Новости за 28.03.2016

A gunman was taken into custody after firing shots in the U.S. Capitol complex on Monday, Capitol officials said, and visitors and staff were shut in their offices and told to "shelter in place."

China is emerging as a global hub for money laundering, not just for Chinese but for criminals around the world, The Associated Press has found. There are a number of options in China for cleaning dirty money, including through major state-run banks, import-export schemes, and informal money transfer systems that date back a millennium, according to recent police investigations and lawsuits in Europe and the United States.

When a presidential election devolves into a hydrant-watering contest between leading contenders about the relative attractiveness of their respective wives, not only does America look ridiculous but we diminish our moral standing to denounce other cultures’ marginalization of women.

If Pyongyang did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon's missile defenses overcome their spotty test record and shoot it down beyond U.S. shores?

‘We have the Europe we deserve,” admitted French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Wednesday. The question is how Europeans can build the security structures they need.

Maybe even LEGO robots have minds of their own. Fourth- and fifth-graders at Kaiserslautern Elementary School, who spent nearly 90 hours designing, building and programming robots from LEGO kits for a pilot program this school year, might think that.

Mustafa al Shamiri spent most of his years at Guantánamo wrongly described as an al-Qaida trainer and facilitator, a captive of consequence, until his first parole-style hearing revealed an astonishing admission. An intelligence review “discredited” the most damning parts of his prison dossier in his 14th year of U.S. military detention. He was mistaken for someone else with a similar name.

The former bases, ranging from small, tactical combat outposts to large operational bases, cannot be sold to the government of Afghanistan, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in a fact sheet.

Turkey's president says the Turkish security forces have killed or captured more than 5,300 Kurdish rebels since hostilities resumed in July.

The nation's top health officials are stepping up calls to require doctors to log in to pill-tracking databases before prescribing painkillers and other high-risk drugs.

Obama's decision not to rush back to Washington from Cuba is consistent with his last seven years of strategic, deliberative pragmatism, a policy whose success is better evaluated by “How did it turn out?” rather than “How does it look?”

What would the world look like today if Harry Truman or Dwight Eisenhower had shared the foreign policy inclinations of Barack Obama or, far more dangerous, Donald Trump?

Presidential campaigns incite both hypochondria and euphoria, portraying the present as grimmer than it is and the future as grander than it can be.

Pope Francis on Monday denounced the "vile and senseless" bombing in a Pakistani park targeting Christian families celebrating Easter and pressed for protection for religious minorities in the largely Muslim nation.

By refusing to provide access to investigators, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook joins a long line of tech innovators who have waged campaigns on behalf of their customers’ privacy.

Fidel Castro responded Monday to President Barack Obama's historic trip to Cuba with a long, bristling letter recounting the history of U.S. aggression against Cuba, writing that "we don't need the empire to give us any presents."

A U.S. soldier shot and killed an Afghan boy on Monday near an American airfield close to the capital Kabul, a senior Afghan police officer said.

A member of the U.S.-led coalition shot and killed a 22-year-old Afghan on Monday as he approached Bagram Air Field, ignoring repeated warnings to stop, a local official said.

Syrian antiquities experts expressed shock Monday at the destruction the Islamic State group wrought inside Palmyra's museum, where scores of artifacts were smashed before troops drove the extremists out of the historic town.

Was the administration ever serious about Clemency 2014? The rules for commutation requests even reaching the overburdened pardons office under the initiative are inexcusably discouraging.

The NRA’s leaders falsely portray the right to gun ownership as on the precipice. They’re just as alarmist about Garland’s record. Again, their claims are baseless.

Pakistan's leaders vowed a quick response after a Taliban suicide bomber targeted many women and children celebrating Easter Sunday at a park in one of its biggest cities, the nation's deadliest attack since a school massacre in 2014.

The Taliban fired at least two rockets at Afghanistan’s new parliament building Monday morning, causing minor damage but no casualties.

There are a lot of things in Washington that spies dread. Being summoned to testify before Congress. Sitting down for a polygraph test. Making the commute to Joint Base Bolling-Anacostia where the Defense Intelligence Agency is based. The agency's former deputy director routinely avoided having to make that drive through a commuting arrangement that caught the attention of the Pentagon inspector general.

The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 70 on Monday, underscoring the ability of the militants to stage large-scale attacks despite a months-long military offensive targeting their hideouts.