Новости за 28.09.2017

Nearly 100 soldiers from the South Dakota National Guard 189th Aviation Regiment will soon be headed to the Middle East for a year of service.

The Islamic State group on Thursday released what it said was a new audio recording of its top leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which he vows to continue fighting and lavishes praise on his jihadis despite their loss of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

North Korea's state newspaper reported Thursday that 4.7 million students and workers have expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the nation's army, potentially adding a major boost in manpower to what is already one of the largest armed forces in the world.

Half a lifetime ago, Ellen Page figured she had options if the acting thing didn't go anywhere.

Tourists snapped photos with North Korean mountains in the background, apparently unaware or unconcerned that they were about 60 miles away from the launch site of a morning missile test.

In an emotional ceremony befitting a hero, the Austin Junior ROTC returned service medals to the family of a former student who served in Iraq and died in an automobile accident in 2006.

On Saturday, Santo Coppola will return for his final game in his home state when the Falcons visit New Mexico. “Going home will be fun,” he said. “I look forward to every game, but this will be a little bit different.”

The Pentagon confirmed that President Moon Jae-in and President Donald Trump agreed to "enhanced deployment of U.S. strategic assets in and around South Korea on a rotational basis" when they met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly last week.

Sen. John McCain is demanding a full accounting from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the financial status of its private-sector health care program after the agency said it could face another budget shortfall as soon as December.

Iraq said Turkey agreed to deal exclusively with its central government over exports of Kurdish crude oil, a step that could disrupt shipments from the independence-seeking Kurd region.

Libyan authorities have arrested a man suspected of taking part in the Islamic State group's beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya in 2015, an official said Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday to discuss the setup and monitoring of a combat-free zone in Syria, as well as Turkey's purchase of a Russian missile defense system.

A Lebanese military tribunal has sentenced a radical Sunni cleric to death for leading an armed group that clashed with the country's army four years ago in battles that killed 18 soldiers.

Israeli and Palestinian experts say there have been dozens of cases throughout a two-year spate of violence in which suicidal Palestinians plagued by emotional and psychological issues carried out deadly attacks that retroactively were cloaked in nationalism.

What's your dream car to drive? Saudi women are asking that question after the kingdom announced that females would be granted licenses and be allowed to drive for the first time.

More than 130 airlines worldwide use Amadeus's Altea passenger-service system, which helps manage flight reservations, inventory and departure-control capabilities. The system suffered what the company called a "network issue."

The Defense Health Agency says it has embraced and begun to adopt a host of recommendations to improve health care services for military children.

Islamic State militants on Thursday attacked a village in eastern Syria recently captured by government forces, threatening to cut the main highway linking the capital, Damascus, with the city of Deir el-Zour, Syrian opposition activists said.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise entered the House chamber on crutches to a roar of bipartisan applause, embraced several of his colleagues, and delivered his first floor remarks since the June 14 shooting.

U.S. airstrikes across eastern Syria have hobbled Islamic State's deadly drone program, but U.S. commanders warn that proliferation of the inexpensive technology may allow terrorist groups to launch other aerial attacks around the globe.

Authorities in Catalonia aim to ensure that a disputed referendum on independence from Spain will take place peacefully on Sunday despite a crackdown on the vote by the national government, the region's interior minister said.

A Supreme Court is taking on a new case with the potential to financially cripple Democratic-leaning labor unions that represent government workers. The justices deadlocked 4-4 in a similar case last year. The high court agreed Thursday to consider a free-speech challenge from workers who object to paying money to unions they don't support.

Adding more renewables, and moving away from centralized power grids to more so-called "microgrids," could lower costs and increase resilience in the face of storms, several energy experts said.