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UN Secretary-General Cancels Iranian Invite After 'Dismaying' Screwup
U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon has rescinded his invitation for Iran to attend the Syrian peace talks after backlash from the U.S. and the Syrian opposition, the A.P. reports.The Iranian invitation on Sunday...
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One Of The Most Popular Sources On Syria Happens To Be An al-Qaeda Supporter
There are relatively few Twitter experts on affairs inside Syria, which has created unusual and sometimes troubling associations between the people who regularly report and discuss events of the...
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Japan Is Scrambling Jets Against China More Than Ever
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fighter jets scrambled against Chinese planes a record number of times in April-December, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, as Sino-Japanese ties are strained by an...
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US Offers Russia Military Support For Sochi Games As Terror Concerns Rise
The United States said Monday it was ready to deploy air and naval assets -- including two ships -- to help secure the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia after terror threats.The offer came following...
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10,000 Rioters Battle Ukraine Security Forces Amid New Protest Ban
Controversial anti-protest laws which sparked unprecedented riots in Ukraine entered force on Tuesday as the latest standoff between thousands of protesters and anti-riot police in Kiev moved into a...
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It’s Becoming Clear That Assad Fueled The Al-Qaeda Surge That Has Kept Him In...
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad has helped bolster al-Qaeda in Syria by releasing extremists from prison and buying oil from Qaeda fighters, The Telegraph reports.The investigation — which...
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The Pentagon Has Selected 2013's Most Intense Military Training Photos
Military training is no joke.It all starts with boot camp, which is designed to drill in the military mindset from the get-go.By applying various degrees of physical and mental stress, the six to 12...
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The Top 5 Times Someone Called Out Fox News On Fox News
Fox News doesn't have the best reputation for accuracy — and more than one guest has called them on it.This weekend, Media Matters, a non-profit progressive research and information center, posted a...
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I Broke Into An FBI Office And Took Every Document — Here's Why
Editor's note: This post was originally published on the ACLU's website on Jan. 15. We have republished it with permission from the ACLU.Last week, I publicly revealed my identity as a member of the...
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Russian Police Kill Islamist Militant Leader Before Olympics
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police have killed a senior Islamist militant in Russia's North Caucasus ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where security forces searched on Tuesday for a woman they fear is...
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Slovenia's Olympic Committee Received A Terrorist Threat In Russian
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The Slovenian Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it had received a letter containing a terrorist threat ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia."The committee has...
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Syria Rejects Report Of Systematic Torture And Killing Of 11,000 Prisoners
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday rejected a report purporting to show the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees, calling it an attempt to undermine peace efforts as diplomats...
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US Pacific Fleet Commander: North Korea Is 'Number One Security Concern" In Asia
North Korea remains Washington's "number one security concern" in Asia, the US Pacific Fleet commander said Wednesday, despite simmering territorial disputes elsewhere in the region.Admiral Harry B....
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Russian Hackers 'Are Copying The Chinese Play Book' — That's Bad News For The US
The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has published a report detailing a program dubbed "Energetic Bear" that is linked to Russia's government and conducts intelligence collection operations around the...
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Someone Just Said Something About The Japan-China Conflict That Scared The...
I went to one of those fancy private dinners last night in Davos, Switzerland.Like most of the events here at the 2014 World Economic Forum, the dinner was conducted under what are known as "Chatham...
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Security Researchers Found Russian Spy Nodes Studying Facebook Users
A new report published by security researchers Phillip Winter and Stefan Lindskog related to the Tor anonymity network revealed that someone in Russia is operating a series of spy nodes that collect...
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Shinzo Abe Compares Japan-China Tensions To UK-Germany Before World War I
Japan Prime Minster Shinzo Abe said the current tension between Japan and China is a “similar situation" as the rivalry Britain and Germany before World War I, Gideon Rachman of The Financial Times...
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Why Did Huge Amounts Of Chinese Web Traffic Get Redirected To This House In...
On Tuesday, the Chinese Internet went almost completely screwy, with many of the biggest websites, including microblogging website Weibo, completely down for many users. Web analytic firms say today...
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Kiev Has Become A War Zone [PHOTOS]
Late last November, more than 100,000 Ukrainians filed into the streets of Kiev in response to President Viktor Yanukovych’s rejection of trade agreements with the European Union. The protestors...
View ArticleThe Daily Show's Hilarious 'Outrage' About Vietnam Vets Denied Health...
Jason Jones of The Daily Show was nothing short of outraged when he found out that Vietnam veterans were denied health care benefits because of PTSD."So let me get this straight," Jones says in...
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