Go Aboard A Fleet Of Military Ghost Ships Decaying Off The Coast Of San...
Since 1946, the United States' government has maintained fleets of various "mothballed" ships, which can be readied and used in case of a crisis.These boats, some of which are very old, include...
View ArticleREPORT: Kim Jong Un Is Back
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly made his first public appearance in over a month, Yonhap News Agency reports.Pyongyang's state media agency says Kim was touring a newly built housing...
View Article29 Awesome Pictures Of The US Navy's 239 Years Of History
October 27 is Navy Day in the United States, celebrating the world's largest fleet, with 317,054 active duty personnel, 109,671 reserves, and 285 ships and more than 3,700 aircraft in active service.It...
View ArticleHow One Man's Illness May Have Changed The Course Of Middle Eastern History
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran was a watershed event in modern history. It resulted in the overthrow of a brutal yet modernizing and pro-western government — and its replacement with a...
View ArticleHere Are The Photos That North Korea Says Proves Kim Jong Un Is Back
North Korean state media announced on Monday that its leader, Kim Jong Un, was photographed touring a newly built housing complex, marking his first public appearance in over a month.The photos show...
View ArticleAmerican Shot Dead In Attack In Saudi Arabia's Capital
RIYADH (Reuters) - A US national was shot dead and another wounded when their car was fired upon in an eastern district of Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday afternoon, a police spokesman said in...
View ArticleThe US Is Dropping Serious Ordnance To Slow Down ISIS In Kobani
The US military significantly escalated its airstrike campaign against the extremist group ISIS in the Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday and Tuesday, conducting 21 airstrikes in and around the...
View ArticlePutin's Ukraine Strategy Is Straight Out Of 'Game Of Thrones'
Chatter has begun about a possible easing of sanctions on Russia in the event of "progress" on a ceasefire in Ukraine.But Garry Kasparov, the Russian political activist and former grand chessmaster is...
View ArticleISIS Is Actively Recruiting Female Fighters To Brutalize Other Women
Kurdish forces and the US-backed coalition aren't the only forces with female soldiers fighting in Syria and Iraq. The militant group The Islamic State (ISIS) is recruiting women, too.Since February,...
View ArticleOne Paragraph Explains How ISIS Managed To Seize Iraq's Second-Largest City
On June 6, hundreds of ISIS jihadists on pick-up trucks raced towards Mosul with the somewhat modest goal of seizing control of parts of the city for several hours, thus making a statement that the...
View ArticleTurkey Is Now The Latest Country To Deal With Serious Violent Spillover From...
The Syrian civil war has become a Pandora's box in the Middle East. The conflict ripped the country apart before leading to spillover violence in Iraq, Lebanon, and the UN-patrolled border region with...
View ArticleNo One Believes John Kerry's Comments About Consensus With Turkey
The US and Turkey, the Middle East's only NATO member state, are at a frustrating point in their relationship.The Syrian city of Kobane, which is on the Turkish border, is in danger of falling to ISIS....
View ArticleUS Troops Found Huge Caches Of Chemical Weapons In Iraq — And The Pentagon...
Numerous US troops found and were exposed to chemical weapons while serving in Iraq after the 2003 invasion of the country, and they were plagued by not only the terrible aftereffects but also by...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning. Here's what you need to know for Wednesday. 1. Fresh protests in Hong Kong coincide with a video taken by a local television crew that allegedly shows police officers in plainclothes...
View ArticleVideo Allegedly Shows Hong Kong Police Officers Beating A Protester In A Dark...
A video of police officers allegedly beating a pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong has triggered a fresh round of demonstrations in the city controlled by China. The footage was captured by a local...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Facepalms Next To Russian Foreign Minister, Hints At New 'Reset'
The US and Russia have apparently agreed to put aside their differences to cooperate in the international fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which has thus far failed to slow the...
View ArticleDavid Greenglass — The Soviet Spy Who Sent His Sister To The Electric Chair —...
NEW YORK (AP) — In 1953, at the height of the Cold War, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died in the electric chair after being convicted of conspiring to pass secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviets....
View ArticlePutin's Next Move Could Make Eastern Europe Explode
What is going on in Vladimir Putin's mind?That's the question a panel of Russia experts was trying to answer Tuesday morning. Attention on Russia and the crisis in Ukraine has dwindled as the press has...
View ArticleThe Official Name For The War On ISIS Was Rejected 2 Weeks Ago
After two months of airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the US-led coalition has a name: "Inherent Resolve."Interestingly, the name had previously been rejected for a multitude of...
View ArticleThe GOP Candidate For Governor In Connecticut Owns Two Fighter Jets
Tom Foley, a businessman running for governor in Connecticut, seems to own a pair of his own supersonic fighter jets.According to a 1997 profile of Foley in "Flying" magazine, Foley purchased two...
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