Новости за 11.05.2017

A former Air Force sergeant on death row for the murders of an ex-girlfriend and their son will be set free after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that there was no physical evidence to convict him.

Workers wearing bulletproof vests and helmets removed the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans before dawn Thursday as police officers encircled the monument and kept watch on protesters.

Garden State servicemembers can now wear their military uniforms to their high school graduations, thanks to a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Chris Christie.

By year’s end the Department of Defense expects to launch its 13th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC), which will assess the pros and cons of converting servicemembers from traditional basic pay and tax-free allowances to a single, civilian-like salary system.

The verdict came after prosecutors outlined a pattern of fraud by former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and her top aide that included using hundreds of thousands of dollars from the One Door for Education Foundation for lavish parties, trips and shopping excursions.

Multinational military drills on Guam designed to show support for the free passage of vessels in international waters amid concerns China may restrict access to the South China Sea have been indefinitely postponed after a French landing craft ran aground Friday.

Tens of thousands of gallons of jet fuel spilled from a tank at Naval Air Station Oceana and onto a road outside the base, which police shut down Thursday while environmental cleanup begins, according to the Navy.

The death toll has risen to five in the worst attack on U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic with the discovery of the body of a missing Moroccan soldier, the United Nations said Thursday.

It is a dangerous moment, because history shows that partisan control is the hallmark of illegitimate spying, and that politicized law-enforcement and intelligence cannot be squared with democracy.

Maybe it’s time air travelers also look in the mirror to see why so many jetliners have become venues for Mile High cage fights.

Deep into Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” a bad guy who we’ve never met before informs Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) and his mates that they’d better be at the castle before dark if they want to see “the boy” and “the girl” again. It’s one of those harmless, up the stakes cliche that’s all too common in action movies, but, in the flawed yet amusing “King Arthur,” it unwittingly left me baffled. “Which girl?” I wondered, sincerely doubting that this was the intended effect.

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces were moving to surround Mosul's Old City on Thursday, a week after launching a fresh push to drive Islamic State militants from areas they still hold, according to an Iraqi officer overseeing the operation.

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak in Europe, U.S. Army health officials on the Continent are now recommending that Defense Department dependents get immunized against measles starting at six months old.

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has been found guilty of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students. She was found guilty on 18 of the 22 counts against her, including lying on tax and financial disclosure forms.

Germany’s embattled defense minister has pledged to reform the country’s armed forces following the arrest of two soldiers alleged to have plotted a terrorist attack they tried to blame on refugees.

The messages typically say things such as "Leave and you will live" or "Nobody needs your kids to become orphans." Many are disguised to look as if they are coming from fellow soldiers. The effectiveness of the propaganda texts is an open question.

The United States must demonstrate its cyber warfare capabilities to help deter sophisticated attacks from Russia and other adversaries while building strategies on a battlefield still misunderstood by commanders and senior officials, a panel of defense experts told lawmakers Thursday.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would have fired FBI Director James Comey even without the recommendation from his top political appointees at the Justice Department, contradicting earlier White House accounts.

Dan Coats said the unprecedented nuclear and missile testing last year indicates leader Kim Jong Un is intent on proving North Korea's capability. He wouldn't say how close Pyongyang is to being able to strike the U.S. mainland.

The fall of Tabqa denies militants "a key coordination hub" that had been used by the group's foreign fighters since 2013 to plan attacks against the West, the coalition said in a statement. The capture of Tabqa sets the stage for an advance on Raqqa.

The U.S. must "do something very different" in Afghanistan, such as placing American military advisers closer to the front lines, or risk squandering all that has been invested there in recent years, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency said.

A federal judge must now decide whether the admitted terrorist should be spared a long prison term - and maybe even be freed - for switching sides and becoming a prized U.S. government cooperator.

The 721st Aerial Port Squadron held its annual fall protection training at Ramstein Air Base on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the U.S. election system, three White House officials said.

Almost 4,000 soldiers from more than a dozen NATO and partner nations are participating in the annual Saber Junction Exercise to evaluate the readiness of one of U.S. Army Europe’s combat brigades.