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The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Thursday.1. The World Health Organization issued promising news about the state of Ebola, noting that the epidemic in Liberia may be slowing down.2. A...
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Kim Jong-un Continues Post-Absence Media Tour With Fighter Jet Inspection
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken time out from his schedule of visiting orphanages and restaurants to instead visit one of the country's airfields. North Korean media reports that he watched...
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There's A Massive Disconnect Between The White House And Everyone Else
The past week has revealed just how the Obama administration is operating largely on its own.Regarding the Middle East, senior US officials described the obvious "disconnect" in the president's plan...
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Check Out These Mesmerizing Photos Of Ceramic Poppies Spilling Out From The...
London's famous tower is awash in a sea of red poppies to commemorate the day Britain entered World War I. This summer, 888,246 ceramic poppies were poured into the Tower of London moat; each flower...
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The US Is Hammering ISIS Near Kobane
The Syrian border city of Kobane has been under siege from ISIS for nearly two months. At one point, the jihadist group had the city encircled, and was flying its black flag on hills that were clearly...
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The Biggest Human-Made Explosion In History Happened 53 Years Ago Today
The Tzar Bomba was one of the most fearsome devices ever built, a multi-stage hydrogen bomb that shattered the idea that there were any technological limits to the destructiveness of atomic...
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How ISIS Became One Of The World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Groups
When the US withdrew its last troops from Iraq in 2011, Al Qaeda in Iraq had been defeated and one of the Middle East's most troubled countries had the chance to carve out a normal existence for...
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Afghanistan's Opium Industry Now Employs More People Than Its Military
Afghanistan's opium economy provides more employment — "up to 411,000 full-time-equivalent jobs"— than even the country's armed forces, according to a quarterly report released today by the Special...
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This Might Be The Most Horrific Single Massacre ISIS Has Committed
Warning: This article contains images and descriptions of extreme violence.Islamic State militants drove 600 Shia, Christian, and Yazidi male prisoners into the middle of the desert, lined them up...
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Sweden Formally Recognized Palestine — And Israel Responded With A Joke About...
Sweden's government made the country the biggest in Europe to recognize the state of Palestine Thursday, and while the move made Israel furious, it took the opportunity to make a joke about Ikea...
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The Navy SEAL Who Wrote The Book About The Bin Laden Raid Is Under Criminal...
The ex-Navy SEAL who wrote the best-selling memoir "No Easy Day" that provided a first-hand account of the raid resulting in the death of Osama bin Laden is under a Justice Department criminal...
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Israel Has Reopened A Jerusalem Mosque That Closed Following A Palestinian...
Jerusalem (AFP) — Israel reopened Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday ahead of the weekly Muslim prayers, after a rare closure following clashes sparked by the killing of a...
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The ISIS 'Mastermind' Responsible For The Group's Advance Through Western...
Omar al-Shishani, the red-bearded Georgian ex-commando, is the most recognizable Islamic State leader below Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It was Shishani who posed with the stolen US Humvees taken from Mosul...
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The US Is Leaving Behind A Dysfunctional And Incompetent Army In Afghanistan
The US-led mission in Afghanistan is coming to an end this year, with allied forces withdrawing from the country's fractious Helmand Province earlier this week.With coalition troops leaving Afghanistan...
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With Just Months Left In The US Mission, Bloodshed In Afghanistan Has Surged...
Casualties in Afghanistan are climbing for everyone except coalition and US soldiers, according to a report by the Inspector General in charge of investigating US-led reconstruction efforts in the...
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Pentagon: The Navy SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden Should Not Reveal Himself On Fox News
On Wednesday, Fox News announced it planned to reveal the identity of the Navy SEAL who shot Osama Bin Laden in a documentary set to air next month.But in a statement issued to Business Insider, the...
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One Of The World's Most Powerful Literary Agents Compared Amazon To ISIS
Andrew Wylie, one of the most powerful literary agents in the world, has compared Amazon to the Islamic State, saying that the ebook retailer "is sort of a ISIS-like distribution channel," the Guardian...
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Here's How To Get A Job At The CIA
If you told a friend you were in the running for a job at the CIA, you might get a raised eyebrow, be asked whether you're even allowed to revealed that fact, and perhaps some questions about how close...
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Vietnam Is Becoming A Proxy In Efforts To Contain Chinese Influence In The...
Vietnam is becoming a proxy against China in any future possible confrontation in the South China Sea or South Asia as a whole. On Oct. 28 India announced that it would sell naval vessels to Vietnam in...
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America May Have Just Lost One Of Its Top Counterterror Partners In Africa
After 27 years in power, Blaise Compaore, president of Burkina Faso, has been overthrown following a wave of popular protests.Faso joins Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych — the Kremlin client tossed from the...
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