Новости за 02.07.2017

On Oct. 14, 1926, a distinguished citizen of Poland named Leopold Kotnowski came to the White House with a greeting card for the United States' 150th birthday.

The U.S. has sent a guided-missile destroyer near Triton Island in the South China Sea, according to a U.S. official, which may cause concern ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart this week.

Martina Burger wanted nothing more than for people to remember her son. Now, nearly 13 years after his death, drivers on a busy Perryville Road will see the name of Marine Cpl. Dale Alan Burger, Jr. every day.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Ryan "Goose" Giese was on his last foot patrol. He was 24 and had been in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan for maybe five months, his dad said. The proud Marine had a new wife back in Georgia, and he was going to be shipping home to her soon. But an improvised explosive device changed the ending to the story.

A Texas sailor killed two weeks ago in the collision of a Navy destroyer with a container ship off the coast of Japan has returned home for burial.

In the shadow of giant war machines, a tiny rare butterfly is flourishing. Oddly, experts say, the U.S. military gets the credit.

President Donald Trump is breaking with tradition by visiting Poland, an ex-communist country in central Europe, before making a presidential visit to longtime allies Britain, France or Germany.

George Ketteneh of Lebanon's Red Cross said initial reports indicate that more than 100 tents burned down and one person died.

State TV said security forces detected two car bombs at an entrance to the city, and foiled a plot to target crowded areas on first day of work after the long Muslim holiday that follows Ramadan.

As airstrikes pound the last pockets of territory held by the Islamic State group in Mosul Sunday, hundreds of civilians are fleeing, many so badly injured they had to be carried over the mounds of rubble clogging the Old city's narrow streets.

As airstrikes pound the last pockets of territory held by the Islamic State group in Mosul Sunday, hundreds of civilians are fleeing, many so badly injured they had to be carried over the mounds of rubble clogging the Old city's narrow streets.

As speaker Tim McCoy noted the unique plight a black soldier faced in a war fought over slavery, members of a Confederate color guard turned their backs on him.

France's president meets Sunday in Mali with heads of state from five nations across Africa's Sahel region to build support for a new 5,000-strong multinational force meant to counter extremists.

The men were part of a local militia established under the authority of the Interior Ministry to defend the area from insurgents.

As well-wishers come and go at the Rehm house in Hampton and days of mourning run together, two women have bonded in the face of unspeakable tragedy,

Evidence that a soldier and a Navy Seal who were injured on missions to search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be permitted during the sentencing portion of his court-martial, according to a ruling from the military judge on Friday.

Straddling the road from Jerusalem to Ramallah, the Palestinian neighborhood of Kafr Aqab is a confusion of illegally built apartment buildings, potholed streets lined with trash and snarled traffic.

The Trump White House no habla español. Well, un poquito.

The Navy has christened and launched a new ship named for Billings, Montana's largest city.

Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commanding general of the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg and Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, said he hopes the U.S.-led coalition has a role in Iraq long after ISIS is driven from that country, working with Iraqi forces to ensure they are trained and capable of facing the nation's threats.

Meetings by the leaders of Afghanistan's three major ethnic minority political parties brought together a group of powerful ex-militia leaders, once rivals in a civil war, in an extraordinary alliance that could present Ghani and his shaky government with its most serious challenge since taking office in 2014.

Deep beneath this frigid stretch of the Atlantic Ocean, some of the world's most valuable diamonds are scattered like lost change. The discovery of such gems has sparked a revolution in one of the world's most storied industries

When Alex Cabral began crafting paddleboards, he added a fallen soldier’s name and rank on the edge of each new product. The idea first came to him from the KIA-memorial bracelets that he and his Ranger buddies wear.

The judge in the 9/11 case on Friday froze the proceedings, putting next month’s pretrial hearings on hold over a new policy that denies him a fast boat across Guantanamo Bay, a change that he said would prevent him from sequestering himself from other war court travelers such as terror victims, witnesses and reporters.