Новости за 06.02.2019

The real meaning of the claim that "we have liberated virtually all of that territory" is that Middle Eastern terrorism is no longer a casus belli for the United States.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying again to ensure all Medal of Honor recipients and prisoners of war are given full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

More than 13,000 pages of confidential Navy records and hard-earned interviews with top Navy brass revealed how the accidents that befell the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain were entirely preventable, the warnings all too clear, and the deaths absolutely needless.

The Trump administration nominee to run the World Bank intends to focus the bank's lending on the neediest countries if he gets the job, a priority that could cause friction with more affluent borrowers including China.

Maintenance crews may soon have a safer way to inspect fuel tanks and tight crawl spaces inside tanker planes, instead of just knocking around in the dark.

Herman Portocarero, a former diplomat in Cuba, refers to the seaside Malecon, the wall and promenade that run along Havana’s coastline facing north toward the United States, as "the last rampart of the Cold War, a frontier between two worlds." "You sit on it, watching the ocean, and become part of the history of the world," the former EU and Belgian diplomat writes in his book "Havana Without Makeup."

After eight years in the minority, House Democrats are releasing their bottled-up legislative energy. Their agenda goes beyond oversight of Trump's administration and Russian election interference to the bread-and-butter issues of jobs, health care and the economy.

Moments after he learned his movie "A Star Is Born" is nominated for multiple coveted Oscars, Bradley Cooper admits one emotion stood out first. Embarrassment.

Two top Pentagon officials told a panel of House lawmakers Wednesday that the Islamic State and other terrorist groups have been dealt a series of defeats, yet plenty of challenges remain to fending off future threats.

When it comes to the Oscars, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke's attitude is that all publicity is good publicity. Burke said she believes that the what-will-they-do drama surrounding the ceremony's hosting duties has actually spurred interest in the telecast that is scheduled to air Feb. 24.

Two ships collided off the southeastern coast of the U.S. on Tuesday evening during a training exercise, causing only minor damage to the ships and no injuries to personnel.

There’s little that can prepare an outsider for the onslaught of food in Singapore. Every stroll through this city shrouded in tropical heat is interrupted by open-air food centers, coffee shops and restaurants vying for your stomach’s attention. Dining out is a way of life in Singapore.

The migrants arrived on buses Monday in Piedras Negras, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas. The caravan is the first in recent months to head toward Texas instead of California.

About 250 active-duty troops have repositioned along the U.S. border with Mexico to counter a caravan of about 2,000 migrants that arrived Tuesday just south of Eagle Pass, Texas, according to information in separate statements released by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security.

On an unseasonably warm night the week August turned into September, every table at Pizza Quartier on Vienna’s Karmelitermarkt was filled. Pizza after pizza emerged from the wood-burning oven as parents sipped white wine while half-watching children -- mine included -- playing elaborate games of tag in the 19th-century market square. Come morning, it would be packed with the organic food vendors, pastry makers and florists that dot this little corner of Vienna’s Second District, Leopoldstadt.

Ever since the historical musical “Hamilton” began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeably withheld its applause — historians. Many academics argue the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the star of our $10 bills, is a counterfeit. Now they’re escalating their fight.

"We are not beggars," President Nicolas Maduro said this week in a speech to troops broadcast on state TV, adding that there is no humanitarian crisis.

First, critics panned Maroon 5’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Then social media folks went full-on snark over Adam Levine’s throw pillow-like tank top design. Then he peeled off the busy brown shirt and the snark turned to outrage over his exposed nipples. The bare-chested moment Feb. 3 had some feminists and Janet Jackson supporters focused on how male and female nipples are treated differently in life, especially on network TV and by the NFL years after Jackson’s career was derailed by a split-second halftime reveal.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told foreign ministers and senior officials from the 79-member, U.S.-led coalition Wednesday that the planned withdrawal "is not a change in the mission" but a change in tactics against a group that still should be considered a menace.

Times and dates for theaters in Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the Netherlands.

Navy officials said they have made several changes to a flawed commissioning and waiver process that led to the deployment of a linguist killed in Syria last month.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday that she would be willing to support any compromise border-security legislation that emerges from a bipartisan committee and that she has urged the White House to adopt the same "hands-off" posture.

Air Force hasn’t been Air Force in the second half of this hockey season. The Falcons have counted on being a strong road team, but have a 5-7-1 mark away from Cadet Ice Arena.

Senior Airman Elijah Evans, 23, was found dead on Monday, according to an Air Force statement, though where he was found is unclear.

Senior Airman Elijah Evans, 23, was found dead on Monday, according to an Air Force statement, though where he was found is unclear.