Новости за 10.04.2018

President Donald Trump hosted Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban and the players at the White House to honor their fifth national title in nine years.

Key members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Tuesday that they had resolved the biggest stumbling block to writing a new resolution to govern the ongoing war on terrorist groups.

Many people think Guantanamo is one big prison. But here are 12 things you probably didn’t know about the U.S. Navy base near the southeastern tip of Cuba that feels more like a small town in America.

Texas authorities say a supervisor for the U.S. Border Patrol killed a woman with whom he was romantically involved and her 1-year-old child before calling 911 claiming to have discovered the bodies near a park along the border with Mexico.

An internal Environmental Protection Agency memo states that "[u]sing all source intelligence resources, EPA Intelligence has not identified any specific credible direct threat to the EPA Administrator."

If federal prosecutors feel they have enough on you to execute a search warrant, it’s never a good sign — just ask Paul Manafort.

It’s the question of the day in Washington. How would Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, respond if the probe of President Donald Trump’s relations with Russia reaches a crisis stage?

The United States is considering strikes on Russian ally Bashar Assad in Syria, prompting ominous speculation among people close to the Kremlin that such a move could touch off a wider conflict.

Army defense chiefs, military attaches and other senior officers from about 40 African nations will meet in Nigeria’s capital next week to discuss security cooperation on the continent.

The nonprofit behind the effort to establish a national memorial dedicated to the Global War on Terror got a new director Monday after the group’s founder left in mid-March.

“Beirut” is a spy story. But what’s its mission?

The United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland sent representatives to the Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative to discuss security and defense in the region.

A report of a pipe bomb Monday night at the Burley Army National Guard Armory turned out to be a false alarm.

Glenn Tipton was killed aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. His remains were identified after his family submitted DNA five years ago to the U.S. Navy as part of its efforts to distinguish the remains of sailors.

Officials say when a passenger leaves a bicycle behind, Coast Guard and ferry personnel treat like a potential distress situation until the bicyclist can be confirmed safe. Each response can require helicopters, boats and specialized crews to search for nonexistent victims.

The convention hall housing the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Exposition at the National Harbor in Maryland was packed with military technological wonders large and small.

After privately assuring senators that his company will do better, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day congressional inquisition that will be very public — and possibly pivotal for the massive social networking company he created.

The tale of friendly stray mutt-turned-war hero is the kind of true story built for cinematic adaptation. Director Richard Lanni, who has worked on documentary films and series about World War II, co-wrote the animated film “Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero” with veteran and Hollywood military advisor Mike Stokey. It depicts the inspiring and unlikely story of Stubby, a mutt who made his way from a training base in Connecticut to the trenches of France during World War I. For his heroic actions, Stubby... Читать дальше...

Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, has ordered a probe into low-level, non-fatal aviation mishaps, asking investigators to determine whether underlying issues are responsible for an uptick in their frequency in recent years, Air Force officials said Tuesday.

It’s simple, really. Major League Baseball needs to suspend Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo and send a message that his punkish behavior is not acceptable.

Come September 2019, sailors will have to pass an online military knowledge test in order to take the E-4, E-5 and E-6 advancement exams.

The international chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it will send a fact-finding team to the Syrian town where a suspected gas attack took place over the weekend, after receiving a request from the Syrian government and its Russian backers to investigate the allegations.

Making a film about a lonely boy and a horse means expectations of "The Black Stallion" variety are inevitable, but that's not where "Lean on Pete" is going. Not at all.

The first six months - and 2,442 games - of the NBA's regular season weren't enough to complete its playoff picture.In fact, it is going to take until the final buzzer of the season's 2,460th and final game Wednesday night to determine exactly how the postseason will shake out.

Recent U.S. deployments of aircraft carriers, backed by destroyers, to the disputed waters for freedom of navigation challenges to Beijing's territorial claims are reassuring allies but also sparking concerns with China's own show of force in the busy waterway.