Новости за 29.08.2017

Iran has dismissed a top U.S. diplomat's demand for the inspection of Iranian military sites by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, shrugging off comments by America's ambassador to the U.N. as only a "dream."

The battle to reclaim Tal Afar was expected to be less grinding than the nine-month campaign for Mosul, but its lightning pace surprised many — highlighting both the Iraqi military’s capabilities and the militants’ disorganization, officials said.

Col. Jason E. Bailey will lead the sole U.S. Air Force fighter wing in Germany and more than 4,500 airmen after a change-of-command ceremony here Tuesday, where he took the mantle from Col. Joseph D. McFall.

President Donald Trump declined to single out Russia as a threat to the West during a news conference Monday but said America was ready to defend its interests in the Baltics if they are threatened.

Buses carrying hundreds of Islamic State militants and their families from the border area between Lebanon and Syria have arrived in eastern Syria as part of a negotiated deal to end the extremist group's presence there, Syria's state-run news agency said.

The Russian military says major war games set for next month will not threaten anyone.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the fight against "Islamist terrorism" especially in Syria and Iraq is the first priority of his foreign policy.

President Donald Trump has promised federal assistance to storm-ravaged parts of Texas, insisting Congress will act swiftly on a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey recovery package as the government signaled current funds will be exhausted in the next few weeks.

Homeowners suffering flood damage from Harvey are more likely to be on the hook for losses than victims of prior storms — a potentially crushing blow to personal finances and neighborhoods along the Gulf Coast.

France's highest order of merit for military and civil merits will be bestowed on an Indiana man next month.

The second night inside the George R. Brown Convention Center was louder, more crowded and at times, more chaotic.

A suicide bombing on Tuesday in a busy commercial area in Kabul, near a string of banks and not far from the U.S. Embassy, killed at least five people, Afghan officials said.

More than $8,000 had been raised on a fundraising page for the widow of a 20-year-old soldier who was killed during training at Fort Carson.

Retired Maj. Gen. Tim Lowenberg, who led the Washington National Guard as the state’s adjutant general when thousand of its citizen-soldiers served in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has died.

Former supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi accuse her of ignoring state violence against ethnic minorities and Muslims, continuing to jail journalists and activists, cowing to Myanmar's still-powerful generals, and failing to nurture democratic leaders who could step in when she, now 72, exits the scene.

An article went up Thursday on a communal board at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs student center, stating military veterans should be banned from four-year universities because they are harming the schools.

The Okinawa Lime Cave Association is a nonprofit dedicated to exploring the island prefecture’s caves, conducting surveys and recovering World War II-era remains. The group has recovered more than 2,000 sets of remains — including those of Americans — from the war.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is deploying Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air systems to several U.S. bases in Japan to test their ability to quickly respond to Pyongyang’s missile threats.

Australia has already sent surveillance planes to help the Philippines, where the southern city of Marawi has been under siege for months by Islamic State-linked militants.

A World War II veteran, Harold Wakefield, 94, was the navigator on Boeing B-29, based in Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Wakefield said his crew completed between 25 to 32 missions against Japan.

Authorities and elected officials in the city of Clovis said the shooter had been taken into custody and was being questioned, but there was no indication of what may have prompted the violence.

Dustin Doyon graduated from Cathedral High School in Chicopee, Mass. in 2009 and enlisted in the Navy in April 2015. The 26-year-old was one of the 10 sailors killed when the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker.

The confirmation that the Trump Organization was actively considering doing business in Russia during the presidential election could provide special counsel Robert Mueller fodder for probing Trump's personal and business finances, a line Trump has warned him not to cross.

An Air Force ROTC detachment at Brigham Young University appears to be staying, despite concerns about the non-Mormon commander reluctance to sign BYU's honor code.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Monday proposed to eliminate several special envoys, including those for climate change and the Iran nuclear deal.