Новости за 30.08.2017

The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it may strike a convoy of Islamic State militants that evacuated the Lebanon border headed toward eastern Syria under a controversial agreement brokered by Hezbollah.

Jordan and Iraq reopened their only border crossing Wednesday after a two-year closure, taking a step toward stabilizing an area devastated by Islamic State extremists and allowing for a resumption of vital trade.

The Texas community of Port Arthur found itself increasingly isolated Wednesday as Harvey's rains flooded most major roads out of the city and swamped a shelter for victims fleeing the storm that ravaged the Houston area.

Congressional aides say President Donald Trump will meet House and Senate leaders at the White House next Wednesday, as lawmakers return from an August break and plunge into a daunting pile of work.

President Donald Trump says that "Talking is not the answer" when it comes to North Korea. And he's claiming the U.S. has been paying North Koreans what he calls "extortion money" for decades.

British Prime Minister Theresa May urged China on Wednesday to do more to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile development.

NATO said Wednesday that it will send three experts to observe military exercises between Russian and Belarus next month but alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg wants the two countries to allow broader monitoring.

The Kremlin has confirmed that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer reached out to them during the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking help for a business project in Russia.

At least 10 civilians were wounded in an air strike carried out by joint security forces in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities said.

Photos with pleas for help in finding the missing from Tropical Storm Harvey are being posted, cut-and-pasted and retweeted by thousands of people as desperate family members seek loved ones who they fear might be dead, but may only have a dead phone.

The latest weather forecast delivered hope to Houston after five days of torrential rain submerged the nation's fourth-largest city: Less than an inch of rain and perhaps even sunshine.

The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that 18,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled fresh violence in Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh, with "hundreds and hundreds" stranded in no man's land at the countries' border.

China and India may have ended a tense border standoff for now, but their longstanding rivalry raises questions about the possibility of meaningful cooperation at an upcoming summit of major emerging economies.

Though far-removed from the Gulf, East Africa has been shaken by the Arab diplomatic crisis gripping Qatar.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.

Mayor Sylvester Turner remained resolute in his advice to residents since the storm made landfall on Friday: hunker down at home. Experts said evacuating during a hurricane is a complicated decision with major ramifications.

After a brief tour of the littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer praised the crew by telling them they were America’s “pointy end of the spear.”

Maj. Andrew Downey, who works in Space Operations, had been vacationing on Kauai with his wife and family when he performed the daring rescue last April off the north shore of Kauai.

After an emergency meeting on the missile test, the U.N.'s most powerful body called North Korea's actions "outrageous," saying it was deliberately undermining peace and stability in the region.

The missile launch seemed designed to wreak just the right amount of havoc: enough for Kim to show that he would not be cowed but not so much as to invite the "fire and fury" that Trump warned could follow continued North Korean threats.

The missile launch seemed designed to wreak just the right amount of havoc: enough for Kim Jong Un to show that he would not be cowed but not so much as to invite the "fire and fury" that President Donald Trump warned could follow continued North Korean threats.

Arms control advocates Tuesday celebrated the opening of an internationally supported repository for nuclear reactor fuel that its backers believe will dissuade countries interested in nuclear power from developing the capability to make atomic weapons.

More than 140 House Democrats have sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to reconsider his ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Tuesday that he is freezing President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military, saying that he will first establish a panel of experts to provide advice and recommendations on how to carry out Trump's direction.

North Korea said Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Un was present as it fired for the first time a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean.