Новости за 10.05.2017

The U.S. military will increase its ability to observe Russian troop movements near the Baltic states during a large military exercise planned by Moscow this summer, U.S. defense officials said.

Syrian Kurdish fighters welcomed the Trump administration's announcement that it will provide them with heavier arms in order to battle the Islamic State group, but NATO member Turkey says every weapon the U.S. gives them is a "threat."

China's defense ministry said Wednesday that the military successfully test-fired a new type of missile into waters near the Korean Peninsula, an announcement that comes amid Chinese anger over the deployment in South Korea of a sophisticated U.S. missile defense system.

By the time President Donald Trump cut short James Comey's 10-year appointment, the FBI director who prided himself on his squeaky-clean reputation was catching criticism from all directions.

They made the captive children, weak from hunger, fight over a single tomato. Then the Islamic State militants told them that in paradise they could eat to their hearts delight, but they could only get there by blowing themselves up.

The ship made famous in the book and subsequent film "The Perfect Storm" is about to be intentionally sunk off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts so it can become part of an artificial reef.

Brothers Noah, Sumner and Cole Ogrydziak are preparing to fling their caps together at West Point's graduation this month, marking a rare fraternal trifecta at the storied academy. The last time three siblings graduated West Point together was 1985.

A Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic ambushed a U.N. convoy, sparking a firefight and kidnappings that left four peacekeepers dead, eight injured and one missing, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Better technology may help explain why the Coast Guard has been coming back with ever-larger hauls from drug busts. It set a record in 2016, seizing more than 240 tons of cocaine with a wholesale value of $5.9 billion and arresting 585 smugglers.

President Donald Trump will meet Wednesday with Vladimir Putin's top diplomat at the White House on Wednesday, the White House said, marking the highest level, face-to-face contact with Russia of the American leader's young presidency. It would also signal that the two countries have improved ties that Trump recently described as being at an "all-time low."

Thundering jets above Colorado Springs Tuesday morning bid a final farewell to a native son who went missing 48 years ago on a mission to bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

On Saturday night, Rod Boyle parked in a spot reserved for veterans. He wasn’t expecting a note accusing him of misusing the parking spot, since he retired from the Navy after 20 years as a Petty Officer 1st Class.

Dennis Scheuermann’s childhood began in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines during World War II.

Moon Jae-in’s comments signal that he will quickly follow through with promises to take a softer approach toward dealing with North Korea, but he also sought to reassure Washington of his commitment to the longstanding alliance between the countries.

The comprehensive three-day program is open to active duty service members as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve and is held four times a year, rotating around the USO of North Carolina centers in Jacksonville, Fayetteville and Raleigh.

It is only days before he is due to return home on leave, and commanders have sent him behind enemy lines for one last mission: take some of the explosives the Iraqi army has salvaged from Islamic State and resow them like deadly seeds in the no man’s land they call ard al haram — the forbidden zone.

Army Staff Sgt. Mark De Alencar was remembered for his mission to help others during his funeral service Tuesday. He was killed April 8 "of injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations" in Afghanistan.

The presentation of about 15 groundbreaking research concepts at the AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson was a practice of sorts for sending the projects to the Pentagon on May 18, Department of Defense Lab Day.

Federal firing procedures established following the 2014 Department of Veterans Affairs wait-time scandal are unconstitutional, said a ruling Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Many of the key Republican senators who could stand in the way of a successful health-care vote are not in the group supporting the overhaul. And some of them are forming their own coalitions, suggesting that the path to 51 votes in a chamber with only 52 Republicans remains deeply challenging.

Two former executives of a defense contractor linked to an international Navy bribery scandal have pleaded guilty to federal charges in San Diego.

Putting money into U.N. agencies, where the Trump administration has just cut U.S. funding by $640 million, is as important to global peace and security as defense spending — "and sometimes even more," a top European Union official said Tuesday.

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix’s trial for his alleged involvement in the death of a Muslim recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will begin this summer, according to the Corps.

The military will hold off picking a preferred East Coast site for missiles, potentially Fort Drum, until the end of the year at least as it launches a new review of all of its missile defense systems.

President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, saying it was necessary to restore "public trust and confidence" in the nation's top law enforcement agency following several tumultuous months.