I Watched 'The Interview' And It's Easy To See Why The Hackers Hate Sony So...
Sony decided to release "The Interview" online Wednesday following its initial decision to pull the movie after threats from a hacker group.You can also watch the movie in about 300 US theaters...
View ArticleExtremists Are Flocking To The 'Dark Web'
Attempts to block extremist material online will always fail despite a British counter-terrorism unit taking down more than 100 web pages a day, a think tank has warned.The terrorist material reappears...
View ArticleSaudi 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...
View Article5 Momentous Military Events That Took Place On Christmas Day
Christmas is one of the most celebrated holidays on earth. But that doesn't mean that conflicts simply freeze every December 25th. Here's a look at some of the major military events that have fallen on...
View Article100 Years Ago, Enemies In The Great War Stopped Fighting To Celebrate...
On Christmas Day in 1914, German, British, and French soldiers left their trenches along the western front of World War I to observe the holiday in peace.In the midst of war, soldiers laid down their...
View ArticleAmerica Must Stand Up To Cyberattacks
As a steady flow of information about the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures has been revealed, we have watched with shock and increasing concern as American lives and our values have been threatened by a...
View ArticlePutin Warns In A New Military Doctrine That The Expansion Of NATO Is A Threat
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new military doctrine, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday.The new military doctrine says the main external risks for the country...
View ArticleSee Why Beirut Was Once Known As 'The Paris Of The Middle East'
Beirut experienced a renaissance of sorts in the mid-20th century.Following World War II, the Lebanese capital became a tourist destination and financial capital, nicknamed "the Paris of the Middle...
View ArticleThe Bleak Reality Of Life In The Hamas-Controlled Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip faces an uncertain future four months after the conclusion of a war in which 2200 people were killed there.The Strip remains deeply isolated, while the Islamist terrorist group Hamas's...
View ArticleThese 21 Vintage Photos Show What Syria Was Like 50 Years Ago
Syria has been at war for nearly four years. The most recognizable images of the country today depict bombed-out buildings, piles of rubble, and displaced citizens.A collection of images taken fifty...
View ArticleA 14-Year-Old Boy Escaped From ISIS — Here's How
A Syrian boy managed to escape from the Islamic State by volunteering to be a suicide bomber and then surrendering to Iraqi security forces, the New York Times reported Friday.Usaid Barho, who is from...
View ArticleNorth Korea Rages At Obama After Its Internet Goes Down
In a fiery statement on Saturday, North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a "monkey" and accused the United States of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days. "Obama...
View ArticleThe Secret Dead Of Russia's Undeclared War
Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country - but his country won’t say where, and it won’t say how.His mother knows. She knows that Mr Tumanov, a 20 year-old junior sergeant in the Russian army,...
View ArticleHow Vladimir Putin Went From The Soviet Slums To The World's Stage
Vladimir Putin may be the wild card in world affairs right now, but he didn't gain that influence overnight.The Russian President's ascension to power is filled with spies, armed conflicts, oligarchs,...
View ArticleThe 50 Most Unforgettable Photos Of 2014
This was a tumultuous year. From revolution and war in Ukraine, Syria, and Israel to social unrest across the US and the Ebola outbreak in Africa, 2014 was anything but quiet. And, as the old adage...
View ArticleRussia’s Biggest Dissident Had A Scathing Critique Of The Russian State At...
On the day in 1974 when Soviet secret police arrested him for treason, Alexander Solzhenitsyn published an essay (via the underground samizdat press) entitled "Live Not by Lies". It ended with a...
View ArticleOBAMA: Putin's No Genius
US President Barack Obama is not impressed with his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of recent events.In a new NPR interview published Monday morning, Obama dismissed those who hailed Vladimir...
View ArticleHere Are Some Crucial Winter Survival Tips From The US Marine Corps
It was an unseasonably and even historically warm Christmas week for much of the US. But we're only a month into winter, and more intense weather could be just around the corner.In extreme enough cold...
View ArticleThere's A Massive Fire Raging At Libya's Largest Oil Port, And The Images Are...
A massive fire is continuing to rage in Libya's largest port after a rocket fired by Islamist rebels hit an oil storage container. Insane if crude oil traders would fully ignore this news from...
View ArticleThis Oil Map Answers The First Question Everyone Asks When Turmoil Hits The...
When turmoil hits the Middle East, one of the first questions everyone asks is: "How much oil is at risk?"Before prices crashed again, oil was actually rallying for a little while on Monday. News...
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