Новости за 21.04.2017

A list of U.S. Army active component officers and warrant officers who have been selected for promotion as of May 1, 2017, as announced on April 21, 2017.

Jordan has rejected as "baseless" claims that it plans to deploy troops in neighboring Syria in coordination with the United States.

Every April, 28,000 runners descend upon the Arizona State University campus to cover the 4.2 miles of Pat's Run. The run started in 2004 as a way to honor Pat Tillman, the former NFL football player killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.

The Paris police officer who was shot to death while at work on the French capital's most famous boulevard had seen firsthand the horror that could be carried out in the name of the Islamic State group. Xavier Jugele was one of the officers who raced to the Bataclan concert hall the night three armed men in suicide bombs stormed a show and slaughtered 90 people on Nov. 13, 2015.

Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was supposed to be officially informed about the first-degree murder charge he is accused of in the shooting death of an unarmed security guard. But the reading of the charge never happened because Muhammad had another outburst, yelling "Let black people go" and a phrase similar to "in reparations" that was not clearly enunciated.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey visited soldiers in Germany and Latvia during a four-day tour of U.S. Army Europe’s area of operations that wrapped up on Friday.

More than 75 years after Michael Galajdik was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the sailor from Joliet, Ill., will reach his final resting place.

A young Venezuelan man returning home late from work was fatally shot when he got caught in the middle of late-night street clashes that engulfed many working-class neighborhoods in Caracas.

After nearly a year and a half in captivity, Qatar on Friday secured the release of 26 hostages, including members of its ruling family, in what became possibly the region's most complex and sensitive hostage negotiation deal in recent years.

A federal judge on Friday called Brandon Blackstone's actions in faking a war injury to profit financially "shameful, shameful conduct" before sentencing him to 21 months in prison.

The U.S. military says Russian military aircraft have approached the coast of Alaska four times this week, and U.S. fighter jets intercepted them twice.

Nearly a year after a policeman ticketed Edin Mehic for loudly belching next to him, the Vienna bartender has won his appeal.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan brought a message of solidarity to Poland's leaders on Friday, telling them that the United States supports NATO and shares Polish concerns about "Russian aggression."

Each evening at sunset, huge buildings light up and bring the Afghan capital to life. The sight often puzzles international troops, who are usually confined to tightly secured bases and see the city only from above.

Congress returns from recess Monday to reckon with the looming threat of a government shutdown and the likelihood that no matter what resolution lawmakers reach for the stalled budget process, appropriations for the military will fall short of what the service chiefs say they need.

A member of SEAL Team 1 was arrested this week on federal charges he recorded himself molesting a sleeping child earlier this year.

The first rule of this fight club is to talk about it. Army combatives instructors and soldiers with a background in kickboxing and jiujitsu want to get the word out about the martial arts club they’ve set up.

The House intelligence committee has asked top law enforcement and intelligence officials to testify in open and closed hearings next week about Russian activities during the election.

Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 11 others, an Afghan government official said Friday.

The U.S. Air Force is doing an estimated $34 million renovation to a base here that serves as a key supply hub for Mideast operations.

The Champs-Elysees gunman who shot and killed a Paris police officer just days before France's presidential election had a note with him defending the Islamic State group, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday.

If the United States were to strike North Korea, Kim Jong Un's regime would retaliate by unleashing its conventional weaponry lined up on the demilitarized zone. And that conventional weaponry is reliable, unlike North Korea's missiles.

A Navy officer captured by Iran and briefly held prisoner along with nine other sailors in early 2016 will be allowed to remain in the service, his lawyer said Thursday.

Car users in Pyongyang were scrambling Friday to fill up their tanks as gas stations began limiting services or even closing amid concerns of a spreading shortage.

A young Venezuelan man returning home late from work was fatally shot when he got caught in the middle of late-night street clashes that engulfed many working-class neighborhoods in Caracas.