Turkish Riot Cop Screaming About Tear Gas At Photographer Sums Up Soaring...
This clip here from LiveLeak shows a police officer approach a photographer asking for proper identification.Moments later his colleague walks up and totally loses his mind. He yells about how the...
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Colombia's 'Zombie Drug' Makes People Willingly Empty Their Bank Accounts For...
BOGOTA, Colombia — The drug scopolamine is also known as “the devil’s breath” or “burundanga.” The late salsa diva Celia Cruz sang about it. In a recent documentary, Vice called it “the world’s...
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Popular Sleep Drug Ambien Ingrains Bad Memories Into Your Brain, New Research...
People who take the popular sleep drug Ambien are more likely to recall bad or upsetting memories, says new research.This could affect anyone living with anxiety disorders or Post-Traumatic Stress...
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Bill In Congress On Veterans 'Saluting' The Flag Has Military Community Split...
A bill in Congress right now has the military community split.Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) has introduced a bill that would officially loosen flag customs rules (Title 4 of the U.S. Code) so that veterans...
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EDWARD SNOWDEN: How To Make Sure The NSA Can't Read Your Email
Article 12 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence."It's that last one...
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British Defense Officials Send Out Media Notice To Censor Further Leaks From...
Defence officials issued a confidential D notice to the BBC and other media groups in an attempt to censor coverage of surveillance tactics employed by intelligence agencies in the UK and US.Editors...
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Republican Senator Demands Answers On Obama’s Secret 'Cash For Karzai' Program
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) has blocked millions of dollars in governmental funds for Afghanistan until the Obama administration answers his questions about a secret CIA program to provide cash to people...
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Former Special Forces Soldier Who Lost Both Legs In Combat Scares Off...
Arsonist thieves in North Carolina recently stole two custom Harley Davidson motorcycles from an Army Special Forces soldier who had lost his legs in combat.Then they burnt down his camper.But not...
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EX-NSA DEVELOPER: Hackers Can Take Over Security Cameras To Spy On You
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that...
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Women Will Start Training For The Most Elite And Dangerous Posts In The Military
Tomorrow, the Pentagon is expected to announce plans to allow the first women to train in Army Ranger battalions in 2015, and Navy SEAL units a year later, according to multiple news reports. The...
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Report: China Now Has The World's Fastest Supercomputer
A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a US machine which now ranks second.Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by...
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OBAMA DEFENDS SECRECY: 'We Could Not Have Carried Out The Bin Laden Raid If...
President Barack Obama defended the ability of the federal government to carry out some intelligence-gathering operations in secret in a wide-ranging interview with PBS' Charlie Rose that aired Monday....
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Here's What Happened When Dennis Rodman Went To North Korea
HBO documentary series Vice aired its most controversial episode yet on Friday, featuring former NBA star Dennis Rodman and a diplomatic trip to North Korea.Rodman was criticized for calling North...
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One Photo That Says It All About Obama's Chilly Meeting With Vladimir Putin
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a face-to-face meeting at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland on Monday.It didn't go so well.The two leaders shared a tense exchange on...
View ArticleRussian Oil Giants Set To Spearhead Sharp Rise In Private Paramilitary Armies
I’ve just written a short piece for Blouin News on the news that already-relaxed restrictions on the security forces of gas giant Gazprom and oil pipeline corporation Transneft are to be lifted,...
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The Sochi Winter Olympics Are Drowning In Corruption — And It's Way Too Warm
Boris Nemtsov has occupied many roles in post-Soviet Russia, both in government and in the parallel polis that is oppositional politics.He was first elected governor of Nizhny Novgorod, whose...
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The 'Standing Man' Has Become The Iconic Protest In Istanbul's Chaos
So far the "Lady in Red" has been the iconic image of the Turkish protests against Prime Minister , but as the protests continue to widen, a new protesting tactic is capturing the imagination.The...
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Forget The F-22 And F-35, Russia's New Su-35 Fighter Jet Blows Them Away
The Su-35 (NATO designation Flanker E), Russia’s latest version of the famous super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet has demonstrated its stunning capabilities during the first day of the 50th Paris...
View ArticleLarge Explosion At Russian Ammunition Depot
A technical fault is believed to have caused a large explosion at an ammunition depot in Russia’s Samara region, Ria Novosti reports. The blast is near the small town of Chapaevsk, and occured around...
View ArticleProtesters Taking Over This Brazil Metro Station Exemplifies The Huge Wave...
Brazil's political leaders are bracing for more protests after about 200,000 total demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday.About 65,000 gathered in Sao Paulo,...
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