Новости за 07.04.2017

President Donald Trump cast the United States assault on a Syrian air base as vital to deter future use of poison gas and called on other nations to join in seeking "to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria."

The U.S. missile strikes Thursday on a Syrian air base were conducted without formal congressional approval. Some questions and answers about how and why presidents can conduct military action without permission from the 535 representatives of the American people.

They were a young Romanian couple, in love, strolling across Westminster Bridge, taking in London's memorable sights like dozens of other tourists. Then came Khalid Masood, driving his rented SUV into pedestrians. Andreea Cristea was knocked into the river below, and her boyfriend, Andrei Burnaz was badly injured.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is planning a Saturday visit with Navy officials and pilots stationed at the Naval Air Station in Meridian amid reports that some pilots were boycotting training flights because of potential safety issues with T-45 training jets

Serbia's defense ministry says an air force jet has crashed in western Serbia, killing its two crewmembers.

German shepherd Dragon served in the Army for nine years and five months before he was diagnosed with nonoperative, aggressive cancer March 31 and euthanized Thursday.

The U.N. human rights office is condemning "in the strongest terms" the execution of three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, whose ruling Hamas militant group had accused of collaborating with Israel.

Before the White House ordered airstrikes in Syria, Russia had been the most dominant outside military force, participating in a bloody military escapade aimed at propping up Syrian President Bashar Assad and his government.

Against an empty white wall in a nondescript Jerusalem law office hangs an impressionist work of art that encapsulates 80 years of tragedy, conflict, mystery and redemption.

Suspected Muslim insurgents set off dozens of bombs in southern Thailand, bringing down power lines and setting tires on fire to block roads. Security officials said there were no reports of deaths or injuries.

Halfway through a presidency that promised to bring reform and modernization, Afghanistan is still struggling with the same problems that have plagued it through 16 years of flawed democratic rule, subsidized by billions in foreign aid: a determined Taliban insurgency, pervasive public corruption, desperate poverty and leaders consumed by political quarrels.

World leaders rallied around the United States after it launched a missile strike early Friday on a Syrian air base in response to this week's chemical attack, while Russia condemned the move as "aggression" and suspended crucial coordination with Washington in Syria's congested skies.

Russia said Friday that it is suspending a deal with U.S. to prevent mid-air incidents over Syria in response to US strike.

The nonprofit American Family Housing built a 16-unit micro-housing project for homeless veterans. The insulated, air-conditioned, and fully furnished homes were made entirely from shipping containers.

An apartment complex near Joint Base Lewis-McChord has agreed to pay more than $16,000 over illegal lease provisions that targeted military service members.

The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group — complemented by elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit — concluded its spring patrol this week, returning to Okinawa’s White Beach Naval Base on Thursday.

Members of a military officer training program at Iowa State University posted explicit photos on a Facebook page, an incident the Navy said Thursday was inappropriate and prompted corrective actions.

A bribery complaint against President Donald Trump and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi lacks enough evidence to move forward, a state prosecutor told the governor Thursday.

The U.S. Navy launched more than 50 Tomahawk missiles early Friday at military targets in Syria in response to a chemical-weapons attack this week on civilians, relying on a mainstay weapon when the Pentagon wants to attack from a safe distance.

The missiles were launched by the Rota, Spain-based U.S. guided missile destroyers USS Ross and USS Porter from the Mediterranean Sea and were programmed to hit aircraft shelters, ammunition storage sites, radar sites, aircraft and fuel sites at Shayrat Air Base.

The missiles were launched by the Rota, Spain-based U.S. guided missile destroyers USS Ross and USS Porter from the Mediterranean Sea and were programmed to hit aircraft shelters, ammunition storage sites, radar sites, aircraft and fuel sites at Shayrat Air Base.

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans shut down much of the capital on Thursday and clashed with police to protest what they call an attempted coup by the socialist administration.

President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping here Thursday at his luxurious Mar-a-Lago estate, kicking off a two-day summit that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said would include "very frank discussions" over North Korea and trade.

In a confrontation that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations, Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" Thursday to allow Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch to ascend to the high court over furious Democratic objections.

Investigators have rushed to Turkey to examine survivors of the chemical attack in neighboring Syria and collect samples that could reveal the nature of the toxins, the means of delivery and, ultimately, who was responsible for one of the war's most disturbing atrocities.