Новости за 19.05.2016

A proposal to require the Defense Department to buy U.S.-made sneakers has cleared the U.S. House.

An EgyptAir jetliner bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday after a mysterious series of extremely abrupt turns, authorities said, and Egypt's aviation minister said it may have been a terrorist attack.

Life isn't just a beach at Florida's Longboat Key. Resorts offer golf and tennis, but one of the more refreshing finds is its natural side.

The top U.S. general for the Middle East has arrived unannounced in the Iraqi capital to meet with commanders and get an update on the military campaign against the Islamic State.

A spokesman of a Libyan militia says two suicide bombings by the Islamic State group have killed 32 of the militia's fighters.

Japanese police have arrested an American civilian employee of a U.S. military base in connection with the disappearance of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman missing since last month.

Japanese media reports say Okinawa prefectural police have arrested an American civilian employee of a U.S. military base in connection with the disappearance of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman after discovering a body.

Authorities have released a suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks who is charged with terrorism offenses and accused of having links to suspects in the case.

Spain's national court has revoked an arrest warrant for a senior Russian official who was sought for questioning in a money-laundering and criminal association investigation.

Democrats deliberately changed their system to grant their leading figures a role in picking their nominees, a reaction to their minimal role in the 1972 and 1980 nominating fights.

Like other courts across the country that have been grappling with the meaning of the right, the court engaged in extensive historical discussion to conclude that early Americans frequently carried weapons with them.

The U.S. is expanding sanctions against groups and individuals associated with al-Qaida and Islamic State group affiliates in the Middle East.

Polish Army troops will help secure a meeting taking place in July between Pope Francis and thousands of youths from around the world in southern Poland, a spokesman said Thursday.

Egypt has announced a $25 billion loan from Russia for the building of a nuclear power plant.

The U.N. says five Chadian peacekeepers have been killed and three wounded after being attacked in northern Mali.

The House has voted to ban the display of the Confederate flag on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries.

Syrian government forces and allied militias made a swift advance into Damascus's rebel-held suburbs on Thursday, threatening to disrupt a years-long stalemate in the war around the Syrian capital.

When I visited Boise recently, I found the capital of this state with a reputation for root vegetables to be a hip and happening place, easily dashing many people's notions about Idaho.

Nearly 60 sculptures that belonged to Berlin's museums before World War II have been found at Moscow's Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

A group representing Japanese survivors of U.S. atomic bombings urged President Barack Obama to hear their stories and apologize when he visits Hiroshima next week.

An Azerbaijani cargo plane crashed Wednesday during takeoff at Camp Dwyer, a military airfield in Helmand province, killing at least seven crewmembers, officials said Thursday.

Work has begun to construct a second hotel on a waterfront slice of Eglic Air Force Base. The island's second new hotel in over two decades is expected to be ready to open by the spring of 2017.

The Turkish military says Kurdish rebels may have downed one of its helicopters during combat last week.

Congressional Silver Medals will be awarded May 28 during a ceremony to be held on the St. Regis Indian Reservation.

A little more than a week ago, Alexis Townsend was in a walking cast due and her status for the Far East Division I Girls Soccer Tournament was in doubt.