Новости за 13.07.2017

Moon dust that Neil Armstrong collected during the first lunar landing is one of 180 lots linked to space travel that Sotheby's is auctioning off July 20 to mark the 48th anniversary of the pioneer lunar landing on that date in 1969.

The term represents a decades-old foe of servicemembers, a mainstay of marching cadences, pop culture, gallows humor and cautionary tales on military-themed websites. “Jody” is the guy who cozies up to a deployed servicemember’s significant other while he’s gone.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to make permanent the Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA) set to expire next spring, and paid monthly to 63,000 survivors of servicemembers who died on active duty or, more commonly, died of severe service-connected health conditions in retirement.

A Serbian appeals court on Thursday halted a landmark trial against eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre — another legal hurdle in the Balkan state's struggle to come to terms with its wartime past.

Turkey has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to acquire Russia's most advanced missile defense system, a senior Turkish official said, in a deal that signals a turn away from the NATO military alliance that has anchored Turkey to the West for more than six decades.

A veterans court scheduled to open next year will offer service members an opportunity to address mental health conditions that may have contributed to their alleged criminal misconduct.

Democrats described the proposal as bigoted, unconstitutional and cowardly and they won support from 24 GOP lawmakers to scuttle the amendment to the annual defense policy bill, 214-209.

When Josephine Britt was a young woman living in the Philippines, she and her family risked their lives to help American prisoners of war held captive in her hometown.

The 1st Armored Division on Wednesday assumed command of the multinational land component of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition from the 1st Infantry Division, which had led it since November.

Egyptian churches on Thursday suspended pilgrimages, holidays and conferences for the remainder of July and August after authorities warned them about possible attacks by Islamic militants.

United States and Somali military forces raided a rebel-held village in southern Somalia and killed several al-Shabab fighters early Thursday, a senior Somali intelligence official said, as both countries step up efforts against Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group.

Republican proposal to bar the Pentagon from paying for gender transition surgeries drew fierce opposition Thursday from Democrats who called it mean-spirited and discriminatory.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was treated at a hospital Wednesday after becoming dehydrated while helping to build houses in Canada for Habitat for Humanity.

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron set aside lingering differences on climate change during their meeting in France on Thursday. Trump said the two nations have "occasional disagreements" but that would not disrupt a friendship that dates back to the American Revolution.

Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned videos circulating on social media purportedly showing Iraqi forces killing and beating men suspected of being Islamic State group fighters in Mosul.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China's most prominent political prisoner, died Thursday. His death triggered an outpouring of dismay among his friends and supporters, who lauded his courage and determination.

The 15 Marines and a Navy sailor killed in a plane crash Monday in Mississippi came from all over the country. Their remains were delivered Thursday to Jackson Medgar Evers International Airport and to be loaded onto a C-5 for transport to Dover Air Force Base.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade soldier charged in connection with the spectacular destruction last year of three Humvees that slipped free from their parachutes during a drop is not a parachute rigger. He is a Germany-based scout who’d been assigned to assist the brigade’s Italy-based parachute riggers during the exercise, authorities said.

A collection of amputation tools used in the Revolutionary War has fetched more than $100,000 at auction.

A veteran wouldn’t give that treasure away. A veteran would protect it, fight for it and preserve it for all Americans, for all generations.

Their defeat diminishes the inspiration for violent extremists, or simply lost souls on social media, to attack Americans and our friends.

The Trump administration has decided for the second time since January to certify Iranian compliance with the nuclear agreement that President Donald Trump has called a "disastrous" deal, according to U.S. and foreign officials.

Residents of Great Britain were greeted with a rare sight in the sky Monday from flyovers of the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds over popular sights like RAF Duxford, Stonehenge and Loch Ness.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell released his new but still-reeling health care bill, bidding for conservative support by letting insurers sell low-cost, skimpy policies and reaching for moderates with added billions to combat opioid abuse and help states rein in consumers' skyrocketing insurance costs.

The USS John Finn, built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has arrived at Pearl Harbor and will be commissioned on Saturday, according to the U.S. Navy.