Новости за 10.08.2017

A Rwandan refugee has been kidnapped by unknown people in Uganda, the victim's wife and Ugandan officials said Thursday.

French soldiers taking part in Operation Sentinelle are the highest profile symbols of the fight against Islamic extremism — but along with other security forces patrolling French streets are increasingly the main targets of attacks.

North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North's most provocative missile launch to date.

A multiteam exercise at Langley Air Force Base, dubbed Llama Fury 3.0, allows explosive ordnance disposal teams from East Coast Air Force bases to compare notes as they tackle different problems.

The USS John S. McCain sailed close to a Chinese man-made island in the disputed South China Sea in an operation that challenged China's excessive territorial claims in busy international waters, a U.S. Navy official said Thursday.

New guidelines for Marine leadership emphasize coaching and constant interaction between subordinates and leaders. The former Marine Corps Mentoring Program was criticized for being overly formal and for a one-size-fits-all approach to mentoring.

Thirty-two middle and high schoolers from the Wiesbaden area are foregoing the usual summer camp staples of rope swings and hikes for soldering circuit boards and programming small computers at a weeklong day camp at Wiesbaden High School.

Turkish authorities have detained a Russian national and suspected Islamic State group militant for allegedly planning a drone attack on U.S. aircraft at Turkey's Incirlik air base, police said Thursday.

Syrian government forces and their allies on Thursday captured a key area along the border with Jordan in their latest push against insurgents groups there.Syrian state TV reported that the troops captured an area of 502 square miles.

Bosnia is marking the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's visit, her last overseas tour only weeks before she died in a car crash in Paris.

The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island. Here's a look at the U.S. military's role on the island, which became a U.S. territory in 1898.

In an administration that has split into factions and been ravaged by ideological warfare, the White House chief of staff has asserted himself as a rare apolitical force who is focused more on the process of the presidency than tilting the president in a certain direction.

A small crowd gathered at American Legion Post 50 in Texas to visit with and pay tribute to veterans on Purple Heart Day.

One by one, 14 soldiers from the U.S Army Cyber School were called to the stage in Alexander Hall on Tuesday afternoon to receive certificates in cyber operations.

The fifth annual Women, Peace and Security Conference is taking place at the college's campus in Newport on Thursday and Friday. The war college says it's the only U.S. military academic program specifically related to the topic.

A South Florida pharmacist swindled so much money from a U.S. military health insurance program that he bought a mansion once owned by megamovie star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Military bands have long been used in an effort to enhance troop morale, provide music for ceremonies and promote goodwill among the American public and citizens of foreign nations. None of the services, however, have developed measures to assess whether their bands are succeeding in their missions.

A Navy veteran has been arrested in Southern California for allegedly poisoning and maiming his neighbors' dogs, dousing them with acid and gouging one animal's eye.

The two-year-old U.S. diplomatic relationship with Cuba was roiled Wednesday by what U.S. officials believe was a string of bizarre attacks on a group of American diplomats in Havana with a covert sonic weapon that left the victims with severe hearing loss.

North Korea defiantly rejected President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” warning on Thursday and said it will complete a plan to attack waters near Guam by the middle of this month.

A Russian surveillance plane soared through secure airspace over Washington on Wednesday, presumably collecting intelligence as it traveled near the Pentagon, the Capitol and other government buildings, two U.S. officials said.

The pilot, assigned to Fighter Squadron Composite 111, ejected about 20 nautical miles southeast of Naval Air Station Key West about 12:40 p.m. and was rescued by a Coast Guard crew a short time later.

Xavier Alec Martin was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia Wednesday. The 24-year-old sailor died in June when the U.S. Navy destroyer he was on collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan.