Here Are The 'X-Planes,' Some Of The Most Ambitious And Secretive Flying...
Boeing's X-37B, an unmanned and highly advanced space plane, just completed a nearly-two-long year Air Force mission whose purpose is still not currently known.Whatever its mission, the plane comes...
View ArticleAn American Man Has Joined The Ground War Against ISIS In Syria
Dressed in matching combat fatigues with days' worth of beard, the man known as Sipan barely stands out from the crowd of Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters. But unlike his fellow fighters, Sipan is an...
View ArticleHere Is What The Turkish Border Looks Like While ISIS Besieges Syrian Border...
Digital Globe, a high-resolution satellite imagery company, released the following image of the Turkish border where refugees are fleeing the bloodshed in Kobani, a Syrian border town currently under...
View ArticleREPORT: Putin Offered Poland's Prime Minister The Chance To Join Forces And...
Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly tried to tempt Poland into invading Ukraine with the goal of partitioning the country in 2013, former Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told Ben Judah in...
View ArticleWelcome To Ranger School, Where The Army's Toughest Soldiers Are Made
One of the quickest ways to show how tough you are in the Army is to wear a Ranger tab.In the two months it takes to earn, a soldier's mental and physical endurance is pushed to the absolute limit. He...
View ArticleThe US Spent $7.6 Billion To Curb Opium Production In Afghanistan — And Has...
Despite a $7.6 billion US effort to curb opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the country had more space dedicated to the crop than ever in 2013, according to a report by the Inspector General...
View ArticleTwo Sunken Vessels From World War II Were Just Found Off The North Carolina...
A team of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have discovered a pair of historically significant vessels sunk during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic off of...
View ArticlePutin's Propaganda Network Created Its Own Movie For MH-17 Conspiracy Theories
Russia Today, the English-language news outlet of the Russian government, is debuting a documentary Wednesday that purports to tell the "untold story" of how the Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 may...
View ArticleWorld Bank Workers Are Venting Their Frustrations In These Mysterious Flyers
A mysterious yellow flyer is circulating among staff at the World Bank today, and it shows employees have serious problems with the bank’s current president, Jim Yong Kim. The leaflet, called “Yellow...
View ArticleThese Two Maps Explain ISIS's Chokehold Over Iraq
The extremist group ISIS shares a territorial "footprint" with an earlier and now-disbanded grassroots effort to battle Sunni jihadists in Iraq.Al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIS's predecessor, had been defeated...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Wednesday.1. Islamic State militants continue to shell the Syrian town of Kobani after US aircraft dropped weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to...
View ArticleBrazilian Planemaker Unveils Its Biggest Military Jet Yet
Gavião Peixoto (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer unveiled its new KC-390 military transport Tuesday as the country expands its foray into the global security and defense air transport...
View ArticlePolice Searching For Multiple Gunmen Near Canadian Parliament After One...
Police are looking for multiple gunmen in the capital of Canada after several shootings in downtown Ottawa.One gunman shot a soldier at Canada's National War Memorial before facing off with police in...
View ArticleSweden Is Having A Very Hard Time Finding That Suspicious Vessel
It's been five days since a suspected Russian submarine was first spotted in Stockholm's archipelago, a violation of Sweden's sovereignty ostensibly confirmed through subsequent sightings and a...
View ArticleHere's Why So Many Of Tunisia's Youth Are Drawn To ISIS
Tunisia is the Arab Spring's success story, the one country that's turned into a stable democracy after replacing its leader in a wave of popular protests. But it's also the world's single biggest...
View ArticleHere Is The Major Ukrainian City Destroyed During A Supposed Ceasefire
A ceasefire has technically been in place in eastern Ukraine since negotiations began in Minsk between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on September 5. But this attempted cessation in hostilities...
View Article2 Canadian Soldiers Have Been Killed In Acts Of Violence In The Past 2 Days
Seemingly unconnected acts of violence have killed two soldiers in Canada within the past two days. On Oct. 21, a Quebec man was shot and killed by police after he used a car to attack two soldiers in...
View ArticleSweden Is Learning Just How Insanely Difficult It Is To Capture An Enemy...
The Swedish military is currently hunting what it has described as a mysterious foreign vessel that is violating the country's territorial waters. Swedish authorities aren't sure what they're looking...
View ArticleThese Are The Four Most Likely Outcomes To The War In Syria
Likely end-game scenarios for Syria's three-year-long civil war are coming into view, even if the actual end of the conflict appears as hopelessly far-off as ever.There are four likely scenarios in...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Thursday. 1. Much of downtown Ottawa was on lockdown Wednesday after a gunman, identified as Canadian Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, shot and killed a soldier at...
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