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One Man Had To Analyze Every Sickening Picture From Abu Ghraib To Identify...
In this excerpt from The Ballad Of Abu Ghraib, Philip Gourevitch presents an interview with the lead forensic examiner assigned to study the infamous Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse photographs. A week after...
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Here Are 6 Possible Nightmare Scenarios For 2015 In Asia
A terrorist attack on US soil, an armed confrontation in the South China Sea, and a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia are just three of the 34 geopolitical risks that the Council on Foreign Relations...
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Putin Now Faces 'One Of Those Guns Or Butter Moments'
Rapid changes in the financial markets and the Russian economy are forcing Vladimir Putin to change his calculus.Now the Russian president has a choice between doubling down on his aggressive foreign...
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The US Navy Has An Awesome Collection Of Historical Artifacts
The US Naval History and Heritage Command announced Tuesday that it completed the transfer of massive amount of historical artifacts from the Washington Navy Yard to their new home in Richmond,...
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The Hackers' New Threats Show Just How Unique The Cyber Attack On Sony Has Been
The group claiming to be behind the Sony hack has stepped up its campaign of intimidation by threatening to carry out terrorist attacks against movie theaters, media outlets report citing a message on...
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Here's How Many 'Super Nukes' American Scientists Thought It Would Take To...
Shortly after the end of World War II, the scientists who developed the atomic bombs dropped on Japan tried to envision the kind of nuclear event that could lead to the destruction of not just cities,...
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Even The Afghan Taliban Are Saying The Pakistan Massacre Was 'Un-Islamic'
The Taliban's attack on a school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday was so horrific that even the Afghan Taliban have condemned it.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid released a statement saying:...
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US And Cuba Signal A Big Shift
Cuba has released American aid worker Alan Gross, 65, the ailing US aid worker held in Cuba for five years in a reported prisoner exchange with Havana.US officials had long cited Cuba’s refusal to free...
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Democratic Senator: Obama 'Vindicated The Brutal Behavior Of The Cuban...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) came out swinging after the White House revealed its intent to ease US-Cuba relations Wednesday morning."President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior...
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Here Are 3 Big Policy Changes In US-Cuba Relations
President Barack Obama is set to make an announcement about a major shift in US policy towards Cuba at noon on Wednesday.Cuba released Alan Gross, a worker with the U.S. Agency for International...
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India Just Tested A Submarine Capable Of Firing Nuclear Warheads From Sea
India's nuclear capabilities may have taken a major step forward.On Monday, India began sea trials of its first nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), according to USNI news. The Arihant, a 112...
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Saudi Arabia's Oil Strategy Is About More Than Destroying The US Shale Business
Saudi Arabia may not be aiming at the US in its hands-off policy toward falling oil prices. At a panel discussion Wednesday hosted by the Overseas Press Club and Control Risks (the latter a global risk...
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MARCO RUBIO: Cuba Deal Part Of Obama's 'Long Record Of Coddling Dictators And...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) fiercely criticized President Barack Obama on Wednesday for moving to ease US-Cuba relations."It's absurd and it's part of a long record of coddling dictators and tyrants...
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These Are The Cuban Spies Being Released By The US
The US is on the verge of reversing one of the cornerstones of it foreign policy in the Americas. Cuba released Alan Gross, a subcontractor for the US Agency for International Development arrested in...
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The 20 Most Homicidal Countries In The World
The United Nations and the World Health Organization have released their 2014 Global Status Report on Violence Prevention, which paints a bleak and detailed picture of murder and violence around the...
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A Tycoon In Iraq Is Building A $20 Million Replica Of The White House Miles...
A Kurdish business tycoon is building a $20 million replica of the White House in a swanky neighborhood in Erbil, Iraq. The knockoff is situated not 50 miles away from ISIS-held Mosul.Shihab Shihab, a...
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The Pentagon Once Considered False-Flag Attacks To Justify An Invasion Of Cuba
The US is moving towards ending its 50-year political and economic embargo on Cuba, a breakthrough in American relations with the island nation. But at the height of the Cold War, the US was panicked...
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Colombia's Marxist Rebels Just Called An Indefinite Ceasefire After 50 Years...
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels have declared an indefinite unilateral ceasefire "which should transform into an armistice," the group said in a statement posted on its website on...
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The Army Is Launching A Pair Of Billion-Dollar Surveillance Blimps Over I-95
Next week, residents in the Baltimore area will wake up to a major surprise: Two massive Army airships that will be visible from Interstate 95 for the next three years.Tethered at the Army's Aberdeen...
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The US-Cuba Embargo Created A Bizarre World Where Waiters And Artists Are The...
After more than 50 years of halted diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US, President Obama announced today that the situation would finally start to normalize. "We will end an outdated approach...
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