Here's Why There Probably Isn't A Coup Happening In North Korea
A lot of stranger-than-usual things have been going on in North Korea lately. Kim Jong-Un hasn't been seen in public for weeks, a period when the country sent a surprise delegation to South Korea —...
View ArticleThis One $486 Million Blunder In Afghanistan Sums Up The Disaster Of Military...
Over a dozen transport planes that the US donated to the Afghan military were sold for scrap metal in yet another sign of questionable American policy in the country.A set of high-level US government...
View ArticleThe Gripping Story Of How A 14-Year-Old Girl Earned One Of The CIA's Highest...
A 14-year-old girl became the youngest recipient of the CIA's second-highest award in the late 1960s, and she went on to become a successful intelligence officer in adulthood.It's one of the many...
View ArticleNo One Really Knows What Happened To Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un, the 31-year-old "semi-divine" leader of the world’s most secretive state, has not made a public appearance in almost 35 days.Rumors have been flying about what happened to the dictator —...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning. Here's what you need to know for Friday.1. The World Health Organization says Ebola is now "entrenched" in the capitals of the worst-hit countries: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 2....
View ArticleHere's Who Has The Best Shot At Winning The Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo (AFP) - There was no clear frontrunner ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement, with a Russian opposition newspaper, Tunisia's democratic leadership, Pakistan schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai...
View ArticleThe Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Kailash Satyarthi And Malala Yousafzai
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to...
View ArticleREPORT: North Korea Fires At South Korean Propaganda Balloon, South Korea...
North Korea has fired artillery at a South Korean propaganda balloon, the Associated Press reports, to which South Korea fired back. This is a developing story. Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleHere's The Moment When Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai Left Jon...
Malala Yousafzai, 17, won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday along with the Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, 60, for "their struggle against the suppression of children and young...
View ArticleThis Video Proves How Much Schoolgirls In Pakistan Love Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai just won the Nobel Peace Prize after stunning the world with her bravery. Despite threats from the Taliban, Malala, an advocate for women's right to education, kept...
View ArticleThe US And Turkey Fundamentally Disagree On How To Fight ISIS — And That's A...
Turkey has been unwilling to intervene in the battle in the Syrian border town of Kobani, causing frustration and exposing a fundamental disagreement between allies over how to confront the extremist...
View ArticleThese Are The Countries That Have Destabilized The Most Over The Past 3 Months
Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft has released its latest quarterly Civil Unrest Index. The index tracked changes in social or political unrest that could disrupt business operations across...
View ArticleHere's What It Takes To Visit Iran, North Korea, And Iraq
Choosing a country from the Axis of Evil might not sound like the best way to start a relaxing vacation, but surely it's one way to have an adventure you'll never forget. It was US President George W....
View ArticleA D-Day Veteran Talks About His 4 Weeks In Combat For The First Time
In July 1944, 19-year-old Tom Scardino was wounded twice in one day fighting the Germans in Normandy. Seventy years later, he still finds it too painful to talk about some of the things he saw during...
View ArticleThis One Basic Problem Is Hampering US Efforts Against ISIS In Syria
President Obama's decision to bomb ISIS is attracting criticism on multiple fronts, with some arguing that the efforts are too limited, or represent yet another ineffectual military operation in a...
View ArticleMalala Was Taken Out Of Chemistry Class To Find Out She Had Won The Nobel...
Here's a reminder of how young 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is: She found out about the award when a teacher pulled her out of her chemistry class.The 17-year-old Malala, the youngest...
View ArticleThere Is An Edward Snowden Statue In New York City, But Hardly Anyone...
Early Friday morning, a mysterious statue of Edward Snowden appeared in Union Square Park in New York City, opposite the Abraham Lincoln statue.Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill were on hand when the...
View ArticleErik Prince Is Right: Private Contractors Will Probably Join The Fight...
Erik Prince, founder of the controversial security contractor Blackwater, recently claimed that for-hire ground troops were the missing element of the US-led campaign against jihadists in Iraq and...
View ArticleHere's The Most Likely Explanation Of What Happened To Kim Jong Un
As we pointed out on Thursday, no one outside of North Korea really knows for sure what happened to notorious dictator Kim Jong Un.But there is one theory that seems to be more credible than the rest —...
View ArticleObama's Inner Circle Thinks His Former Defense Secretary Is Attacking The...
Multiple close allies of President Barack Obama believe his former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta might be taking shots at him as part of an effort to help Hillary Clinton's...
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