OBAMA: Iran Nuclear Deal 'Cuts Off Most Likely Path To A Bomb'
President Barack Obama on Saturday called an interim deal between six world powers and Iran on the country's nuclear program an "important first step" toward a larger agreement. In a statement from the...
View ArticleThis Is How The Left And Right Reacted To The Breakthrough Iran Nuclear Deal
A major breakthrough deal was reached between Iran and six world powers on Saturday, which President Barack Obama said would help "prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon."Soon after the deal was...
View ArticleAmericans Are Too Gloomy About Their Place In The World
ON MAY 1st 2003, at 6pm Pacific daylight time, the immense power of the United States reached a peak. After just six weeks’ fighting, Saddam Hussein’s 375,000-strong army had been routed at a cost of...
View ArticleTop Senate Democrats Criticize The Iran Nuclear Deal
The White House found broad bipartisan skepticism Sunday on the deal reached between six world powers and Iran, and top Democrats criticized the Obama administration for what they saw as a...
View ArticleIn One Chart, Here's The Most Important Part Of The Iran Deal
Iran struck an interim deal with Western powers to curb its nuclear ambitions.There's already a lot of skepticism, especially from Israel and some U.S. hawks, that Iran got the better end of the deal...
View ArticleFrance Seeks Grandeur Abroad As Pessimism Grows At Home
PARIS (Reuters) - The hero of France's top movie comedy of the moment is a French foreign minister who complains about American isolationism and says the Germans must be humored - but above all kept...
View ArticleThis Cryptic Internet Scavenger Hunt Has Baffled Cyber Experts For Two Years
For the past two years, a mysterious online organisation has been setting the world's finest code-breakers a series of seemingly unsolveable problems. But to what end? Welcome to the world of Cicada...
View ArticleERIC CANTOR: Any Deal With Iran Is 'Not Worth The Paper It's Written On'
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) — who has become the most outspoken opponent of the deal reached Saturday night between Iran and six world powers— called that deal "dangerous" in a television...
View ArticleHere Comes The Next Big Fight In Congress
Near the end of a brief statement in the wee hours of Saturday night announcing what was billed as a historic agreement with Iran, President Barack Obama delivered a terse warning to the one party he...
View ArticleNow The Really Hard Part Starts After Landmark Iran Nuclear Deal
GENEVA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has pulled off a historic deal with Iran on curbing its nuclear program but he and other global leaders now have tough work ahead turning an interim accord...
View ArticleHere's What 'Heavy Water' Is, And Why It Matters For Nuclear Weapons
It will take time to see the actual effects of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated this weekend. One of the terms of the agreement is a delay in the development of a heavy water reactor in Arak, capable...
View ArticleThe Impending Collapse Of Iraq, In One Chart
Twin bombings killed 27 today in Iraq, the Associated Press reports.The bombings are part of a trend of instability that has stricken the region since the U.S. withdrawal.Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki...
View ArticleDealers Caught Allegedly Selling 90 Ecstasy Tabs Along With 2.2 Pounds Of...
South African officials seized 2.2 pounds of uranium and 90 ecstasy tablets from two men allegedly trying to sell the items in the city of Durban, reports AFP.Uranium serves as a crucial component in...
View ArticleVeteran Journalist Paul Mooney Explains Why He Thinks China Is A 'Thugocracy'
We recently spoke with veteran journalist Paul Mooney on being denied a journalist visa from the Chinese government after covering the country for the last 28 years.We also got his opinion on a number...
View ArticleThis Historic Exchange Kicked Off America's Entrance Into The Nuclear Arms Race
Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd knew he had to warn the Belgians.It was 1939, the year after the discovery of nuclear fission.Szilárd, a Columbia University researcher, had found that fission could be...
View ArticlePENNY LANE: This Secret CIA Facility At Guantánamo Bay Turned Detainees Into...
Penny Lane: The secret Guantanamo Bay facility where CIA turned prisoners into double agentsWASHINGTON (AP) — In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned some Guantanamo Bay prisoners into double...
View ArticleSon Of Alleged Drug Kingpin Has Amazing Twitter Feed Full Of Guns And Cash
The son of the alleged No. 2 leader of Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate has an interesting Twitter account, Tim Johnson of McClatchy reports.Serafin Zambada Ortiz, 23, who was detained last...
View Article10 Dead After Boat Carrying Haitian Migrants Capsizes In The Bahamas
An overloaded boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized in the Bahamas on Monday night, killing ten and leaving about 100 clinging to the hull.The 40-foot sail-powered freighter was grounded and capsized...
View ArticleUS Flies B-52s Into China's New Air Defense Zone
The U.S. flew two b-52s along a route that took them over a disputed island chain and deep into China's newly established air defense zone, reports the WSJ.Japan released a statement saying the new...
View ArticleThe Reporter Behind CBS' Bungled Benghazi Report Is Taking A Leave Of Absence
CBS announced on Tuesday that Lara Logan, the "60 Minutes"correspondent behind the network's botched Benghazi story, is taking a leave of absence at the network's request, along with producer Max...
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