The 17 Most Corrupt Countries In The World
Transparency International has published its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranked 175 countries and territories based on how corrupt their administrative and political institutions are...
View ArticleThe 4 Least Corrupt Countries In The World
Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, and Sweden are the four least corrupt countries in the world, according to Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).The US is listed as the...
View ArticleHere's The 'Buffer Zone' Where The US Says Iran Is Bombing ISIS
During its rapid expansion throughout Iraq and Syria, ISIS has pushed its gains to within 20 miles of the Iranian border. These gains have unnerved Tehran and has reportedly led to a number of...
View ArticleThe World's Most Popular Gun Is Getting A Fashion Line
There are already upwards of 70 million AK-47s in circulation worldwide.But amid domestic unrest, global criticism of Moscow, and EU and US sanctions, the state-owned Russian company responsible for...
View ArticleA Chilling Look Inside North Korea's Modern-Day Gulag
Controversy is flaring up over North Korea's human-rights record.Late last month, the UN General Assembly recommended that the Security Council refer the Kim Jong Un regime to the International...
View Article9 Crazy Details About The Unprecedented Sony Hack
The size and scope of the recent hack of Sony Pictures is unprecedented for a major US company.Hackers shut down Sony's systems and then released an estimated 11 terabytes of data. Stolen information...
View ArticleIran Is Bombing ISIS With This 40-Year-Old US Fighter Jet
In late November Iran carried out a series of airstrikes close to its border with Iraq against ISIS. Although the airstrikes are already notable for signaling possible military coordination between...
View ArticlePhotographers Reveal The Stories Behind 2014's Most Powerful Pictures
It's been an eventful year, and we've seen many striking photos from all over the world. They spark a range of emotions, from sorrow to joy, outrage to hope. But we often never learn the full story...
View ArticleSouth Korea Is Building A Giant Christmas Tree To Annoy North Korea
South Korea is hoping to spread some Christmas cheer to North Korea this year with the construction of a 30-foot-tall Christmas tree alongside its border with the north, according to the Associated...
View ArticleExpert: Here's Why North Korea Probably Didn't Attack Sony
A cybersecurity expert says it is highly unlikely that North Korea was responsible for the unprecedented cyberattack on Sony late last month.David Kennedy, founder of the security consulting firm...
View ArticleThe Sony Hack May Be Unprecedented, But The US Is Still Routinely Getting...
Starting on Nov. 24, Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of what Reuters characterized as the most devastating hack ever committed against a major US company. Hackers managed to shut down Sony's...
View ArticleAn Expert Doomsday 'Prepper' Tells Us How He Is Planning For The Apocalypse
New York City firefighter Jason Charles is a "prepper," someone who spends large amounts of time preparing and planning to survive an eventual apocalypse.When Charles isn't on camping trips to test his...
View ArticlePutin: We Have The Best Army In The World
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a sense of optimism in his national address today, despite the country's economic struggles brought about by Western sanctions and falling oil prices....
View ArticleThe Benghazi Scandal Just Got Very Interesting Again
The intrigue surrounding Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi is not going away.CNN's Jake Tapper reports that two CIA contractors present at the Benghazi attacks have called a recent House Intelligence...
View ArticleThe Sony Hack Is A Watershed If North Korea Was Involved
The hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is one of the most debilitating ever targeted at US corporate servers.The Nov 24th incident didn't just result in the theft of proprietary data, including...
View Article5 Outrageous Tactics The ATF Has Allegedly Used
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have reportedly resorted to outrageous tactics to arrest people for gun crimes. In a recent segment of public radio program...
View ArticleIt's Official: A Secretary Of Defense Nominee Has Been Chosen
Ashton Carter, the former theoretical physicist who was briefly second-in-command at the Pentagon under Chuck Hagel, will be President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Hagel as secretary of defense,...
View ArticleIran's Military Mastermind Is 'The Leader Of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, And Yemen'
As the US provides air cover for Iranian-backed militias fighting ISIS (aka the Islamic State, ISIL, and/or Daesh) in Iraq, the longest continuously serving American official in the country has strong...
View ArticleObama Just Announced That Ash Carter Is His Secretary Of Defense Nominee
Ashton Carter will be Barack Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary, the president announced at a White House ceremony this morning.Carter, a high-ranking and widely respected Pentagon policymaker under...
View ArticleObama's Secretary Of Defense Nominee Wanted To Bomb North Korea In 2006
Ashton Carter, President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, is largely known as a behind-the-scenes player, a thinker and manager rather than a public agitator. This...
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