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UN: Iraq Is Headed For Chaos
Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi'ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad on Saturday as a U.N. envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers do not make progress...
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Israel Is Ordering Residents Of Northern Gaza To Evacuate
The Israeli military says it is ordering Palestinians living in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate the area "for their own safety."In a statement Saturday, the military said it would send messages to...
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America's Top Navy SEAL May Take Over As Chancellor Of The University Of Texas
Admiral William McRaven, a Navy SEAL and current commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, is reportedly among the front-runners to take over as chancellor of the University of Texas system,...
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I Explored The Unrecognized Soviet Socialist Republic Of Transnistria
During my last trip to the unrecognized Soviet socialist republic of Transnistria, I couldn't resist the urge to engage in a little recreational trespassing; and amidst these grim tower blocks and the...
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As ISIS Routs The Iraqi Army, Here's A Look At What The Jihadists Have In...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) recently declared the establishment of a caliphate and has changed its name to simply the Islamic State. This declaration came after a series of military...
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The F-35 May Completely Miss Its International Debut
The F-35 will miss the first day of this year’s Farnborough air show, the third and final event at which the Pentagon’s newest fighter jet was scheduled to appear as part of its international debut...
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Tribalism Is Still The Middle East's Biggest Problem
“A thousand years ago, the great cities of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo took turns to race ahead of the Western world,” wrote The Economist in an article that went viral in Arab circles. “Yet today the...
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Bowe Bergdahl Has Been Placed Back On Active Duty
The American solider who was involved in a controversial prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban is now set to return to active duty status, according to the Washington Post.Bowe Bergdahl has...
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The Sunni Insurgents Taking Over Iraq Are Now Turning On Each Other
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a town north of Baghdad found 12 corpses with execution-style bullet wounds on Monday, after fighting between rival Sunni insurgent groups that could eventually unravel...
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Hamas Seems To Be Getting What It Wanted
More than a few senior people in Jerusalem, the Kirya military headquarters and the IDF have been repeating over the past two days assertions like “Hamas is frustrated” and “Hamas wants a ceasefire.”In...
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Here's The Iranian-Made Drone Hamas Is Flying Over Gaza
The Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Islamic resistance movement Hamas, are flying a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) over the Gaza Strip and are using social media to show footage and...
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Here's What Children Living Through The Israel-Hamas Conflict Have To Say
Ravit Dagmi Lowe winces as loud thumps echo over her lush garden. Her daughter Romi clutches her arm. It’s noon in this humid seaside city, located just five miles from the Gaza Strip, and the air-raid...
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Egypt Completely Sidelined Hamas In Its Ceasefire Proposal
The already-broken ceasefire proposed for Tuesday morning is the darkest hour for the Hamas leadership in Gaza and abroad.If they accept something like the now-abandoned Egyptian proposal, they will be...
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Libya's Most Important International Airport Ransacked By Militants
Libya's major airport is in ruins.Air connections between the capital of Tripoli and the outside world are in jeopardy after clashes between secular and Islamist militants at the Tripoli airport led to...
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ISIS Militants Captured 52 American-Made Artillery Weapons That Cost $500,000...
ISIS militants may be in a position to pummel other cities in Iraqi army control after capturing American-made weapons the group seized from the Iraqi military, Mitchell Prothero reports for McClatchy...
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This East Ukraine Village Now Looks Post-Apocalyptic
A small village in eastern Ukraine looks like something from the post-apocalypse after a month of heavy fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian fighters. The village of Semenovka,...
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Here Are 5 Times Infectious Diseases Escaped From Laboratory Containment
It's an ironic global security threat, but facilities meant to prevent and cure disease have sometimes inadvertently aided in its spread.For instance, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made...
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Lebanon Has No Idea What To Do About Its Massive Syrian Refugee Population
Three years ago, the eastern Bekaa village of Arsal was almost empty at noon, even if it wasn’t Ramadan. The village is located in a rather arid region at the foot of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains that...
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Navy Nurse Refuses To Force-Feed Detainees At Guantanamo
A Navy medical officer assigned to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay refused to force-feed detainees held at the facility and was reassigned, Carol Rosenberg reports in the Miami Herald.“There was...
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Australia Has Nowhere To Put Its Shipment Of French Nuclear Waste
In the second half of next year France will be sending nuclear waste to Australia for permanent storage. The waste comes from uranium and plutonium exported to France between 1999 and 2004 to run its...
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