Turkey's Latest Plan To Drain $3 Million A Day From ISIS Is Working
Turkish authorities are clamping down on a huge moneymaker for ISIS. And it could cost the militant group a lot of money.Produced By Matt Johnston. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video:...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When NASA Simulated A Marine Helicopter Crash
On October 1, NASA researchers tried to simulate a helicopter crash.Researchers gathered at the space agency's Langley's Landing and Impact Research facility alongside representatives from the...
View ArticleHere Are The Most Spectacular Aerial Shots Of US Navy Aircraft Involved In...
US Navy aircraft, launched from USS George H.W. Bush, are taking part in the air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.On Aug. 8th, the US military launched its first targeted airstrike against ISIS....
View ArticleHere Are All The Reasons People Think There's Something Big Happening In...
A whirlwind of speculation has surrounded North Korea within the past month as the country's leader Kim Jong-Un has not been seen in public since Sept. 3. Separating truth from fiction in North Korea...
View ArticleEven With Airstrikes Ongoing, ISIS Is Still Within Shelling Distance Of...
The United States appears to be losing its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, experts say, as the jihadist group adapts to US airstrikes and...
View ArticleHere's What Happened On The First Day Of America's Longest War, Which Began...
On October 7, 2001, 13 years ago today, the US launched its opening attacks against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The still-ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom, which is now the longest continuous war in...
View ArticleDeclassified Photos Show The US's Final Preparations For The Nuclear Attacks...
On August 6th and 9th of 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing significant death and destruction in both areas. To this day, the...
View ArticleThe Assad Regime Just Declared Four New Previously Unknown Chemical Weapons...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn't mentioned before, a special representative of the UN secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday.The news...
View Article27 Iconic Photos From The War In Afghanistan, Which Began 13 Years Ago Today
In the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks on Sep. 11, 2001, the U.S. vowed to hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice.That hunt immediately led to Afghanistan, the home of the...
View ArticleTurkey's President Warns That A Key Syrian Border Town Is 'About To Fall' To...
MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey's president said the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" on Tuesday as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost...
View ArticleISIS Keeps Defeating The Iraqi Army In A 'Critical' Province Next To Baghdad
Despite US-led coalition airstrikes in support of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), ISIS continues to make gains in a critical province bordering Baghdad, Tamer El-Ghobashy and Ali A. Nabhan report for...
View ArticleThe US Isn't Too Eager To Help Save Kobane From ISIS's Onslaught
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Wednesday that preventing the fall of the Syrian town of Kobani to Islamic State fighters was not a strategic U.S. objective and...
View ArticleThe US Marine Corps Is The Best Military Branch, According To Glassdoor Reviews
The Marine Corps is the top-rated military service branch, according to reviews on the career website Glassdoor.The Corps, a small maritime component of the US Navy with just under 180,000 Marines on...
View ArticleRussian Man Sentenced To Prison For Trying To Smuggle High-Tech Military...
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Justice Department says a Russian man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a conspiracy to illegally export high-tech military night vision equipment.Prosecutors...
View ArticleThe Mother Of The Ex-Army Ranger Being Held By ISIS Is Desperately Trying To...
The mother of the former US Army Ranger held by ISIS in Syria is desperately trying to get in touch with the self-proclaimed leader of the group in a number of tweets sent on Wednesday.Paula Kassig,...
View ArticleUS Think Tank Says It's Located The Reported Blast At Iran Military Site
VIENNA (Reuters) - A US security institute has said it had located via satellite imagery a section of a sprawling Iranian military complex where it said an explosion or fire might have taken place...
View ArticleThe Gripping Story Of How A 14-Year-Old Girl Earned One Of The CIA's Highest...
A 14-year-old girl became the youngest recipient of the CIA's second-highest award in the late 1960s, and she went on to become a successful intelligence officer in adulthood.It's one of the many...
View ArticleThese Are The Countries That Have Destabilized The Most Over The Past 3 Months
Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft has released its latest quarterly Civil Unrest Index. The index tracked changes in social or political unrest that could disrupt business operations across...
View ArticleObama's Stalled Handling Of ISIS Is Emblematic Of The 'Analyst In Chief'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Throughout 2012, as signs mounted that militants in Syria were growing stronger, the debate in the White House followed a pattern. In meeting after meeting, as officials from...
View ArticlePENTAGON CHIEF: We're In A 'Long-Term' Fight In Iraq And Syria
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday that the embattled Syrian city of Kobani was a very difficult problem but added that air strikes had made some progress in...
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