Новости за 01.08.2017

A member of the Navy was reported missing early Tuesday from an American warship in the South China Sea, launching a joint U.S.-Japanese effort to recover the sailor, the service said.

A member of the U.S. Navy was reported missing from the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem in the South China Sea early Tuesday, launching a joint U.S.-Japanese effort to recover the sailor, the Navy said.

Bahram Bordbar, 62, admitted Tuesday to improperly receiving $320,000 from a U.S. Army contract despite failing to properly overhaul a part used in Apache helicopters.

Six years after the revolution that toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the mood in this volatile capital is a meld of hopelessness and gloom.

The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Office is based in country's second-largest city, Brno. It employs 118 people for now, but officials say the staff could grow to 400.

The North Dakota Air National Guard has received its first new plane in more than 60 years — and it's unmanned.

The head of the Coast Guard said Tuesday he would not "break faith" with transgender troops under his command, despite President Donald Trump's recent announcement that he was going to ban the small pool of service members from serving.

American humanitarian agencies that work in North Korea and Americans with relatives there are expressing grave concerns about the new restrictions on U.S. citizens traveling to the country.

The work that Larry Sostak does for veterans cannot be appreciated by those he aids: The former Marine is cleaning their gravestones at the municipal cemetery off Pond Street.

The director of the Washington VA Medical Center — removed from his position in April after a government watchdog found the hospital was putting veterans at risk — had also broken VA policy by sending sensitive information to private email accounts belonging to him and to his wife, according to a report.

The director of the Washington VA Medical Center — removed from his position in April after a government watchdog found the hospital was putting veterans at risk — had also broken VA policy by sending sensitive information to private email accounts belonging to him and to his wife, according to a report.

A suicide bomber stormed into the largest Shiite Muslim mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province Tuesday night opening fire on worshippers before blowing himself up, killing at least 29 and wounding 64 others, 10 of them critically.

The House unanimously passed a large expansion of veterans education benefits last week, just nine days after the legislation was introduced in that chamber. But advocates are now concerned that momentum has been lost in the Senate.

The Senate was slated to vote on the nomination of Christopher Wray, the former high-ranking official in President George W. Bush's Justice Department who oversaw investigations into corporate fraud.

More than three years overdue, the draft however left many of Libya's key questions unanswered. Experts warn that its lack of clarity will pave the way for another phase of instability.

James Dever, a retired Marine and owner of consulting company 1 Force Inc., has racked up more than 80 TV and film credits, including work on “Jarhead," "American Sniper” and "Call of Duty" video games.

Sirens wailed across Poland's capital on Tuesday as the country marked the 73rd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, a doomed revolt against the occupying Germans during World War II

The U.S. Navy is teaming up with the University of Rhode Island and the University of Connecticut to educate and train undergraduate students considering careers in the Navy and undersea engineering.

A U.S. Army major general has been tapped to lead the federal prison system, which will likely see its inmate population grow with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' tough-on-crime policies.

Nearly 40 years ago, a World War II veteran and amateur astronomer was devastated when he missed a total solar eclipse because of work. The 92-year-old will get another chance to witness history this month with his son.

Romania's top defense body has approved a 9.8 billion-euro ($11.3 billion) spending plan for the next decade and has pledged to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense as NATO requests of its members.

Air Force soon begins what would be looked upon as a rebuilding season. But with Arion Worthman back – along with key weapons Tim McVey, Tyler Williams, Ronald Cleveland and Ryan Reffitt – the Falcons figure to be in position to mask plenty of growing pains.

Eighty-nine-year-old Kenneth Morang says Monday was his first time in an airplane since he jumped out of them as a paratrooper in the Pacific during World War II.

A suicide bomber stormed into the largest Shiite Muslim mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province Tuesday night opening fire on worshippers before blowing himself up, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens more, said the provincial governor's spokesman Jalani Farhad.

A Coast Guard proposal to establish official sites for marine traffic to anchor in area waters has drawn the attention of dozens of Samish Island residents.