Новости за 05.03.2017

Donald Trump's presidency was quickly seen as a win for defense companies, who hope to benefit from what the commander in chief has vowed would be a military buildup of historic proportions. But after weeks of euphoric stock valuations, some analysts are warning such optimism could be misplaced given the dynamics in Congress.

Reaction to the White House's demand Sunday that Congress, through its intelligence committees, investigate whether former President Barack Obama abused his executive powers in connection with that campaign.

Yemeni security officials say that al-Qaida militants have killed 11 soldiers in two separate attacks.

International teams from Netherlands and Germany showed eight teams from Department of Defense Education Activity schools that they’ve got some work to do if they want to compete against the best in the world.

There have long been rumors that Agent Orange was stored or used on Okinawa, but no one has been able to find proof. Now two servicemembers who served on the Japanese island during the Vietnam War era have won court cases claiming they developed ailments from exposure to the toxic defoliant.

Sgt. Eric Darling stood before a group of soldiers and cops Saturday and told them something they may not be used to hearing.

Russian authorities say one person has been killed and three others detained in an operation to break up a sleeper cell of the Islamic State in the country's restive southern region of Dagestan.

A former senior-level intelligence official flatly denied that President Donald Trump or his campaign aides were wiretapped using intelligence authorities during the 2016 election, just minutes after the White House - offering no evidence - called for an investigation into Trump's claim that then-President Barack Obama had ordered such surveillance.

The White House said Sunday that Congress should expand its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election to include President Donald Trump's unverified allegation that former President Barack Obama stepped over the legal line in the campaign.

Medical expenses are a burden whenever they hit, but a recent study found they're most common around this time of year.

Welt am Sonntag reports Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ministers agreed to send thousands of police to shut the frontier the following evening, but the plan was halted hours before it was due to take effect.

Iran's judiciary has indicted a member of the country's team that negotiated the nuclear deal with world powers, a spokesman said Sunday, likely an Iranian-Canadian national previously detained by authorities on suspicion of espionage.

A diplomatic rift between Turkey and key European nations deepened Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany of "Nazi practices," days after a local authority prevented a Turkish minister from addressing a rally.

Rebels have been fighting against Indian rule since 1989. Since then, more than 68,000 people have been killed in the armed uprising and ensuing Indian military crackdown.

For about two hours and 180 snaps, the Falcons played live, to-the-ground football. Even the quarterbacks -- save for Arion Worthman and Nate Romine -- were fair game.

A remarkably spry nonagenarian (she still drives a pickup with a stick shift), Phyllis Gould is cautiously pinning her hopes on congressional resolution, the best chance she has to make history one more time.

At one time, the 183rd had 17 F-16s assigned to the base. In 2005, the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided to reassign the jets. The last F-16 left Springfield in September 2008.

At a short presentation inside the Air Heritage Museum, the granddaughter of a U.S. Marine handed a silk "good luck flag" to the nephew of a Japanese soldier killed in 1945

Iowa, like many states, still has a law on the books making "desecration" of the flag a crime, but the law was declared unconstitutional by an Iowa judge in 2014.

During the sixth-annual race Sunday morning benefitting the Pat Tillman Foundation, dozens of veterans and neighbors plan to line the same block of Emory Street where runners in 2014 veered off course to shake Joe Bell's hand and thank him for his service.

Turkish, Syrian government, Syrian opposition, and autonomous Kurdish-led forces have all been jostling for territory formerly held by the Islamic State group near the Turkish-Syrian frontier, as preparations are being made to attack the extremists' de facto capital, Raqqa.

Don Davis used his GI bill to get his commercial drivers license through a truck driving school and continues to receive GI benefits to supplement his income through a veterans apprenticeship program that U.S. Xpress joined last month.

Air Force (11-20, 4-14) was led by Zach Kocur's 15 points. Lavelle Scottie had 13.

The victory earns Navy a rematch with the conference champion Bison at Bucknell Sunday. Bucknell won both meetings with Navy during the regular season.

Jordan Fox was the only Black Knight in double figures, finishing with 16 points.