Declassified CIA Paper Reveals How The US Helped Stop An Iranian Sneak Attack...
A recently disclosed CIA document suggests that the US military's around-the-clock satellite imagery analysis helped Saudi Arabia foil a planned Iranian attack on its offshore oil rigs in 1987.An...
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Good morning. Here's what you need to know for Wednesday. 1. Kurds in Turkey are lashing out over the Turkish government's seeming inaction to prevent the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from falling to...
View ArticleObama's Former Secretary Of Defense And CIA Director Has Been Shredding Him...
Promoting the release of his new book "Worthy Fights," former Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta has embarked on a media tour full of criticism of...
View ArticleISIS Keeps Defeating The Iraqi Army In A 'Critical' Province Next To Baghdad
Despite US-led coalition airstrikes in support of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), ISIS continues to make gains in a critical province bordering Baghdad, Tamer El-Ghobashy and Ali A. Nabhan report for...
View ArticleChinese State-Run Media Has Started Attacking North Korea Over The Country's...
Chinese media has published a run of negative articles over its supposed ally, North Korea, the BBC reports. The articles have appeared in China's Beijing News, the Global Times, and the personal blog...
View ArticleA Former Dutch Soldier Explains Why He Joined A Jihadist Group In Syria
"I would fight anybody. Even if it was my own father that was bombing these people, I would fight him and kill him myself," a Dutch jihadi militant now fighting in Syria told CBS News. Yilmaz, 26,...
View ArticleHundreds Of People Have Died During The Latest Ukraine Cease-Fire
The UN has found that at least 331 people have died in fighting in eastern Ukraine despite the cease-fire agreed to by the Kiev government and armed separatists in early September, The New York Times...
View ArticleWelding Could Revolutionize The Future Of Making Clothes — And Do Away With...
Researchers are developing a more efficient way to manufacture clothes using a new process called "fabric welding."Produced by Matt Johnston and Alex Kuzoian. Video courtesy of Associated Press.Follow...
View ArticleUS Air Force Jet Crashes In English Countryside
A US Air Force F15D crashed in the English countryside on Wednesday.According to the BBC, the US Air Force has identified the downed aircraft as an F15D belonging to the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF...
View Article10 Ways ISIS Is Violating The Laws Of Islam
Islamic scholars and Muslim leaders around the world have come together to condemn ISIS and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, issuing a letter accusing Baghdadi of failing to respect key tenants of the...
View ArticleChina May Have Committed A Tiananmen Square-Scale Massacre This Year — And...
Many feared that the recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong would end with a crackdown reminiscent of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese army crushed a peaceful student occupation...
View ArticleThe ISIS Siege Of Kobani Exposes A Critical Flaw In Obama's Syria Plan
The Obama administration's strategy to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the extremist group known as ISIS (aka ISIL or the Islamic State) is already running into roadblocks.The Pentagon on Tuesday said...
View ArticleThe US Marine Corps Is The Best Military Branch, According To Glassdoor Reviews
The Marine Corps is the top-rated military service branch, according to reviews on the career website Glassdoor.The Corps, a small maritime component of the US Navy with just under 180,000 Marines on...
View ArticleThe Mother Of The Ex-Army Ranger Being Held By ISIS Is Desperately Trying To...
The mother of the former US Army Ranger held by ISIS in Syria is desperately trying to get in touch with the self-proclaimed leader of the group in a number of tweets sent on Wednesday.Paula Kassig,...
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Good morning. Here's what you need to know for Thursday.1. World Bank chief Jim Kim said on Wednesday that global leaders had "failed miserably" to respond to the Ebola outbreak, which has now killed...
View ArticleThe 2 Big Weaknesses In Obama's ISIS Plan Are Being Fully Exposed
There are two obvious weaknesses with the Obama administration's plan to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State (aka ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq and Syria: Weak partners on the ground, especially in Syria,...
View ArticleThe Most Famous Animal In All Of Greece — Loukanikos The 'Riot Dog' — Has Died
Loukanikos, the stray dog that became famous for joining anti-austerity protestors in Greece a few years back, has died, according to I Avgi, a left-wing daily newspaper in Greece. The dog, whose name...
View ArticleThis Is The Crazy Draconian Media Guide That ISIS Released To Journalists In...
On Thursday, the news website Syria Deeply published a media guide that the Islamic State terrorist group, also known ISIS, issued to all journalists in the Deir Ezzor province under militant control....
View ArticleThis Intense Story Reveals How Bad Things Got In Iraq After The Insurgency...
The following is an excerpt from The Invisible Front, Foreign Policy managing editor Yochi Dreazen's newly released book about one army general's efforts to change the military's approach to the mental...
View ArticleHere Are Amazing Photos Of Russia Dismantling An Outdated Nuclear Submarine
Russia is currently in the process of expanding and modernizing its navy. This might have something to do with Moscow's apparent appetite for military conquest. Still, Russia has a few nuclear...
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