Новости за 29.06.2018

A little-known problem is what to do about the vast cache of firearms in the homes of aging Americans with impaired or declining mental faculties.

A Norfolk police officer was justified in shooting a naval nuclear technician dead after she pulled a gun and shot her husband as the officer was questioning them, the city’s top prosecutor said Friday.

As “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” cruises into its tenth season, Jerry Seinfeld realizes that with great success also comes the potential for lawsuits. He experienced it with the “Seinfeld” television series, his animated turn in “Bee Movie,” and now with his latest show.

A memorial's journey from concept to reality can be painfully slow in this historical city. It took more than three years for the leaders behind a proposed Desert Storm memorial to secure the plot of federal land they want to build their project.

Tensions over Britain's divorce from the European Union ratcheted higher on Friday as Prime Minister Theresa May's approach was described as "alarming" by one of her peers, and leaders said time was running out to avoid a catastrophic breakup.

Last November, at the national conference of the American Wine Society, Bartholomew Broadbent again preached the Madeira gospel and chastised his audience for not remembering Madeira's role in their nation's history.

Police fed the man's photo into the Maryland Image Repository System, which matched it against tens of millions of photos from state drivers' licenses, offender photos and an FBI mug shot database.

A car packed with explosives detonated at the headquarters of a new, five-nation West African counterterror force in Mali, setting off a gun battle that killed two soldiers, a civilian and two attackers, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

RIMPAC is about interoperability, and it will be played out in big ways at sea, in the air and on the ground through July in and around Hawaii.

The unlimited breadsticks approach of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ensures that we remain full of carbs, all year, as each franchise rolls out another metaphorical Olive Garden. Some of the movies offer veritable superhero conventions -- most recently the ensemble blowout "Avengers: Infinity War," which managed to make $2.3 billion worldwide without any interesting action sequences, mainly on the strength of that ridiculously dire cliffhanger ending setting up a big fat profitable do-over coming next spring.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence had a blunt message for three Central American governments: You must do more to stop migrants who enter the United States illegally.

Iraq hanged 13 prisoners convicted on terror charges, the Justice Ministry announced Friday, following a recommendation by the prime minister to speed up executions of those on death row for terror-related offenses.

The ability to turn a Humvee into a half-track could one day allow combat vehicles to travel across 95 percent of battlefield terrain features, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.

Amid paroxysms of immigration-related political strife in the United States, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a self-professed fan of President Donald Trump, is savoring his latest and most sweeping victory in the migration wars shaking Europe.

The leader of Libya's self-styled national army in the east says forces have seized the eastern city of Derna from militant groups.

A grandfather in his fifties – possibly the oldest soldier in the 173rd Airborne Brigade – jumped off a cliff into a frigid Italian river this month to save a drowning man’s life.

A grandfather believed to be the oldest soldier in the 173rd Airborne Brigade jumped off a cliff into a frigid Italian river this month to save a drowning man’s life.

As President Trump wobbles on long-standing commitments to Japan and South Korea, and calls for shrinking the U.S. military presence in the region — while China is flexing its economic, military and political muscle — the U.S. influence over the South China Sea may be on the decline.

The prospective buyer, Thomas Woewiyu, a top lieutenant to Liberian warlord Charles Taylor — was willing to pay top dollar for the firepower that would help his rebel army seize control of his West African nation’s government.

South Korea's point man for inter-Korean affairs said Friday Seoul will try to facilitate civilian-level exchanges with North Korea in coming months to strengthen the conciliation process between the rivals.

The United Nations' human rights chief warned Friday of a "catastrophe" in southern Syria where government forces are on the offensive against insurgents forcing more people to flee their homes and live in miserable conditions in open areas close to the border with Jordan.

Gunmen shot and killed a senior police special forces commander who was known as a dogged anti-Taliban warrior barely 24 hours before President Ashraf Ghani's unilateral cease-fire was to end at midnight Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

Her character’s name may not be in the title, but Hannah John-Kamen was the talk of the night at the “Ant-Man and the Wasp” premiere Monday in Hollywood. The 28-year-old, seen earlier this year in “Tomb Raider” and “Ready Player One,” takes on the role of Ghost/Ava in the new Marvel flick, earning her name by disappearing and reappearing while fighting opponents.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had some reassuring words for his Japanese counterpart during a visit to Tokyo Friday amid concerns about President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel annual war games with South Korea.

CIMON became the first artificially intelligent robot launched to the space station, officials said. The robot will help astronauts through the steps outlined in a manual, show pictures of certain parts of the experiment and answer questions about it.