Новости за 04.10.2019

America's Syrian Kurdish allies are at risk of losing control of the vast camp where the families of the Islamic State's defeated fighters are being detained as militant women increasingly assert their dominance over the camp, according to the top Kurdish military commander.

In the 18 months since her younger brother killed himself in the parking lot of a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, Alissa Harrington has joined a support network, passed the bar exam, become an advocate for veteran suicide prevention and continued to share his story.

Officials are seeking information leading to the identification or location of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, which claimed responsibility for the October 2017 ambush near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger.

The National Purple Heart Honor Mission began presenting the Genesis Medal in 2017 to Purple Heart recipients and others who have served the United States and supported its armed forces with distinction. It is named for the Genesis Group of four who founded the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, N.Y.

Where have you gone, Eddie Murphy? Our nation turns its cheerless eyes to you. Really. I know, Murphy didn’t actually go anywhere, but given the two decades since he’s made one of the trademark R-rated comedies that are his strength, it seems like he did. Thankfully, Murphy is back, and both his old gifts and some new ones are on engaging display in the rowdy, raunchy, inescapably funny "Dolemite Is My Name," a gleefully profane biopic and a passion project the star has been nurturing for years.

A California congresswoman is proposing a Forever stamp series to honor women who served in the military, including two Stark County, Ohio, women who were killed in action.

British NGOs and volunteer groups are helping some of the approximately 70,000 British expatriates in Cyprus to sort out their residency status once Britain leaves the European Union at the end of the month.

U.S. military officials warned troops this week that Iranian hackers have set up a fake jobs website for veterans that targets servicemembers who are considering a transition back to civilian life.

A campaign believed to be tied to the Iranian government attempted to identify, attack and breach email addresses belonging to a U.S. presidential candidate, government officials and journalists, according to new data unveiled by Microsoft.

The Scandinavian countries are now much more pro-market than enthusiastic American socialists would like to believe. By some measures, they even outscore the U.S. on their laissez-faire stance toward the private sector.

Saudi Arabia says it views positively a truce called by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, two weeks after the rebels said they were halting drone and missile attacks against the kingdom.

An Iranian national has been granted her freedom and allowed to return home while at least eight individuals from the United States and Australia — as well as one from the United Kingdom — have yet to receive the most basic rights.

Hypersonic weapons may ultimately find their niche in U.S. military strategy, but first the Pentagon must define their role and analyze potential alternatives.

Black forgiveness is admirable when it is freely given and not demanded or expected. And the best response to black forgiveness is to prevent the harm that makes it necessary in the first place.

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

A year after a U.S.-based company signed contracts to mine for gold and copper in Afghanistan, work still hasn’t begun amid fears of insecurity and with allegations of corruption still dogging the company.

Security forces opened fire directly at hundreds of anti-government demonstrators Friday in central Baghdad, killing at least 10 protesters and injuring dozens, hours after Iraq's top Shiite cleric warned both sides to end four days of violence "before it's too late."

Air Force Lt. Col. Nick Hague was welcomed back to Earth from the International Space Station Thursday by a phrase that’s familiar to him and his fellow Air Force Academy class of 1998 alumni: “We’re waiting on a classmate.”

Pfc. Glendon Oakley was detained on a “military desertion warrant” issued by Fort Hood. Contrary to being absent without leave, or AWOL, desertion characterizes the servicemember as intending to remain absent.

The Fort Bliss soldier who was hailed as a hero for saving children during the El Paso mass shooting was arrested Thursday for desertion, according to police.

The Paris prosecutors' office said Friday that investigators looking into the civilian employee who killed three police officers and an administrator found elements that led to a probe for multiple murders "in relation with a terrorist enterprise."

Brendan Bialy, 18, who helped tackle and disarm a gunman during a school shooting earlier this year, has graduated Marine Corps boot camp, where he distinguished himself as platoon honor man.

In recent years, the Zelda franchise has seen a number of remakes. Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess have all been recast to take advantage of more versatile hardware. Advances in technology have allowed the masterful game design of these titles to shine even brighter. Arguably, no game in the series has benefited as much from a visual overhaul as the The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, which was originally released in 1993 on the Game Boy.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is at least $17 million over budget and years behind schedule on multiple projects to build new veterans cemeteries, a federal watchdog reported this week.

The Navy will no longer issue permanent shaving waivers for sailors diagnosed with razor bumps because whiskers can hinder the effectiveness of breathing devices, the service announced Friday.