Новости за 02.01.2018

Afghans welcomed President Donald Trump’s accusation on Twitter that Pakistan offers only “lies & deceit” in return for U.S. aid, saying that the statement builds on what some see as positive momentum in America’s 16-year struggle to defeat the Taliban.

Papotia Reginald Wright started the 8th Special Forces Regiment New York Honor Guard more than a year ago to perform burial services for veterans. But according to investigations by multiple groups, the supposed Special Forces veteran vastly inflated his military service, including medals for valor, and his group has since shut down.

The year 2018 is shaping up to be the first year in a decade without national or other large-scale elections, so the Okinawa gubernatorial race will be a major focus of this year's political calendar in Japan.

Lobbyist Dick Lockhart, 93, is looking forward to not driving to Springfield from his Chicago home when the Illinois General Assembly is in session in 2018.

The Trump administration’s national security strategy calls for a more aggressive approach toward stopping a North Korean missile strike on the U.S.: knocking the weapons out prior to launch.

The moment said everything. It was perfect, capsulizing emotions felt throughout Western New York, even if U.S. Army Maj. Patrick Miller earned a larger perspective through a trial none of us would want to face.

The temperature was 28 degrees with a stiff wind. Worse, there was a driving mass of freezing rain pouring down on the 600 competitors preparing to take off on the brutally challenging 24-hour competition. In other words, the conditions were just perfect for former Army medic Josh Fiore.

A U.S. servicemember was killed and four were wounded on Monday in combat in eastern Nangarhar province, military officials said.

All national elections are hyped as seminal. The midterms of 2018 are the real deal.

In 2017, the illusion that sexual harassment was becoming a relic of a less equitable time crumbled.

The airport terminal doors slid open and out came 22 people from Puerto Rico, walking a few weeks ago into the whipping South Dakota wind, not quite ready for what was ahead. One person still wore shorts. Another zipped up a hoodie. The group climbed into three waiting vans.

When Alan Shane Dillingham, a historian at Spring Hill College in Alabama, lectures on the 1960s, he starts by displaying a timeline of the decade's most iconic, tumultuous year — 1968. "Was there something in the water?" Dillingham asks his students. "What is it about this year?"

Living in Germany? Keep an eye out for a group of robe-clad children roaming the streets, or perhaps even on your front step.

In this episode of the continuing World War II podcast Ralph and Frank struggle to recover and readjust to civilian life. Meanwhile, as the Allies move towards victory, John's role in the war is just about to begin.

The Air Force has given a late Christmas present to colonels approaching the 30-year mandatory retirement mark - a few more years of active duty service.

Peter Mims, who was the subject of a wide-ranging sea search in June, was found in the ship's engine room after being assumed lost at sea.

Here are the 10 most popular stories of 2017, according to Google Analytics.

The Defense Department detected nearly 100 unauthorized drones flying near the Pentagon over a two-month period last year, according to officials involved in a survey of drone activity near military bases.

Chikako McMaster had struggled with abandonment issues for more than a half-century because she never knew her father, an American servicemember. She took a DNA test at the behest of her daughter who was interested in tracing their heritage.

Matthew Riehl fired more than 100 rounds in his apartment before he was killed by a SWAT team. He killed a Colorado deputy and wounded four others along with two civilians.

Of the dozens of violations during the president’s 10 visits to Palm Beach County, at least six violators were intercepted by military aircraft. The intercept on Sunday was the only intercept by fighter jets during the president’s holiday visit.

Sean Andrew Duncan, 21, is accused of acting in a manner that was "indicative of an individual planning and researching how to conduct an attack."

Sean Andrew Duncan, 21, is accused of acting in a manner that was "indicative of an individual planning and researching how to conduct an attack."

Of the 10,000 printed maps produced over a 48-hour span to help troops responding to the hurricanes in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Florida, the majority were printed at Fort Bragg, officials said. Others were printed in Richmond, Virginia, where the DLA Aviation’s mapping division is based.

Clashes overnight between protesters and security forces in Iran killed nine people, state television reported Tuesday, including some rioters who tried to storm a police station to steal weapons.