Новости за 12.07.2017

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is pursuing a high-risk campaign in the Gaza Strip to squeeze his own people so hard that they might force the Islamist militant movement Hamas to surrender control of the isolated coastal enclave.

Sudan on Wednesday announced it was freezing negotiations with the United States in retaliation for the Trump administration's move to postpone permanently lifting U.S. sanctions on the African country.

Former Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi, who led an incomplete effort in the early 2000s to close old, underused VA facilities, told House lawmakers Wednesday that without another attempt, “the VA will fail.”

President Donald Trump will preside over the commissioning of the nation's newest aircraft carrier. The president had previously criticized some of the new technology on the USS Gerald R. Ford because of cost overruns and delays.

I enjoyed my very first Japanese pancake after a long afternoon of London museum-going at Abeno, a rare European okonomiyaki restaurant.

Eight million artifacts and works of art spanning the length of human history.These are the modest offerings of the British Museum in London.

A California Democrat filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in a longshot bid to remove the president from office.

The Navy's hunt for a solution to its top aviation safety issue — oxygen deprivation and loss of cockpit cabin pressure in its training aircraft and fighters — is hampered by communications breakdowns between engineers and pilots, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

An infirm U.S. Navy veteran from St. Louis County has lost more than $400,000 after his longtime investment adviser convinced him to lend his lifetime savings to a home builder now involved in a criminal investigation by federal authorities.

The measure is an attempt to connect veterans affected by chemical and biological testing in the 1960s and 1970s with Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and health care.

The Smithsonian is offering a military discount for its remaining sleepover programs this summer.

For Selfridge Air National Guard Base, it's not just about the prestige of having the U.S. Air Force's newest fighter jets, the F-35s. It's about securing the future of the 100-year-old military airfield and jobs for its 4,400 workers at 44 tenants at the Harrison Township military base.

For Selfridge Air National Guard Base, it's not just about the prestige of having the U.S. Air Force's newest fighter jets, the F-35s. It's about securing the future of the 100-year-old military airfield and jobs for its 4,400 workers at 44 tenants at the Harrison Township military base.

With “War for the Planet of the Apes,” Steve Zahn has landed the biggest part in the biggest film of his career. There’s only caveat: He doesn’t actually appear on screen because he’s playing a chimpanzee.

U.S. Army Col. Anthony Tyrone Roper from Ft. Gordon, his wife Audra Roper and a third co-defendant, Dwayne Oswald Fulton, all appeared for their initial appearance and arraignment at the federal courthouse in Augusta on Tuesday before Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps.

Whether Russian efforts made a difference in the vote tally, they should certainly make a difference in America’s view of its president.

The media have a bad habit of turning themselves into the story.

The marriage of local ground forces with U.S. drones, warplanes and intelligence has been potent.

A former ally to Gov. Chris Christie who was the mastermind of the 2013 George Washington Bridge lane-closing scheme will avoid prison after pleading guilty and giving testimony that helped convict two former aides to him.

At global summits, national leaders typically get the bulk of the attention. During last week's Group of 20 meeting in Hamburg, a more faceless entity — the European Union — took the lead, especially on trade and climate change.

The U.N. said Wednesday it is using newly opened land routes in Syria to expand food deliveries to areas around the northern city of Raqqa, where U.S.-backed forces are battling Islamic State militants in their self-declared capital.

Oshkosh Corp., one of the state’s largest manufacturers, could pursue a $1 billion military vehicle deal with the United Kingdom under approval that’s been granted by the U.S. State Department.

Two Spokane psychologists contend a U.S. Senate report into CIA torture practices was politically motivated and the findings should be barred from their upcoming trial.

Kevin Johnson, of Colchester, Vermont, says his son, 46-year-old Marine Gunnery Sgt. Brendan Johnson was looking to retire next year and possibly return to school for a master's degree.

Marine Corps veteran Jim Stiehl has been teaching a group of injured veterans to climb as part of the Semper Fi Fund — a nonprofit that helps post-9/11 wounded military veterans.