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Rouhani threatens to renew nuclear program
Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2016
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday threatened that the Islamic Republic could restore elements of its nuclear program that were halted under the deal with the West, if world powers that backed the agreement don't live up to…
Iran sought chemical and biological weapons in 2015, says German intel
Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Iran aggressively pursued biological and chemical weapons technology even as it negotiated an international deal to drop its nuclear program, according to a German intelligence report that followed a similar finding the Islamic Republic sought nuclear materials.
Iranian military boats veer dangerously close to US warship
Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Boats from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, part of a pattern that the top American general in the region --who was on the…
Islamic State expands in Europe, Mideast, North Africa, Asia
Posted on Thursday, July 7, 2016
Two years since it shifted from terrorist group to governing organization holding territory, the Islamic State is expanding to seven emerging areas of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, according to a State Department security report.
NATO member Turkey sells out to Putin
Posted on Tuesday, July 5, 2016
It seems that Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an offer he couldn’t refuse. Turkey has been keen to please its new Russian Godfather after Russia turned the screws economically and militarily on NATO’s…
Obama Resumes Globalization Push
Posted on Monday, July 4, 2016
When President Obama travels to North Carolina and Europe this week, he will press an argument that could define foreign policy in the last six months of his presidency: that Americans and Europeans must not forsake their open,…
