Новости за 06.09.2017

Tunisia's prime minister has named new interior and defense ministers as part of a broader government reshuffling that the African country's president says creates a "war cabinet" to fight terrorism and corruption.

Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company's findings.

This is only the second time since satellites started tracking storms about 40 years ago that one maintained 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, said Colorado State University meteorology professor Phil Klotzbach.

An Air Force medic, known only as "Rob," helped guide a group of hikers away from the Eagle Creek fire. He set up accountability, walked the line of escaping hikers and helped keep people's spirits up.

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation — an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country."

Residents of the Florida Keys are known for riding out hurricanes, but with Irma's potentially catastrophic wind and rain set to crash through the low-lying island chain this weekend, not many seem willing to risk it this time.

Almost eight months after President Donald Trump took office and promised to immediately repeal Obamacare, Republican senators are instead developing a small package of changes to help the health law rather than end it.

The suit alleges that attorney Candy Kern-Fuller and Arkansas businessmen Andrew Gamber and Mark Corbett and their related companies illegally induced veterans to sell their retirement benefits or disability benefits for a period of months or years in exchange for lump-sum payments.

The United States cautiously welcomed a Russian proposal to send U.N. peacekeepers into eastern Ukraine, but insisted Wednesday the force should be deployed throughout embattled eastern Ukraine and not just on the line of conflict.

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said the Navy is consulting with several industrial partners to conduct their own probe. The effort aims to find causes for the crashes, who’s responsible and boost safety for servicemembers.

President Donald Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief.

The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two senior members of South Sudan's government, a former official and three South Sudanese companies for undermining peace, security and stability in the crisis-stricken nation.

The number of people facing hunger in the U.S. declined last year to the lowest since 2007 as unemployment fell and some states strengthened child-nutrition programs.

In a flurry of phone calls with world leaders, President Donald Trump took a tough line against negotiating with North Korea as the communist country's latest nuclear test exposed stark differences among international leaders for containing the threat.

U.S. soldiers at the Grafenwoehr Training Area often notice a curious sight they wouldn’t find on bases back home. There are scores of ruins scattered throughout the training area. But what is the story behind these structures?

CBS Sports Network, which will televise seven Army football games this season, will continue to broadcast all home games at Michie Stadium as part of the agreement.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, expressed frustration that defense funding will likely get sidelined this month by other fiscal priorities, such as emergency funding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, debt ceiling concerns and keeping the government operating.

A suicide bomber attacked a gate Wednesday at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan after the U.S. military distributed “highly offensive” propaganda flyers, Afghan and U.S. authorities said.

As Kim Jong Un’s antics in North Korea capture global attention, China is quietly moving to bolster its grip on disputed territory in the South China Sea.

NATO will work to thwart threats to its southern borders with a new information hub that will collect data from Mideast and African countries where political unrest and economic strife can breed terrorism, drug smuggling and human trafficking.

The strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever recorded passed almost directly over the island of Barbuda, causing widespread flooding and downing trees. France sent emergency food and water rations to the French islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy, where Irma ripped off roofs and knocked out all electricity.

The U.S. military will deploy additional launchers for an advanced missile-defense system Thursday in a remote area of South Korea despite local protests, the defense ministry said.