Новости за 13.04.2018

Authorities in Mosul have buried more than 1,000 bodies in a mass grave in a desert valley outside the city, most of them believed to be Islamic State group militants, according to a provincial official. More remains are being dug out of the rubble of the district where the fighters made their final stand last year.

Sailors in ranks E-1 to E-8 now have until June 1 to apply, the Navy announced this week. The deadline had been April 11.

Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday that the criminal probe that led them to raid the offices of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is focused on the attorney's "personal business dealings" and has been going on for months.

Throughout the fight, Army Staff Sgt. Michael Young displayed an “extraordinary ability to maintain composure in a terrifyingly chaotic situation,” his award citation reads.

Three military services face a shortage of one in four fighter pilots, and a gap in aviators could persist in the Air Force at least through 2023, the Government Accountability Office says.

A minivan driver plunged in the vehicle off a California cliff Friday and into the ocean but managed to get out of the wreckage and walk on rocks to a rescuer who rappelled down to him, authorities said.

When Alice Gerstel bid an emotional farewell to her family's closest friends in October 1941, she was hopeful she'd see "Little Simon" Gronowski again. And she did — 76 years later and half a world away from where they were separated in Brussels.

NEDU — a Naval Support Activity Panama City tenant unit that does biomedical research and saturation dives — is using special eyewear called Tobii Pro Glasses 2 that monitors a user's retina location and headgear called Artinis Brite23 that tracks blood flow and oxygen levels in the brain during training.

The Russian military says a navy helicopter has crashed during a night training flight, killing both pilots.

The Citadel has chosen the assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps as its next president.

Democracy doesn’t function when everybody simply backs their own.

The trick for U.S. planners is how to calibrate military action this time so that it sends a clear deterrence message to Syria and Russia without escalating the conflict.

Recruiting more women into the military could address the dwindling percentage of eligible candidates for service, a congresswomen said Friday.

Part of the reason you hear so many negative stories about VA health care is that it receives far more scrutiny than the rest of the health care system, including from two standing committees in Congress, an inspector general, veterans service organizations and a highly engaged press.

Rights groups have described the Israeli military's open-fire regulations as unlawful, saying they permit soldiers to use potentially lethal force against unarmed protesters. Israel has accused Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers of using the protests as a cover for attacks and says snipers only target the main "instigators."

Crowder College invited several speakers to share their knowledge and expertise on Mort Walker’s life and the adventures of soldiers stationed at Camp Crowder.

Democratic members of Congress who served in the military criticized President Donald Trump’s tweets on Syria and Republicans’ unwillingness to rein in the use of military force in a press conference Friday.

President Donald Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a person familiar with the president's decision.

Israeli forces fired tear gas, rubber-coated steel pellets and live rounds. The military said that demonstrators hurled an explosive device and several fire bombs near the fence in what it said was an apparent attempt to damage it.

A war laps at Saudi Arabia's borders, in Yemen, less than 500 miles south of Riyadh. Yet the menace feels distant, the carnage reduced to abstraction by the time it reaches a city riveted by its own dramas — social changes and crackdowns, economic shifts and palace intrigues.

Sweeping, retroactive fixes for existing members are difficult enough. There’s no excuse for baking problems in for newcomers.

Teachers are being forced to rise up in part because most state courts are shrinking from their duty to enforce the state constitutional right to education.

Testifying in the Senate on April 10 and the House on April 11, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg chose his words carefully, dodged or referred questions to his "team," or gave only partial answers.

Russia and China are engaged in robust efforts to fight wars in space, developing technology and weapons designed to take out U.S. satellites that provide missile defense and enable soldiers to communicate and monitor adversaries, according to a pair of reports released this week.

Lennie James was filled with dread after being summoned to the house of Scott M. Gimple, the showrunner of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” several months ago. As he drove, he wondered if he would get out alive.