It's Time To Assign Blame For Everything Happening In Ukraine
The body of evidence that Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is overwhelming. To start, separatist leaders bragged about shooting down an aircraft, then...
View ArticleBad Governments Cost Investors A Fortune
One trillion dollars. That may be the cost to Russian investors of Vladimir Putin's rule. It is the equivalent of about $7,000 for every Russian citizen.The calculation stems from the fact that...
View ArticleIDF Troops Show What It's Like Inside Gaza Homes Rigged With Bombs
As Israel and Hamas appeared to maintain a humanitarian truce Saturday, the IDF released several videos documenting its activities in the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Protective Edge.One video...
View ArticleHamas And North Korea Are Working On A Secret Arms Deal
Exclusive: Hamas has paid North Korea for missiles and communications equipment in arms deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollarsHamas militants are attempting to negotiate a new arms deal with North...
View ArticleUN: 350,000 People In Somalia May Die
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United Nations has reported alarming rates of malnutrition in the Somali capital where aid agencies cannot meet the needs of 350,000 people due to insufficient funds, drought...
View ArticleHere Are The Biggest Terrorist Risk Spots In The World
Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft has released its latest Terrorism and Security Dashboard. The dashboard tracked terrorist attacks over the 12-month period prior to July 1, and the results...
View ArticleThe Palestinian Authority Is Trying To Revive Egypt's Push for A Gaza...
A delegation of Fatah and Palestinian Authority officials was set to fly to Cairo Monday afternoon for talks there with senior Hamas officials, in the presence of Egyptian representatives. They will...
View ArticleLatin America’s Militaries Are Making A Comeback
It was a momentous day for Latin America: On March 11, 1990, Augusto Pinochet, the region’s last military dictator, finally handed power to an elected civilian president.Since then, democracy has put...
View ArticleAfghanistan Is Awash In Tens Of Thousands Of Unaccounted US Weapons
Afghanistan is facing a serious problem of accountability for the hundreds of thousands of weapons and small arms that the U.S. has provided, according to a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger: World War I Was 'Structurally Unavoidable'
In July, Reuters held a panel to discuss the underlying causes of World War I. The war, which began one hundred years ago today, was the end result of the assassination of Hapsburg archduke Franz...
View ArticleThese Photos Offer An Intimate Glimpse At What WWI Trench Warfare Really...
Monday marked the centenary of the start of World War I. Thought of as the "war to end all wars," it left Europe in shambles, led to the deaths of more than nine million people, and drew in countries...
View ArticleA 1.5-Million-Gallon Gasoline Tank Is On Fire In Libya's Chaotic Capital
A huge fuel depot in Libya's capital burned out of control on Monday, set ablaze in fighting between rival militias that has driven the country to chaos three years after the NATO-backed revolt that...
View ArticleWhy Young Europeans Are Becoming Jihadis
Salma Abdel was in many ways a typical teenager. She liked her French fries, spent a lot of time on her iPhone 5, and, according to her brother, made “the best pizzas.” Salma’s father refers to the...
View ArticleRussia Celebrated Its Navy Day In Recently Annexed Crimea
Russia celebrated its de facto annexation of Crimea by holding its annual Navy Day celebration in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on Sunday. Navy Day is a national holiday in Russia typically held...
View ArticleNETANYAHU: Prepare For A Long Conflict In Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday his country must prepare for a long conflict in the Gaza Strip, squashing any hopes of a swift end to fighting that has...
View ArticleWorld War I Began 100 Years Ago Today — This GIF Shows How It Became A Global...
One hundred years after the start of World War I, it is still extremely difficult to comprehend just how global a phenomenon the war was. It affected people on every continent and hastened the end of...
View ArticleThat $50 Billion Yukos Ruling Could Take A Decade To Actually Enforce
In what has been the largest such ruling of its kind, an international arbitration court in The Hague has ruled against Russia and awarded former majority shareholders of the Yukos oil company $50...
View ArticleMen In The Military Are Three Times More Likely To Have Erectile Dysfunction
Men age 40 and younger who are enlisted in the U.S. military are three times more likely to have erectile dysfunction (ED) than civilian men of similar age, but few military men report receiving...
View ArticleThe Origins Of Iraq's Crisis Can Be Traced To One Man
Support for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is fading fast as Iran last week added its voice to international and domestic calls for his resignation.In a letter read by one of his aides on Friday,...
View ArticleNorth Korea Could Easily Target South Korea's Largest Airport
The heavily-trafficked airport that has the potential to be the site of a major military assault is far away from the ongoing turmoil in Israel, Syria, Iraq, or Ukraine.Instead, the airport most...
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