Ukraine Crisis: Separatists Trained in Russia

One of the top rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine claims that his forces have recently received 1,200 fighters who had undergone training in Russia. The claim came during a speech to leading rebels, apparently recorded on Friday and posted to YouTube by a pro-separatist media outlet. His language suggested the men had already crossed the border.

Ebola Threatens West Africa, Airlines Halt Flights

As Ebola continues to threaten West Africa, officials claim it will take up to six months to contain the outbreak. Liberian authorities have now quarantined entire villages it claims is the ‘epicenter’ of the virus and expanded its Ebola treatment centers throughout its capital of Monrovia. Meanwhile, two more airlines halted flights to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization admitted the official death toll of 1,145 in the region “vastly underestimates the magnitude of the outbreak.”

Islamic State Changes Tactics, Closing in on Aleppo

The Islamic State continues to capture towns on its way to Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, which now stands less than 50 kilometers away. Meanwhile, limited U.S. airstrikes have caused jihadists of the Islamic State to change their military tactics, instead of operating as an army with conventional formations, they are now acting like insurgents and mixing in with civilians to disguise their maneuvers making it harder to strike them.

N. Korea Fires Short Range Missiles as Pope Visits S. Korea

Pope Francis became the first pontiff in 25 years to visit South Korea on Thursday, bringing a message of peace and reconciliation to the war-divided peninsula. Seoul’s never-timid rival, North Korea, made its presence felt by firing three short-range projectiles less than an hour before he arrived and two more a short time later.

Obama Blames Bush for Iraq Troop Withdraw

President Barack Obama who spent years touting his success of withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, but now facing the jihadist threats of the Islamic State in the Middle East is now blaming former President Bush for the absence of American troops in Iraq.

Oil Prices Hit Nine-Month Low

Oil prices have fallen to a nine-month low as surging supply from OPEC and the U.S. floods the market and fresh demand withers.

Power Struggle in Baghdad As Maliki Replaced But Refuses to Step Down

Iraq’s president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki’s eight-year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad.

Full Coverage: U.S. Begins Bombardment of ‘Islamic State’

As the Islamic State continues to spread across Syria, Iraq and Lebanon seizing a Syrian base over the weekend, President Barack Obama authorized strikes against the jihadist organization throughout the region. U.S. spy agencies have begun to see militants abandoning al-Qaeda affiliate groups in Yemen and Africa to join the Islamic State, as the terrorist organization promised to raise the “flag of Allah in the White House’.

Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender

Fighting raged in the city of Donetsk on Sunday, as government forces continued to close in on the rebel stronghold and pro-Russian insurgents backed away from an unconditional cease-fire offer that they announced just the day before.

Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing

An Egyptian court on Saturday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a crippling blow in the campaign to crush Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement.

Russia Forces US Submarine Out of Boundary Waters

Russia’s Northern Fleet’s anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a high-ranking source in Russia’s Navy told RIA Novosti Saturday.

Full Coverage: Islamic State Advances in Iraq; Obama Issues Drone Strikes

Thousands of Christians fled as the ‘Islamic State’ (IS) seized Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian city, on Thursday. U.S. Thousands of Christians fled as the ‘Islamic State’ (IS) seized Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian city, on Thursday. U.S. President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against the jihadists and approved a humanitarian mission to deliver food and other supplies to Iraq. Meanwhile , the U.S. suspended delivery of F-16’s and Apache gunships as IS continues to lay seige to Iraq’s largest air force base at Balad, formerly known as Camp Anaconda.

75 Percent of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Destroyed

Nearly 75 percent of Syria’s entire chemical weapons stockpile, 190 tons of agents, has been destroyed in Britian, according to the world’s chemical weapons watchdog group.

New Cold War? Russia To Retaliate Against West With Troops on the Ground and Sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a two-pronged attack against the U.S., Ukraine, and any European ally who chooses to become involved by mustering troops and munitions on the Ukrainian border, and issuing economic sanctions of their own that will be much stronger and more consequential to the U.S. than what President Obama has implemented so far.

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