Новости за 16.08.2016

U.S. officials said the Manbij offensive illustrated the value of the small force of U.S. Special Operations troops now on the ground in Syria, as they directed U.S. air strikes and advised Syrian forces during an intense urban fight.

The Dayton Daily News reports base officials now say water sample tests have consistently shown the levels of the compounds fall below the federal threshold and the drinking water is safe to drink.

The board decision said Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush “played a significant role in al-Qaida operations,” was an explosives expert and trainer and had no plans for life after Guantanamo. It essentially declared him too dangerous to go.

Daryn Colledge's time as an NFL player and Super Bowl champion allowed him to frequently travel and meet the troops defending this country, men and women he long admired. Now he's one of them.

Daryn Colledge's time as an NFL player and Super Bowl champion allowed him to frequently travel and meet the troops defending this country, men and women he long admired. Now he's one of them.

Congress has received FBI documents related to the agency's recently closed investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state, according to lawmakers.

A couple hundred vehicles of Islamic State fighters were allowed to leave the northern Syrian city of Manbij as U.S.-backed forces seized the town in recent days because the militants had civilians with them, according to a U.S. military official.

Hillary Clinton vowed Tuesday to conduct a national security and foreign policy that Americans could be proud of, saying rival Donald Trump "just absolutely bewilders" her when he talks about his policies around the globe.

Scott Kelly talked about how he got his start as an astronaut and about day-to-day life during his record-setting year in space with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko aboard the International Space Station.

If it seems odd to encounter a museum almost entirely dedicated to a speech, keep in mind that the same quirky Berlin neighborhood of Mitte holds a Ramones museum honoring the American punk rock band and a middle school named for the Beatles' John Lennon.

The uncertainty over costs stems from the fact that the U.S. has not built new ICBMs, which are designed to carry nuclear warheads, for decades.

The reopening - and reinvention - of the World Trade Center mall Tuesday reflects how much lower Manhattan has changed since the 9/11 attacks.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday offered condolences to the families of those who lost their lives during the Balkan wars, including the victims of the NATO air war against Serbia.

An Iranian man who came to Maine as a refugee in 2009 was fighting for the Islamic State group when he was killed last year in Lebanon, investigators said.

An annual event at Willow Crest pairs veterans from the Central Blind Rehabilitation Center at Edward J. Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital near Maywood with those from a group of retired high school football coaches.

Airman 1st Class Timothy Wilsey, 20, is a “person of interest” in the death investigation of a 19-year-old woman. He was taken to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, where he is awaiting transfer back to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Pakistan's Interior Minister says a blacklisted American citizen who entered Pakistan earlier this month has been deported again after being interrogated.

The remains of a Korean War veteran are back in his Massachusetts hometown 65 years after his death, thanks to his nephew's 11-year effort seeking their return.

Repairs to the current fleet of Marine One helicopters, which transport the president of the United States, no longer will be done in Connecticut after negotiations between Sikorsky Aircraft and the U.S. Navy fell through.

The memorial has a gold star and reads "A tribute to mothers and fathers and relatives who have sacrificed a loved one for our freedom" across the four panels. Organizers say it could be completed in the next several weeks.

Rudolph Giuliani, promoting Donald Trump's national security plan, said Monday that in the "eight years before (President Barack) Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States." That's an apparent omission of the largest terror attack in United States history.

The lawsuit accuses Lockheed — a former tenant of port-owned land in the east basin of San Diego Bay — of contaminating the waters through operation of Lockheed’s marine terminal railway system for submersibles.

Airstrikes launched by the United States have hit an Islamic State group vehicle and four militant positions in Libya, raising to 48 the number of U.S. airstrikes against the extremist group since Washington launched its anti-IS campaign in Libya on Aug. 1.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Sam Kendricks won the bronze medal in men’s pole vaulting Monday night, clearing a height of 19 feet, 2.3 inches.

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says the exposure of malicious software allegedly linked to his former employer may be a message from Moscow.