Новости за 31.10.2019

Turkish military forces captured 18 Syrian government soldiers in northeastern Syria, Turkey's defense minister said Thursday, in one of the most dramatic examples of an increasingly muddled battleground following the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the area.

National Guard members from North and South Carolina began moving into eastern Syria with heavy armored vehicles on Thursday as part of the Pentagon’s new mission to secure oil fields wrestled from the Islamic State, a military spokesman said.

The U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that 21-year-old Pfc. Robert Hatch of Woods Cross was killed in November 1943 after three days of fighting on a small island in the Pacific.

Navy leaders on Wednesday hailed the returning USS Gerald R. Ford from several days of at-sea tests, suggesting that the troubled aircraft carrier has finally turned the corner.

When the Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, the Soviet Union stepped back, letting East Germany's communist government collapse and then quickly accepting German unification. Russian President Vladimir Putin now blames the Soviet leadership for naivete that paved the way for NATO's expansion eastward.

Federal prosecutors say Walmart violated legal protections for military service members for allegedly refusing to hire a Colorado Navy reservist because she needed to take time off for training.

A former top White House official confirmed Thursday that military aid to Ukraine was held up by President Donald Trump's demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, but he testified he saw nothing illegal about the quid pro quo at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry.

Strong winds fanned new Southern California wildfires on Thursday, burning homes and forcing residents to flee their homes in a repeat of the frightening scenario already faced by tens of thousands across the state.

Strong winds fanned new Southern California wildfires on Thursday, burning homes and forcing residents to flee their homes in a repeat of the frightening scenario already faced by tens of thousands across the state.

Most top seeds remain in good position heading into Friday semifinals after first day of season-ending tournaments.

U.S. military base students in fourth and eighth grades earned the highest percentage of reading proficiency in the nation and outpaced civilian schools in math, the latest national test results show.

Democrats swept a rules package for their impeachment probe of President Donald Trump through a divided House Thursday, as the chamber's first vote on the investigation highlighted the partisan breach the issue has only deepened.

New video shows U.S. armored vehicles patrolling near oil facilities in an area of northern Syria that saw recent heavy fighting between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces, and from which American troops had withdrawn.

An Air Force officer who taught ethics at the service’s academy in Colorado will register as a sex offender and spend 10 years under intensive supervised probation after pleading guilty this week to charges that he attempted to lure a 14-year-old online for sex.

A thought experiment: Imagine that the president of the United States was a man named Ronald Stump, not Donald Trump.

Military personnel and veterans inhabit a lofty place in American society. We know how to carry burdens. We should embrace the responsibility of being in public in uniform despite the difficulties.

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard intends to be in Buffalo for Saturday's funeral Mass and burial of Lt. Thomas "Jimmy" Crotty, a World War II legend whose remains are expected to return this week to his hometown.

Upset that his estranged wife cheated on him, a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter from Camp Lejeune "wanted someone to burglarize" her home and steal her car, according to a four-page Duval County arrest warrant.

A gear door fell off a U.S. Air Force B-52 during a training mission over western England last week, narrowly missing a woman’s house as it crashed with a loud thud in her front yard.

The Air Force Base says a pilot successfully ejected from an F-16 before the fighter crashed in southern New Mexico during a training flight.

Political leaders fighting plans to station a squadron of F-35s at Truax Field said a visit to one of the first communities to host the fighter jets has left them more opposed, while conflicting claims emerged about the noise caused by the jets during several unannounced flights in Madison this summer.

Sophomore wins both singles and doubles titles on Okinawa and gets set for Far East competition.

The fire erupted when a cooking gas stove exploded as passengers were preparing breakfast while the train was traveling through Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, according to officials.

The U.S. has trained and supported paramilitary groups in Afghanistan that have committed summary executions, forcibly disappeared people and have been behind more than a dozen serious abuse cases in the last 18 months, a human rights organization said Thursday.

Conan the dog, who officials said was hurt after being exposed to live electrical cables, will head for the White House next week, according to President Donald Trump.