Новости за 23.08.2017

The Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy enemy drones and mortars, disrupt communication systems and provide military forces with other portable, less costly options on the battlefield.

Workers in Charlottesville draped giant black covers over two statues of Confederate generals on Wednesday to symbolize the city's mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally.

At the 99th annual American Legion National Convention in Reno, Nevada, President Donald Trump held up veterans as an example of inspiration to unify a divided nation. "Now our nation must follow that same devotion to a greater cause to achieve our nation’s full potential.”

The monitor being installed at Belview Elementary School in Radford, Virginia is designed primarily to detect lead. Lead is among the many pollutants emitted from the Radford Army Ammunition Plant.

Under a bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, veterans will have more options to appeal denied claims for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits – a process that now leaves veterans waiting an average of five years.

Russia and the U.S. aren't in a new Cold War despite spiraling tensions, a senior Russian diplomat said in remarks released Wednesday. He did say the two countries need to refresh their agreements on preventing incidents at sea and in the air.

Deep Silver Volition, the company behind the recently-released “Agents of Mayhem,” has an interesting track record when it comes to its most famous intellectual property. “Saints Row” began as a “Grand Theft Auto” clone that copied more than it created.

To truly experience Bergamo’s charms, it’s necessary to make the climb to Citta Alta — the upper city.

The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team conducted its last major live-fire exercise Wednesday before it returns to the United States next month.

British Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones, the coalition's deputy commander, said Iraqi forces are off to a "really positive start" and are "closing the noose" around the militants.

Temperatures should begin to cool from this scorcher of a summer, but the things-to-do list remains hot. Here's a sampling of what's on in Europe.

Carla Hall and her husband just finished a Mediterranean cruise and agreed to visit Vicenza and Aviano in Italy and then Rota in Spain on Friday before she heads back to the States to resume taping “The Chew.”

The Navy has not released the names of the 10 missing USS John S. McCain sailors, but five among the missing have been identified by their families. The search continues aboard the ship and at sea, but already a number of bodies have been found.

Times and dates for theaters in Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands and Spain and Turkey.

Only now is the terrible cost of the victory in Mosul emerging, in quarters of the Old City ground to rubble by airstrikes and shelling and suicide bombs.

Fort Carson launched an investigation into the cause of the fatal accident which occurred during a training exercise early Wednesday morning on the Colorado post.

Gen. Joseph Votel, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East, got a first-hand look at Saudi Arabia's military fight against Yemen's rebels, visiting the border area on the same day the Saudi-led coalition was accused of bombing a hotel and killing civilians.

Over time more and more people have suffered national stigma that outlasts their 15 minutes of fame.

Air Force football's battle to fill gaps after the departure of 32 seniors is playing out as the team prepares to take on Virginia Military Institute on Sept. 2.

A senior Russian diplomat is warning against expanding sanctions against North Korea, saying it's necessary to focus on a political settlement.

A Mississippi-based company has been awarded a contract to repair the USS Fitzgerald after it was damaged in a June 17 collision that killed seven sailors off Japan.

The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan met with that country's army chief on Wednesday, two days after President Donald Trump warned Pakistan to stop harboring insurgents who are battling U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

The USS Fitzgerald, damaged in a June 17 collision with a container ship, will be transported to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. The Navy says it will hire a ship to carry the Fitzgerald from Yokosuka, Japan, where it's currently dry-docked.

For 65 years, Virginia Koesters, whose maiden name is Davidson, has carried the memories of one particular summer in 1952 when she met a gentleman from Indiana serving in the United States Army.

The Navy says a civilian contractor ejected from a Hawker Hunter Tuesday afternoon about 100 miles off the coast of Point Loma. The pilot was picked up by a helicopter from the USS Theodore Roosevelt.