Новости за 09.11.2017

Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., said Thursday, a day before Veteran's Day, that he plans to propose legislation during the 2018 legislative session to eliminate state taxes on all retirement income for military veterans.

American servicemembers could be forced to pick up the slack in Afghanistan if NATO cannot reach its target for troop commitments from its members, officials in Brussels said Thursday.

Brozers', a cozy retro-themed diner in Tokyo, is consistently rated one of the best burger restaurants in the city.

Honorably discharged servicemembers will be able to access tax-free shopping through the Military Exchange Online stores beginning this Veterans Day.

In promoting “Call of Duty: WWII,” Activision has touted a return to tradition. However, the latest first-person shooter makes so many bold changes to the franchise’s format that it’s quickly apparent that it’s anything but traditional — and that’s for the best.

After decades of false starts, unused plans and fundraising drives, the National World War I Memorial is finally on track after a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at Pershing Park in Washington, D.C.

A provision would allow the defense secretary to authorize the emergency use of drugs and devices that have not been approved by the FDA. The permission would apply to military personnel who are outside the United States.

Vietnam at 50: 1967 is a series of features intended to add context and understanding to the history of that war and changes it wrought. The project examines the fighting abroad and the protests, politics and turmoil at home. All from the men who were there.

A second Libyan militant brought to the United States to face charges in the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans pleaded not guilty Thursday in Washington.

Since the one-two punch of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the emergency room at the VA hospital in San Juan has been operating at maximum capacity. In many instances the VA has kept people after they were stabilized, simply because they had nowhere else to go.

Winding down his two days in Beijing, President Donald Trump suggested that if the U.S. and China jointly took on the world's problems, "I believe we can solve almost all of them, and probably all of them."

Starting last month, the team - including trained U.S. Navy dolphins - headed out into the gulf to search for vaquitas. Live capture had never been done before, and no one knew how the animals would cope with the stress. It didn't go well.

A trip to the Baumwipfelpfad, or treetop path, and atop the Baumwipfelpfad in Bad Wildbad, a Black Forest town, is experienced in three phases.

A proposed transgender military ban stigmatizes an entire group of people and is likely already having a negative effect on active-duty service members trying to plan for future military assignments, a federal judge said during a court hearing in Baltimore.

Rep. Mac Thornberry said all the conferees had “the welfare of servicemembers foremost in our minds. Some of that is pay and benefits but also, [considering] recent naval accidents and air accidents, it’s making sure they have equipment that works.”

After almost 20 years of evaluating approaches to fitness, the Army will introduce a new, combat skill-centered fitness test in 2020.

The Air Force agreed to reimburse the city of Airway Heights for water it’s purchasing from Spokane, months after the revelation that firefighting operations at Fairchild Air Force Base contaminated the city’s former drinking water system.

One hundred years after U.S. troops entered Europe as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War I, and 99 years after an armistice ended that war, U.S. troops still on the continent paid tribute to those who have served with a ceremony Thursday in Wiesbaden.

As a major Eurasian power with vast Far Eastern territories that boast significant potential, Russia has a stake in the successful future of the Asia-Pacific region, and in promoting sustainable and comprehensive growth throughout its territory.

The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, began discussions Thursday into whether Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix abused young Marine hopefuls and zeroed in on Muslim-Americans because of their heritage and religion.

In many homes, the Thanksgiving gathering stretches for hours. It’s not an eat-and-run kind of day — you’re all in it for the long haul.

The defeat of the Islamic State in its last major foothold in Syria also marks a crucial juncture in the country's larger war, as rival U.S.— and Russia-backed forces that have pushed the jihadist group to the brink now turn to consider each other.