Новости за 26.01.2017

A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is taking his last round of antibiotics and could be discharged this weekend from the Houston hospital where he's being treated for pneumonia.

Gatlinburg lost 14 lives in recent wildfires. More than 2,400 structures were destroyed or damaged, including the home of the town's mayor. But the town is still intact and welcoming visitors back.

Being at a Super Bowl game is certainly a bucket list item for many. The next best thing, and some will argue that it actually is the best thing, is going to Las Vegas.

The so-called Wave Season is an annual period usually around January to March when cruise lines typically extend some of their best savings, specials, deals, incentives, you name it. But why does it exist at this time at all?

The Republican chairmen on both of Congress’ veterans committees on Thursday joined calls from Democrats and asked President Donald Trump to exempt positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs from a temporary federal hiring freeze.

The five-part “O.J.: Made in America” documentary aired last summer on ABC and ESPN — and now it’s up for an Academy Award.

The ZH2 fuel cell electric vehicle, developed and built by General Motors for the U.S. Army to test and evaluate the readiness of fuel-cell propulsion in military-like environments, is in the public eye this week at the Washington Auto Show.

The Trump administration's expressed interest in setting up safe zones for civilians in Syria was greeted Thursday with caution by Russia and Turkey, which have taken the lead in the latest peace efforts to end the Mideast country's devastating six-year war.

The Defense Department will now prioritize employee performance over all other factors if they are forced to lay off civilian workers, the Pentagon announced Thursday in a drastic change to its force reduction policies.

President Donald Trump is expected to ask the Pentagon for ways to accelerate the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and officials said the options probably would include steps the Obama administration considered but never acted on, from adding significantly more U.S. troops to boosting military aid to Kurdish fighters.

After President Donald Trump called NATO "obsolete" and criticized the European Union during an interview one week ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a defiant response: "We Europeans have our fate in our own hands," she said. A look at transatlantic trade, military cooperation and lobbying shows the "old continent" still heavily relies on the U.S.

A new watchdog report says South Sudan's military is engaged in systemic corruption that has plundered the country's resources and fueled conflict in the East African nation.

President Donald Trump understands the "danger" of the Iran nuclear deal, the Israeli prime minister said on Thursday, adding that Israel will take all measures necessary to stop Tehran from getting atomic weapons.

Former Army officer-turned-international businessman Philip Bilden is President Donald Trump’s choice for Navy secretary, the White House has announced.

Personal finance expert Suze Orman knows military leaders, pay officials and retirement service offices are getting ready to educate servicemembers on the new Blended Retirement System (BRS). But none of them, she said, can advise individuals whether to opt in, or avoid, the BRS when it becomes available in 2018.

The man charged with protecting America's borders was ousted Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump announced ambitious plans to build a massive wall at the Mexican border and bolster the ranks of the Border Patrol.

A Rhode Island court has ordered a scrapyard to remove the remnants of a Russian submarine once used as a set for a Harrison Ford movie from the Providence River.

It’s a bit of a surprise that Trump has abandoned the Eisenhower model, but appears to be trying out the failed Democratic style.

Mattis is the only one in the administration so far to act, well, presidential and responsible.

An Iraqi officer says the army is pushing into villages held by the Islamic State group north of Mosul.

1st Lt. Philip Tappan, a composer and conductor with the U.S. Forces Afghanistan Band, sat Wednesday in a large circle in the basement of a U.S. Embassy building, telling a group of students and instructors from Kabul University about ways to make a living as a musician.

Germany's Parliament has extended the country's training mission in northern Iraq for another year.

German Brig. Gen. Kai Rohrschneider was welcomed Thursday as the new chief of staff at U.S. Army Europe headquarters — the second foreign officer to occupy a key command post in a headquarters that aims to become more multinational.

A third defendant was charged in an alleged bribery scheme between defense contractors at Aberdeen Proving Ground and an Ohio company under a superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday.

Authorities say a 27-year-old Florida man is accused of soliciting funds and misrepresenting military service.