Новости за 09.02.2018

Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr. is completing a three-year assignment as head of U.S. Pacific Command, where his tough stance on North Korea and Chinese military adventurism drew notice and approval from the Trump administration.

Behind the scenes, Vice President Mike Pence was working hard to preserve at least the basic framework of unity in the U.S.-South Korean alliance.

If Democrats and their allies in the media want to campaign on their support of law enforcement vs. that of the GOP, I’d like to see them try.

The Jaguars prevailed 40-33 in the girls game, and the Saints won the boys contest 43-38. Both games were undecided until the final seconds.

As the threat of deportation becomes more imminent for an Army veteran with a green card and felony drug conviction, lawmakers and clergy this week ramped up efforts to keep him in the United States.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stepped up his typically strong rhetoric against the Venezuelan government Friday by suggesting its army should rise up in rebellion.

The Army will hold recruits to higher physical fitness standards, send them on more realistic combat training exercises and increase its efforts to teach basic skills such as first aid, arm signal communication and shooting rifles using only iron sights, said Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost, the commander of the Army’s Center for Initial Military Training.

Sometimes stocks fall because of bad news, sometimes they fall because of good news, and other times they fall because of no news at all. The last week has been some combination of the last two.

An agreement reached in the midst of a short-lived federal government shutdown Friday will let lawmakers move forward on a plan to bust budget caps for a $1.4 trillion, two-year defense budget.

An agreement reached in the midst of a short-lived federal government shutdown Friday will let lawmakers move forward on a plan to bust budget caps for a $1.4 trillion, two-year defense budget.

The massive infusion of cash approved by Congress early Friday morning is slated to lift the budgets of federal agencies and the Pentagon far beyond what they were at the start of the Trump presidency, ending the era of restraint that had gripped the federal government for most of this decade.

Chief of Naval Operations John M. Richardson, Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller and Coast Guard commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft described the vital need for a steady funding stream to retrain and rearm services straining from nearly 17 years of constant counter-terror operations.

An Israeli newspaper on Friday quoted President Donald Trump as saying his recognition of Jerusalem as the country's capital was one of the highlights of his presidency thus far.

The Treasury Department says it's designating three IS operatives based in the Philippines, Turkey and Somalia as specially designated global terrorists. The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets and block Americans from dealing with him.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat just feet apart during Friday's Olympic opening ceremony but did not interact — in keeping with Pence's determined effort to turn a cold shoulder to what he's called North Korea's "propaganda" around the games.

Hungry servicemembers looking for a tasty but healthy meal should check out a new Vietnamese restaurant near the Womble Gate at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Bamboo Vietnam Kitchen has been serving up plenty of delicious Vietnamese-style sandwiches and Pho soup since it opened in late December.

Contrary to the president’s assertion, this is not a partisan “witch hunt.”

The Trump administration may no longer be lining up for nation building around the world, but it certainly is not above advocating for regime change.

Both wealthy and poor parents used food to care for their children. But the different meanings they attached to food shaped how they pursued this goal.

Former Islamic State hostages and families of the group's victims are urging Britain and the United States to put two recently captured extremists on trial, arguing that denying them justice will fuel the hatred and violence they supported.

The Tet Offensive ended in military victory for South Vietnamese and U.S. forces, but Hanoi focused on the wider strategic context.

The Pentagon is moving to prepare options for President Donald Trump's desired military parade, but it's still not clear when, where or if it will ever happen. Here are a few questions about what the options the Pentagon will present to the president could look like.

At Naeba Prince Hotel — nestled in Japan’s third-largest ski area about two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo — it’s easy to imagine you’re inside a massive cruise liner that’s run aground at the foot of a dormant volcano.

U.S. military facilities across Europe will soon return to business as usual following a brief government shutdown, after lawmakers passed a $400 billion spending bill to reopen the government and President Donald Trump signed the deal into law.

The Schlemmerscheune restaurant in Weilerbach, a village near Ramstein Air Base, is aptly named. In English, it means “gourmet barn.” The building that houses the restaurant, which is connected to Hotel Degen, looks like a former barn inside. The downstairs, with high-arching stone ceilings — and the most charming place to sit — appears to be an old wine cellar. That’s the barn part. The food, meanwhile, certainly meets my definition of gourmet. In this case, that includes eating a sugar doughnut with a fork.