Новости за 08.10.2019

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, was barred Tuesday from testifying before House panels investigating President Donald Trump's entreaties to Ukraine. "Unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court, where Republican's rights have been taken away, and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see," Trump explained on Twitter.

The complaint accuses Huntington Ingalls of assigning unqualified individuals to install an important hull coating designed to shield the Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear submarines from sonar, and falsifying records to cover up their mistakes.

Daniel J. Hollis, a student at Emerson College, and his friends were leaving a party Sept. 28 when they were confronted by another group of men. An unidentified Marine on leave was involved in the scuffle that led to Hollis' death.

Republican legislators waded into the debate over whether defense officials should station new F-35 jet fighters in Madison on Tuesday, passing a resolution supporting the idea despite neighborhood concerns about the noise and the effects it would have on property values.

President Donald Trump's campaign is threatening to sue Minneapolis for trying to force it to pay $530,000 in security costs for this week's rally in the city.

Police found high-capacity ammunition magazines in the home of a former soldier who tried to get into a secure area of the George Washington Bridge with fake identification, according to police and court documents released Tuesday.

A day after threatening Turkey with economic ruin if it goes too far in invading northern Syria, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he and the Turkish President will meet at the White House next month. Trump also tweeted that while U.S. forces "may be" leaving Syria, the U.S. has not abandoned the Kurds.

Drexel university in Philadelphia has agreed to return $189,062 in federal funds after a former department head admitted to spending the money on “gentlemen’s clubs,” sports bars and iTunes purchases in a brazen fraud scheme that lasted about 10 years, authorities said.

As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump's main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. Their aims were profit, not politics.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures — and in these Brexit times, extraordinary words among leaders. Some British officials have previously compared the European Union to Nazis and Soviets, and EU Council President Donald Tusk said there was "a special place in hell" for some Brexiteers.

A U.S. troop withdrawal and Turkish assault on northeastern Syria risks re-igniting fighting in a corner of Syria only recently stabilized and where sleeper cells of the Islamic State group continue to operate. It also risks creating a new wave of displacement for many already displaced by previous bouts of fighting.

It’s been almost 70 years since 23-year-old Sgt. David Alexander Feriend went missing in Korea while serving with the U.S. Army at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. On Friday, Feriend’s younger sister will finally welcome her late brother back home.

Authorities in southern Poland say two skilled army soldiers have been killed and four have been injured while trying to defuse World War II explosives recently found in the forest near the town of Kuznia Raciborska.

A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators called on Tuesday for sweeping action by Congress, the White House and Silicon Valley to ensure social media sites aren’t used to interfere in the coming presidential election, delivering a sobering assessment about the weaknesses that Russian operatives exploited in the 2016 campaign.

The relative calm on election day is a rare success for the country’s military and police forces, which have struggled in combat with the Taliban. Afghan and American officials attribute the low toll to aggressive planning and coordination after months of intense military pressure on Taliban strongholds.

Dozens of community members, veterans and active duty military personnel gathered at the Dewett Veterans Memorial Wayside in North Bend over the weekend to watch the official unveiling and take part in its dedication ceremony.

NASA will attempt to send the Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite, or ICON, into space on board a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket launched from the company’s L-1011 Stargazer aircraft taking off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday night.

A “red carpet” showing of director-producer Roland Emmerich’s upcoming fasten-your-seat belt epic “Midway” will be held Oct. 20 at Pearl Harbor with Emmerich, screenwriter Wes Tooke and cast members including Patrick Wilson, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson, entertainment company Lionsgate said Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute Tuesday to the four police employees slain in last week's knife attack in Paris, calling them "victims of Islamic terrorism."

The towering Sea-Based X-Band Radar is back at sea after nearly four months in Pearl Harbor, during which $24 million in repairs and upgrades were made, the Missile Defense Agency said.

A top Al-Qaida commander was killed in a raid by Afghan forces last month, Afghan intelligence officials said Tuesday, in an operation backed by U.S. airstrikes that also killed tens of civilians.

The new Operational Camouflage Pattern will become standard for the Air Force by April 1, 2021. New recruits issued the prior uniform will have to buy the OCPs with their clothing allowance.

Patricia Hannon, a reading specialist at Hohenfels Elementary School, uses her her music background to help kids in kindergarten through third grade overcome reading difficulties.

Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, warned in a letter to National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien that leaving the 17-year-old accord would be a “reckless action” and “only benefit Russia.”

Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, warned in a letter to National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien that leaving the 17-year-old accord would be a “reckless action” and “only benefit Russia.”