Новости за 11.10.2019

A panel of international aviation regulators found that Boeing withheld key information about the 737 Max from pilots and regulators, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to understand an automated flight system implicated in two deadly crashes of Max jets.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper “strongly encouraged” Turkey’s defense minister to stop its incursion into northeastern Syria during a call Thursday, saying the operation “risks serious consequences for Turkey,” according to a Pentagon statement released Friday.

Turkish forces faced fierce resistance from U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters on the third day of Ankara's offensive in northern Syria, as casualties mounted, international criticism of the campaign intensified and estimates put the number of those who fled the violence at 100,000.

Marie Yovanovitch said she was "abruptly" recalled in May and was told the president had lost confidence in her. "Although I understand that I served at the pleasure of the president, I was nevertheless incredulous that the U.S. government chose to remove an ambassador based, as best as I can tell, on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives."

Marie Yovanovitch said she was "abruptly" recalled in May and was told the president had lost confidence in her. "Although I understand that I served at the pleasure of the president, I was nevertheless incredulous that the U.S. government chose to remove an ambassador based, as best as I can tell, on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives."

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young African leader whose sweeping reforms and surprising embrace of a bitter rival have been praised as an inspiration to the continent and a hopeful counterpoint to strongman movements far beyond it.

A Defense Intelligence Agency employee accused of sharing classified information with two reporters was released on bond in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court Friday.

Bill Tamburrino, a retired Baltimore City public schools vice principal and a World War II veteran who painted the likenesses of famous women on bombers, died of heart disease Sept. 17 at a family member’s home. The Fallston resident was 98.

No person has the power to compel through law another person to betray — even tacitly — his own conscience. A free society cannot survive if that much is not true.

Servicemembers and others from the U.S. and elsewhere can spend months, if not years, in the Middle East without ever discovering life outside military bases. Owner Riza Rahmdel wants the BAF Cafe at Bagram Airfield to “create cultural awareness” of Afghan life.

The Pentagon will send about 2,000 troops to Saudi Arabia as part of its efforts to deter Iranian aggression in the wake of several attacks attributed to the regime or its proxy forces in recent months, the Defense Department announced Friday.

Mel Hays called the group The Laurel Parc Scooter Club. He remembered the power that came when World War II pilots climbed into planes with names and insignias, reminders they were fighting for something bigger than any one of them. And, the way Hays saw it, this club was also engaged in a fight.

Alexei Leonov, the legendary Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to walk in space 54 years ago — and nearly didn't make it back into his capsule — has died in Moscow. He was 85.

Iranian state television said an explosion damaged two storerooms aboard the unnamed oil tanker and caused an oil leak into the Red Sea.

Southwest Airlines’ senior travel webpage says the Dallas-based carrier will eliminate the discount for those 65 and older as of Dec. 11.

The U.N. refugee agency said tens of thousands were on the move, and aid agencies warned that nearly a half-million people near the border were at risk — in scenes similar to those from a few years ago, when civilians fled ISIS militants.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie praised the nation’s 37th commander in chief as “the man who probably did more for veterans than any president since Abraham Lincoln.”

Markell Shelton rushed 21 times for 198 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, and Joey Putterbaugh’s extra-point kick proved to be the game winner.

“We’re going to be late,” my husband Francis began saying two hours before the Navy Ball. He would repeat the phrase every 15 minutes. It was October 1994, the night of my first formal military event as a Navy spouse. We had only been married one year, and I was four months pregnant.

Spc. Ezra Maes spent four months in intensive care undergoing near daily surgeries and battling an infection. He’s now assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion and undergoing physical and occupational therapy.

Spc. Ezra Maes' leg got caught in a turret gear and was smashed in a 2018 tank accident in Slovakia. But he was still determined to help his fellow soldiers.

Imagine kayaking serenely through a mangrove forest as tropical birds sing all around you. If you’re lucky, you might spot a crested serpent eagle perched on a branch. If you are into trekking, kayaking and outdoor adventures, Iriomote is your paradise.

Even if there was consensus inside NATO about kicking Turkey out, the 70-year-old military alliance faces this key obstacle: no mechanism exists in NATO’s founding charter for revoking a state’s membership.

Even if there was consensus inside NATO about kicking Turkey out, the 70-year-old military alliance faces this key obstacle: no mechanism exists in NATO’s founding charter for revoking a state’s membership.

Servicemembers and their families at Yokosuka, Yokota, Camp Zama, Camp Fuji and Naval Air Facility Atsugi are prepared for a weekend on lockdown.