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This Week Al-Nusra Showed They'll Either Win Or Destroy The Syrian Revolution

It appears Jabhat al-Nusra — the most fearsome Syrian rebel fighting force — led another successful attack as the opposition captured its first major military airport, Zeina Karam of The Associated...

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French Troops Have Arrived In Mali To Help Battle Islamists

French troops are reported to have arrived in Mali amid a rapid escalation of international efforts to intervene in the country, where Islamist groups are continuing to clash with the army for control...

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Nokia Caught Exposing User Data To Potential Snoops

Nokia has changed how it handles data after an investigation by IT blogger Guarang K Pandya.Pandya uncovered how Nokia was having all of its handset users' supposedly secure data diverted to its own...

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'Double-Tap' Strikes In Pakistan Create Chaos To Start 2013

So far in 2013 Pakistan has been messier than usual, mostly due to brutal "double tap" tactics employed by both radical Sunni militants and busy CIA drones.The Associated Press reports that a series of...

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OBAMA: 'Starting This Spring, Our Troops Will Have A Different Mission' In...

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a press conference today that they are accelerating the process of the transition in Afghanistan. Obama said that beginning this spring,...

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Armed Guards Are Searching Lunch Boxes At A Pennsylvania Elementary School

A Pennsylvania superintendent wasted no time when news of Adam Lanza hit the airwaves, Superintendent Mike Strutt  was on the phone with Butler County School Board President Don ­Pringle that same day,...

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The Air Force Wants Its Nukes A Lot Smaller And More Portable

The new year came with finishing touches on the Air Force's new $4.2 million "Nuke School" and a $3 million prize for research proposals for an upgraded mobile nuclear missile fleet.The initiative is a...

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Britain's New Stealth Bomber Is Unmanned And Fully Autonomous (BAL)

Britain's Royal Air Force has been using Tornado jets as bombers for decades and is already building a fleet of new Typhoons, but BAE hopes to supplement those forces with a powerful new drone.The...

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Here Are The Questions You Should Be Asking About Gun Control

Vice President Joe Biden, after a week of meetings with almost every imaginable stakeholder in the Great American Gun Debate, is no doubt crafting the list of gun policy recommendations he is expected...

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Orlando Florida Patrolled By Surveillance Drones As Early As This Summer

When Congress passed a bill last February allowing unmanned drones to fly American skies it became only a matter of time before UAVs patrolled U.S. cities for local law enforcement.While most drones in...

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North Korea 'Preparing New Nuclear Test'

North Korea vowed on Monday to strengthen its defences amid concerns the country may conduct a nuclear test as a follow-up to last month's long-range rocket launch.Citing US hostility, Pyongyang's...

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Japan To Send Two Massive Patrol Ships To The East China Sea

Japan will deploy two more patrol ships to boost its defence of islands at the centre of a territorial row with China and has conducted its first drill simulating the recapture of an isle seized by...

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REPORT: Assad Has Left Syria For A Warship In The Mediterranean

After nearly two years of conflict and 117,000 displaced Syrians UPI reports Syrian President Bashar Assad and his family have left the country and live aboard a warship manned with Russian...

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Investigation Reveals Iran's Secret Role In African Conflicts

An alarming report published Friday, Jan. 11, shows how Iran fuels the spread of horrific violence in Africa one round at a time.The Distribution of Iranian Ammunition in Africa, by the private British...

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Reports Of Russia's Gigantic Navy Upgrades Are Totally Overblown

The commissioning of the Yuri Dolgoruky Borei-class SSBN this week, which follows closely on the heels of the launching of the Vladimir Monomakh SSBN at the end of December, has made a number of...

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Cloud Computing Has Officially Brought The Global Cyber War To The US Doorstep

The U.S. has been very aggressive in deploying cyber attacks in recent years, and it appears that subsequent concerns that America invited attacks on vulnerable U.S. networks were well-founded.In fact,...

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A City Where All Teens Would Be Required To Carry Loaded AR-15s

Gun enthusiasts want to build it in the mountains of Idaho. They've already drawn up plans and are taking applications. Imagine that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg built a private city of his own...

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Nuclear Missile Officer Describes Life In The Underground Bunker

A Reddit user named Vmikey popped up an AMA today claiming to be a nuclear missile tech who worked in a giant underground silo.Naturally we were intrigued. Reddit moderators independently verified him,...

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How Robots Could Change The World By 2023

Robotic technology has taken historic strides in the past decade. Nanorobotics is changing how scientists, doctors and surgeons think about the future of medicine. UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have...

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America's 'Top Gun' F-14 Was Only Ever Sold To Its Greatest Mid-East Opponent

The F-14 Tomcat may be the most pined for military aircraft of a generation. When talking to senior Navy officers we've heard more than once how some admiral is always going on about how much they miss...

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