Новости за 06.02.2017

The bottom-dwelling hagfish is commonly referred to as a slime eel because it looks like an eel and produces a slimy substance that quickly expands in water to enable it to escape from predators by clogging up their attacker's gills. That unique capability is what has captured the imagination of the U.S. Navy.

China said Monday it had lodged a formal protest with the United States over a decision to impose new sanctions targeting Iran that affect a handful of Chinese companies and individuals.

International monitors say fighting in eastern Ukraine has abated but the warring sides have kept heavy weapons near the front line.

The second-highest-ranking official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has written a proposal to reduce gun regulations, including examining a possible end to the ban on importing assault weapons into the United States.

Elections are the very foundation of our representative democracy, and those who serve every day to protect our republic deserve the right to shape it.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday that the Republican effort to reform entitlement programs could create an opportunity for higher military spending as lawmakers hash out their first budget under President Donald Trump.

Israel's military fired on Hamas installations in Gaza after a rocket launched from the territory exploded inside Israel on Monday, with no reports of casualties on either side.

Authorities in Greece's second-largest city are planning to evacuate up to 60,000 residents from their homes so experts can safely dispose of an unexploded World War II bomb.

Montenegro's main opposition party said Monday that it will organize a referendum on the country's membership in NATO - with the support of Russia - if the ruling pro-Western majority keeps insisting the decision should be made in parliament.

Ten former high-ranking diplomatic and national security officials, nearly 100 Silicon Valley tech companies, more than 280 law professors, and a host of civil liberties and other organizations have formally lent their support to the legal bid to block President Donald Trump's immigration order.

An Afghan diplomat was shot and killed by his security guard inside the consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Monday, officials said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to follow the American administration and impose new sanctions on Iran over a recent missile test.

Whether you are a film fanatic or just in it for the gowns, awards season is a no-brainer excuse for a theme party. Hollywood glitz and glamour offers the perfect opportunity to pull out your fancy Champagne flutes and costume jewelry for an affair to remember.

The landmark trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre started in a Serbian court on Monday with judges rejecting another postponement.

Somalia's al-Shabab extremist group announced it has killed four men accused of spying for the CIA and the Kenya and Somali governments.

Yemen's Shiite rebels said on Monday they have "successfully" fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh for the first time, vowing more attacks on the Saudi capital.

President Trump has talked a lot about getting other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to pay their fair share when it comes to defending one another.

To the list of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's critics, add a big one: the Catholic Church of the Philippines.

The military school system is reinstating a program to recognize and honor its principals.

Turkey has now detained nearly 750 suspects in a police operation against the Islamic State group, authorities said Monday.

Resident Evil has evolved over the past 20 years, from a humble horror game set in a solitary haunted mansion to a globe-spanning epic in which humanity is fighting for its very existence. Along the way it has lost much of its charm. When 2012’s “Resident Evil 6” gave up spine-tingling suspense in favor of explosive, Call of Duty-style bombast, I was ready to give up on the franchise.

Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would "unleash chaos again."

President Donald Trump is making his first visit to the headquarters for U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to allow into the United States people who "want to love our country," defending his immigration and refugee restrictions as he made his first visit to the headquarters Monday for U.S. Central Command.

Once you put on the camouflage uniform of the U.S. Army, you are always a soldier, whether you are at home station, deployed or on vacation.