.

A military judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit brought by a former death penalty expert on a 9/11 trial defense team could not derail progress in the Sept. 11 case and ordered defense attorneys to continue representing alleged plot deputy Walid bin Attash.

Neighbors want to know what effects they can expect from the 94,000 gallons of jet fuel that spilled at Oceana Naval Air Station last week.

The unit of Wichita-based Textron Aviation said in a statement on Monday that its Scorpion multimission tactical jet and Beechcraft AT-6 will participate in the Air Force’s evaluation of aircraft to augment its aging fleet of A-10 Warthogs that provide close-air support to ground forces.

An Air Force officer assigned to a special operations unit at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico is being honored for his actions while under enemy gunfire in the African nation of Djibouti in 2013.

North Korea's launch of a longer-range missile shows advances in its technological capabilities and offers the sternest test yet of President Donald Trump's strategy to work with China to combat the threat.

Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration's travel ban discriminates against Muslims and zeroed in on the president's campaign statements, the second time in a week the rhetoric has faced judicial scrutiny.