Новости за 20.06.2019

U.S. troops participating in an air defense exercise with Romanian forces on Thursday fired a barrage of missiles over the Black Sea, including the first Patriot missiles to be launched over continental Europe.

Incoming Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper will head to Europe next week, where he is expected to press allies to increase spending while meeting with NATO defense ministers.

Turkey will retaliate against any U.S. sanctions imposed after it takes delivery of a missile-defense system from Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, showing no signs of backing off from a dispute that has roiled a critical alliance.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe vowed Wednesday that a $750 billion defense bill he coauthored would hold private companies accountable for fixing serious problems in military base housing.

In a rare move Tuesday, the Canadian navy sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, becoming the latest western country to transit the contentious waterway, according to a Thursday statement by Canada’s Department of National Defense.

Israel gave the royal treatment to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday with a high-profile lunch and meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just before he was awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize, known as the "Jewish Nobel."

Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing gathered Wednesday at the base theater to mark the passing of Ooyvey, a 9-year-old military working dog who gave eight years of service to the U.S. Air Force and to South Korea.

The deputy chief of Sudan's ruling military council said Thursday the military has identified the perpetrators of the violent dispersal of a pro-democracy sit-in earlier this month, but said he won't reveal their identities because of an ongoing investigation.

New research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls — bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to the muscles at the back of the head.

Looking gaunt and vexed, American Paul Whelan appealed on Thursday to President Donald Trump to intervene in his high-profile case, six months after the former Marine was jailed on spy charges by Russian authorities.

Hamas' chief Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday accused Israel of dragging its feet in carrying out its obligations under an indirect cease-fire for the Gaza Strip, saying the fragile deal was in danger of collapsing.

Trump favors unilateralism over alliances that carry obligations and responsibilities. The paradox, of course, is that anyone who disclaims any interest in being the world’s policeman needs allies.

Facing a wave of complaints about low salaries and poor living standards at his annual call-in show with the public, President Vladimir Putin insisted that life is getting better for ordinary Russians even if they don't yet feel it.

U.S. Air Force Col. Roy A. Knight Jr., who was declared missing in action since his plane was shot down over Laos in 1967, will be laid to rest in his native Texas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he's open for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump but doesn't expect quick progress on easing tensions with Washington. He also warned that using force against Iran will trigger a "catastrophe."

Madigan Army Medical Center has been hit with a $12.3 million verdict after the Army admitted it was negligent and responsible for a 2015 operating room fire that severely disfigured a 13-month-old child undergoing a routine, minor surgical procedure.

The United States abruptly called off preparations for a military strike against Iran over the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, while Iran claimed Friday it had issued several warnings before shooting down the drone over what it said was Iranian territory.

President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. was "cocked and loaded' to retaliate against Iran for downing an American drone, but he canceled the missile strikes 10 minutes before they were to be executed after being told some 150 people could die.

Airman 1st Class Jordan Hickman was sentenced to three years in prison after video footage from a security camera outside the victim’s dormitory room tied him to the crime scene.

Airman 1st Class Jordan Hickman was sentenced to three years in prison after video footage from a security camera outside the victim’s dormitory room tied him to the crime scene.

A Canadian paratrooper was killed and three allied servicemembers, including two Americans, were injured during an Army-led training exercise in Bulgaria, officials said Thursday.

Turkey's president says the country expects to take delivery of Russia's S-400 missile defense systems in the first half of July, despite U.S. objections to the deal.

European leaders have hammered the U.S. about the injustice of Guantanamo Bay, where prisoners are held indefinitely at a detention camp outside the normal justice system. But the continent's leaders are proving reluctant to bring their citizens to trial at home.

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division traveled from Kentucky to Illinois to provide an honor guard at the funeral service of the 97-year-old, who died last month.