Новости за 23.02.2017

Commitments made to increase the U.S. military presence in eastern Europe and the Baltics remain “rock solid” despite statements by President Donald Trump that NATO was “obsolete” and that allies must boost defense spending, the head of U.S. Army Europe said Thursday.

Mahmoud Elhassan was looking for supporters of Islamist terrorism groups. When he tried to help another man travel to Syria, both were arrested and eventually pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges. Elhassan will be sentenced Friday.

While the Missouri House is moving to pass legislation to make driver licenses compliant with federal security standards, Missouri Senate action might pose a problem despite a looming Department of Homeland Security deadline.

New satellite images show the Chinese military shoring up its defenses on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea, adding what appears to be reinforced launch sites for surface-to-air missiles on at least three atolls.

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With the government moving to rid institutions of officials appointed by the former ruling Civic Platform party, 90 percent of the General Staff leadership and more than 80 percent of the army's top brass have gone.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says there will be "no mass deportations" and "no use of military forces" in enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the U.S. will stand by its commitments to defend its NATO allies against any threats, including those generated by Russia. His pledge was the fourth from high-ranking members of the Trump administration.

Senior U.S. military officials want to elevate talks with Russia about air operations over Iraq and Syria, in an effort to protect pilots from collisions. But there are concerns that doing so will make it look like Washington and Moscow have begun to collaborate on the battlefield.

Police in full riot gear began arresting Dakota Access pipeline opponents who remained in a protest camp in North Dakota on Thursday in defiance of orders to leave.

A Pentagon-led review of strategy to defeat the Islamic State group will present President Donald Trump with options not just to speed up action against IS but also to counter al-Qaida and other extremist groups beyond Iraq and Syria, the nation's top military officer said Thursday.

Two Army posts facing a shortage of child care workers due to the federal civilian hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump have received approval to hire for 75 open positions, Army officials said Thursday.

A Frenchman arrested in anti-terrorism raids in Morocco was in court Wednesday to appeal his conviction, claiming he signed a confession in Arabic that he could neither read nor understand.

An Israeli court has ordered a senior Hamas member to complete his life sentence after the man was freed in a 2011 swap of hundreds of inmates for an Israeli soldier held by Hamas, a Palestinian activist said Thursday. Israel has rearrested scores of Palestinians for allegedly resuming anti-Israel activities.

The Jacksons become the 29th of the 33 El Faro families to reach a wrongful-death settlement. The families who have settled received $500,000 for pre-death pain and suffering and an undisclosed amount for economic losses, according to a filing in federal court.

Retired admiral William McRaven called a recent media denunciation by President Donald Trump "greatest threat to democracy" he's seen in his lifetime. "We must challenge this statement and this sentiment that the news media is the enemy of the American people," McRaven said.

The command module Columbia will star in a two-year tour called "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission," celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic voyage. The tour will stop at museums in Houston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Seattle.

Guadalupe Olivas Valencia was detained Monday and deported to Mexico the following morning. Less than an hour later, he was seen on a bridge a few hundred feet away from the office where he was deported, throwing himself off it into the dry channel below. Witnesses told local media outlets that the man appeared to be in major distress, and could be heard shouting that he did not want to return to Mexico.

Jordan's state security court has sentenced eight men to 15-year prison terms for involvement in alleged plans by the extremist Islamic State group to attack a military airport, military personnel, foreign aircraft and foreign embassies in the kingdom.

A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she is open to requesting President Donald Trump's tax returns as part of the panel's ongoing investigation into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 elections.

The chief of staff for the Navy’s forward deployed amphibious force — based on Okinawa — died Tuesday in an off-duty recreational accident, Navy officials said.

Boeing's Super Hornet is poised for a surprising comeback thanks to President Donald Trump's Twitter broadsides and a strike-fighter shortage caused by delays to Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 program.

A Japanese court has awarded more than $265 million to people living around Kadena Air Base in the largest monetary settlement over U.S. military aircraft noise in the nation’s history.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has rejected with stunning speed a motion from the Department of Veterans Affairs that it be allowed to stop taking steps toward reimbursing hundreds of thousands of veterans, for the non-VA emergency care costs they have paid, until higher courts rule on VA’s appeal.

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