Новости за 20.10.2017

Suicide bombers struck two mosques in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, a Shiite mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in western Ghor province, killing at least 63 people at the end of a particularly deadly week for the troubled nation.

Last Sunday showed that the government is still able to win elections without having to fabricate the voting tallies out of whole cloth. Deploying the full range of dirty tricks to suppress opposition voters and turn out its own supporters (and employees) is enough.

Fifty-five years ago, President John F. Kennedy was navigating the treacherous tides of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Today the United States again faces a nuclear showdown.

A former guard at the Majdanek death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder for allegedly serving there during a period when at least 17,000 Jews were killed, prosecutors said Friday.

Private Henry Mack was a member of Company H, 7th Regiment, of the United States Colored Infantry.

Noting that past winners have included everyone from Gen. Douglas MacArthur to his own father, former President George W. Bush said his selection "arouses a sense of pride and humility in me."

Electrical linemen descend from helicopters, balancing on steel girders 90 feet high on transmission towers in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, far from any road. At the same time, crews fan out across the battered island, erecting light poles and power lines in a block by block slog.

Air Force has intercepted just two passes this season in part because it has seen so few balls in the air. Those chances will likely now be on the table. Friday will mark the first time the Falcons will face a team that throws more than it runs.

U.S. Army helicopters arrived in Belgium on Friday to begin a nine-month rotation providing close-air support for units stationed in Europe.

As the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas begin to reconcile, families of loved ones killed in Gaza's civil war a decade ago are also learning to get along. With the backing of an exiled former Palestinian security chief, grieving families are agreeing to drop their 10-year-old blood feuds in exchange for $50,000 payments.

Police say a pair of wild boars have gone on the rampage and injured at least four people in the northern German town of Heide.

It’s unreasonable to expect one person to be both king and store manager. But that means being patient with the inevitable failures of the one person who is supposed to be everything at once.

A man attacked people with a knife Friday at a shopping mall in southeastern Poland, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said. Shoppers detained the attacker until police could arrive.

Adm. Michelle Howard, the first female four-star admiral, relinquished command of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa on Friday and soon will end her long, storied career.

In "Wolf Warrior II," Chinese action star Wu Jing portrays a tough super-patriot who rescues both fellow countrymen and oppressed Africans with help from the People's Liberation Army. This red-blooded nationalism has been channeled skillfully by President and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.

Family members of the crew of the World War II B-24 Liberator Pregnant Peggy have unveiled a monument in Germany to honor the sacrifice of the 14 men who died during a bombing run in 1944.

Three Russian navy ships arrived in the Philippines on Friday and two others are coming to deliver donated military equipment in the country's third naval visit under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to diversify the country's ties away from the United States and toward China and Russia.

Fallen servicemembers and their families deserve recognition and respect, both from presidents and the American people. Active-duty military also deserve a clear mission and the commitment of a nation to their service, fight and future.

Starting next month, veterans can register for identification cards that prove their military history – but not everyone who has served will get one.

An unusually large plague outbreak in Madagascar has taken 94 lives, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Russia formally handed over six MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia Friday, part of an arms delivery that has the potential to accentuate tensions in the war-weary Balkans.

During his years of service, John F. Kelly experienced two losses that were intensely personal: that of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps, killed in action when his unit was ambushed in Iraq in 2004 while providing convoy escort to Kelly, who was the assistant division commander at the time; and that of his son, Second Lt. Robert Kelly, in 2010, who was killed when he stepped on hidden explosives in Afghanistan.

A man attacked people with a knife Friday at a shopping mall in southeastern Poland, killing one person and sending seven others to the hospital with wounds, police said.

Expect TCCOR upgrades as Lan gets closer; Yokota could get a near-direct hit early Monday.

An Afghan official at the Interior Ministry says suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in western Kabul has killed at least 30 people and wounded 45.