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Russian TV Propagandist Caught Playing Three Different Roles
As the Ukrainian crisis continues to unfold with mounting tensions in the east, Russia has apparently been amping up its propaganda.Unfortunately for Russia, some of its attempts to sway the public are...
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North Korea Branches Out Into Ivory, Fake Cigarette, And Pharmaceutical Trade
North Korea has diversified its business model for earning hard currency, shifting from a reliance on manufacturing drugs and counterfeiting foreign bank notes to smuggling products from endangered...
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Here's What The $71-Million V-22 Osprey Can Do
The jury is still out on the $71 million Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, even after decades in action.Promotional material for the multi-task aircraft says it combines "the speed of the plane and the hovering...
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Iraq Closes Infamous Abu Ghraib Prison Over Security Fears
Iraq has closed Abu Ghraib prison, made infamous by Saddam Hussein's regime and US forces, due to security concerns following a mass breakout last year, the justice ministry said Tuesday.The country is...
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27-Year-Old Soldier To Receive Medal Of Honor For Heroics During Hellish...
A former Army sergeant will be awarded the Medal of Honor on May 13 for his heroics during a hellish 2007 battle in Afghanistan, The White House announced today.Former Sgt. Kyle J. White, who was just...
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Watch This Breathtaking Video Of Russian Soldiers Parachuting Onto Arctic Ice
More than 50 Russian soldiers parachuted onto drifting Arctic ice near the North Pole last week in a first-ever training exercise, Russia Beyond The Headlines reports.The Russian paratroopers...
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Here's The Heroic Story Of Why An Investment Analyst Is Getting The Medal Of...
According to his LinkedIn page, Kyle White is an investment analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Charlotte, N.C. However, until July 2011, he was a sergeant in the U.S. Army. On Tuesday, the White House...
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Brad Pitt To Star As Gen. Stan McChrystal In Film About Army Officer's...
Brad Pitt will star as Gen. Stanley McChrystal in the film adaptation of Michael Hastings' book"The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan," according to The...
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Pentagon Backs New Scouting Drone Inspired By Dragonflies
The Pentagon is backing Physical Sciences Inc.'s new type of 'backpack' drone, named the InstantEye, which was inspired by the flying prowess of dragonflies, Foreign Policy reports.Physical Sciences...
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Al Qaeda's Second-In-Command Vows To Strike America In New Video
DUBAI (Reuters) - The leader of Al Qaeda's wing in Yemen has vowed to attack the United States, in a video apparently showing a gathering of the group celebrating a mass jailbreak of fighters.In...
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Pro-Russia Separatists Take Armored Vehicles, Humiliating Kiev Forces
KRAMATORSK / SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Separatists flew the Russian flag on armored vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture...
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UK Says Iraqi Murder Allegations Against Its Troops Are A Conspiracy
LONDON (Reuters) - Allegations British troops unlawfully killed up to 20 Iraqi men at an army camp in 2004 were part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, the British government told a...
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CIA Allegedly Used Red Hot Chili Peppers Music To Torture Guantanamo Inmate
The funk-rock antics of the Red Hot Chili Peppers can now be listed alongside waterboarding as methods of torture the CIA allegedly used against Guantanamo Bay detainees, Al Jazeera reports, citing an...
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VETERAN: Ecstasy Drug Saved Me From My Battle With PTSD
Tony Macie, a retired Sergeant of the U.S. Army, had a 15-month tour in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, during the so-called surge in that war zone.Macie was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
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Here's An Awesome Video Of Fighter Jets Streaking Through Mountains
Almost every day, villagers in Western Wales feel their homes tremble as waves of fighter jets rumble overhead.Fortunately, the residents aren't experiencing the beginning of World War III, but of...
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Man Convicted Of Selling $2.6 Million In Knockoff Batteries To The US Navy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California man who fled the U.S. to live on his yacht has been convicted of selling the U.S. military more than $2.6 million in cheap, knock-off batteries that were...
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Japan Is Making A Dangerous Move That Could Ignite Tensions With China
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is sending 100 soldiers and radar to its westernmost outpost, a tropical island off Taiwan, in a deployment that risks angering China with ties between Asia's biggest economies...
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Enhanced Interrogation Mastermind: 'I'm Just A Guy Who Got Asked To Do...
Dr James Elmer Mitchell has been called a war criminal and a torturer. He has been the subject of an ethics complaint, and his methods have been criticized in reports by two congressional committees...
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Pakistani Girls' Seminary Names Library After Osama Bin Laden
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Most didn't notice the new library at this Islamic seminary for girls near Pakistan's capital, until locals saw the paper sign in Urdu posted on its wooden door: "Library of Osama bin...
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How The US Made Its Putin Problem Worse
In September 2001, as the U.S. reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington's imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would...
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