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India Just Successfully Tested A Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
India has successfully conducted a test-launch of a nuclear-capable cruise missile that has a range of over 620 miles. The Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile is India's first long-range missile to be...
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The Coalition Against ISIS Is Hobbled By Splits And Inadequate Resources
The gathering on October 14th at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, DC, of top military brass from 22 countries in the American-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) had two main aims. The...
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Separatists And The Ukrainian Army Have Devastated Donetsk's Airport
A ceasefire is technically in place in eastern Ukraine, but Donetsk International Airport continues to be the site of intense shelling and fighting between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed...
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How The Military Can Cope With The Mental-Health Effects Of A Decade At War
Foreign Policy's managing editor, Yochi Dreazen, has had an accomplished career as a conflict journalist and spent five years reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan. But his first book, "The Invisible...
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The FBI Director Hates Encryption Even Though The FBI Tells People To Use It
FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that the use of mobile encryption "threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place," even though the FBI's own website has advised people to use encryption on...
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An Awe-Inspiring Tour Of The Navy's Most Important Submarine Base
Naval Submarine Base New London is one of the US Navy's most important and fascinating facilities.Located along the eastern bank of the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut, New London serves as the...
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Why It Doesn't Really Matter That So Many Iranian Leaders Have Been Educated...
Yesterday, Reza Aslan, a creative writing professor at the University of California at Riverside and widely respected public commentator on religious affairs, tweeted that "Iran currently has the...
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One Of Snowden's Most Ardent Defenders Is Also His Most Important Critic
"Citizenfour," the Laura Poitras documentary featuring Edward Snowden, debuted this weekend at The New York Film Festival to rave reviews.The film is an utterly fascinating account of the week Poitras...
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Putin'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...
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Why The Relationship Between The US And Turkey Will Only Get Worse, In 2...
The US and Turkey have engaged in an at-times brutally public spat over the US-led coalition's strategy to "degrade and destroy" the group calling itself the Islamic State. And it might only get worse...
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The US Just Resupplied Kurdish Forces Fighting ISIS In Kobani
In a move with potentially significant diplomatic and military implications, the US military airdropped weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to Kurdish forces fighting the extremist group ISIS in...
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The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Welcome back from the weekend! Here's what you need to know for Monday. 1. Two female Japanese ministers resigned on Monday. "Yuko Obuchi, trade and industry minister, resigned over allegations of...
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The US Is Taking Full Advantage Of ISIS Fighters Gathering Around Kobani
Secretary of State John Kerry appeared to switch his position on the Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, declaring it "irresponsible" to not help the Kurds there fighting the Islamic State group (also...
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Nearly Eight Years Into The Drug War, These Are Mexico's 7 Most Notorious...
The Mexican Drug War, launched in December 2006 by then-President Felipe Calderon, is approaching its eight-year mark.The series of conflicts, which has pitted the Mexican military, cartels,...
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ISIS IS Threatening Another Massacre Of Iraq's Yazidi Minority
Two months after the US launched airstrikes in Iraq to drive back ISIS fighters and save the Yazidi sect from a humanitarian catastrophe, ISIS is still seizing villages and terrorizing the minority...
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Separatist 'Prime Minister': The Ceasefire In Ukraine Is Over
The self-declared "prime minister" of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) has declared on Twitter that the month-old ceasefire between Ukraine and the separatist republic has ended. Granted,...
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China's Only Aircraft Carrier Is Having Some Technical Difficulties
China has developed some impressive defense capabilities in recent years. But one of its flagship achievements has had some notable technical problems in recent weeks.As Robert Beckhusen explained at...
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The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Tuesday. 1. The CEO of the French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, died in a plane crash in Moscow. He was 63. 2. Legendary fashion designer...
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Obama Might Try To Circumvent Congress On An Iran Deal — And He's Already...
Anonymous Obama administration officials suggested that US President Barack Obama might try to circumvent Congress on approval of any deal with Iran on its nuclear program, prompting bipartisan...
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