Nearly Eight Years Into The Drug War, These Are Mexico's 7 Most Notorious...
The Mexican Drug War, launched in December 2006 by then-President Felipe Calderon, is approaching its eight-year mark.The series of conflicts, which has pitted the Mexican military, cartels,...
View ArticleISIS IS Threatening Another Massacre Of Iraq's Yazidi Minority
Two months after the US launched airstrikes in Iraq to drive back ISIS fighters and save the Yazidi sect from a humanitarian catastrophe, ISIS is still seizing villages and terrorizing the minority...
View ArticleSeparatist 'Prime Minister': The Ceasefire In Ukraine Is Over
The self-declared "prime minister" of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) has declared on Twitter that the month-old ceasefire between Ukraine and the separatist republic has ended. Granted,...
View ArticleInternational Inspectors Say Iran Is Still Behind On Nuclear Transparency
VIENNA (Reuters) — Iran has still not implemented all the nuclear transparency measures it had agreed to carry out by late August, the head of the UN atomic energy agency said on Monday, suggesting...
View ArticleSweden’s Submarine Hunt Is An Ominous Sign Of Growing Tension Between Russia...
Over the weekend, Sweden launched an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operation for the first time since the Cold War. Although the government prefers to call it, euphemistically, an intelligence-gathering...
View ArticlePalestine's President Has Run Out Of Ideas
The Palestinian president has been speaking in increasingly belligerent tones in recent weeks, accusing Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza and calling on Palestinians to defend a contested...
View ArticleHere Are All The Countries Battling ISIS
The State Department lists 60 allies who've joined the US-led coalition combating the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL). Each nation has a different role: some are assisting by sending...
View ArticleAn American Man Has Joined The Ground War Against ISIS In Syria
Dressed in matching combat fatigues with days' worth of beard, the man known as Sipan barely stands out from the crowd of Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters. But unlike his fellow fighters, Sipan is an...
View ArticleREPORT: Putin Offered Poland's Prime Minister The Chance To Join Forces And...
Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly tried to tempt Poland into invading Ukraine with the goal of partitioning the country in 2013, former Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told Ben Judah in...
View ArticleIran Says It Has Arrested Several Spies Near Its Bushehr Nuclear Plant
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian security services have arrested several suspected spies in the southern province of Bushehr where the country's first nuclear power plant is located, the semi-official Fars...
View ArticleWelcome To Ranger School, Where The Army's Toughest Soldiers Are Made
One of the quickest ways to show how tough you are in the Army is to wear a Ranger tab.In the two months it takes to earn, a soldier's mental and physical endurance is pushed to the absolute limit. He...
View ArticleISIS Claims To Have Captured US Airdrop Weapons
A video released by the Islamic State on Tuesday allegedly shows a stray weapons bundle from the United States that missed its target in Kurdish-controlled areas near Kobani, Syria and instead fell...
View ArticleTwo Sunken Vessels From World War II Were Just Found Off The North Carolina...
A team of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have discovered a pair of historically significant vessels sunk during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic off of...
View ArticleNATO Intercepts Russian Jets Over Baltic Sea
NATO scrambled fighter jets twice in two days to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, it said Tuesday amid reports that Russian military activity in the region is increasing.Lt....
View ArticleA Top NSA Official Is Being Permitted To Moonlight For A Private Company Run...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee and an outspoken U.S. Congressman are seeking further information about a deal under which a top National Security Agency official is being permitted to work...
View ArticleBrazilian Planemaker Unveils Its Biggest Military Jet Yet
Gavião Peixoto (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer unveiled its new KC-390 military transport Tuesday as the country expands its foray into the global security and defense air transport...
View ArticleRelations Between China And North Korea Are In Free-Fall
Once described as “closer than lips and teeth,” Chinese relations with fraternal communist ally North Korea declined to the lowest level in decades this year, according to a draft congressional...
View ArticleFour Former Blackwater Guards Found Guilty In 2007 Shooting Of More Than 30...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts for all four former Blackwater security guards charged in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad.The jury in Washington found...
View ArticleHere Is The Major Ukrainian City Destroyed During A Supposed Ceasefire
A ceasefire has technically been in place in eastern Ukraine since negotiations began in Minsk between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on September 5. But this attempted cessation in hostilities...
View Article2 Canadian Soldiers Have Been Killed In Acts Of Violence In The Past 2 Days
Seemingly unconnected acts of violence have killed two soldiers in Canada within the past two days. On Oct. 21, a Quebec man was shot and killed by police after he used a car to attack two soldiers in...
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