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N. Korea Says It Conducts Successful Powerful H-Bomb Test
Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
North Korea said Wednesday it had conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would be a huge jump in Pyongyang's quest to improve its still-limited nuclear arsenal.
China share trading halted after 7% plunge
Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Trading on China's stock markets has been suspended after the market dramatically plunged and triggered a new system meant to limit volatility.
Islamic State suffers double blow as Ramadi falls, leaders killed
Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2015
U.S.-led forces have killed 10 Islamic State leaders in air strikes, including individuals linked to the Paris attacks, a U.S. spokesman said, dealing a double blow to the militant group after Iraqi forces ousted it from the city…
U.S.-led air strikes kill IS leaders linked to Paris attacks
Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015
A U.S.-led coalition has killed 10 Islamic State leaders in the past month with targeted air strikes, including individuals linked to last month's attacks in Paris, a spokesman for the coalition said on Tuesday.
EU gets one million migrants in 2015, smugglers seen making $1 billion
Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2015
More than 1 million refugees and migrants came to the European Union this year, while almost 3,700 died or went missing in perilous journeys which reaped huge profit for smugglers, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
Iran, Russia Begin Swapping Nuclear Materials
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015
Russia and Iran are beginning to trade sensitive nuclear materials, an activity that is at least in part condoned by the Obama administration and permissible under the tenets of the recent nuclear accord, according to U.S. and Iranian…
Obama says US military hitting Islamic State harder than ever
Posted on Monday, December 14, 2015
President Barack Obama said the United States military and allied forces are hitting the Islamic State group harder than ever and threatened the group’s leaders, after he opened a rare meeting of his National Security Council at the…
US Intel: ISIS May Have Passport Printing Machine, Blank Passports
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015
With the U.S. and other countries on high alert for ISIS attacks, American authorities are warning the terror group's followers may have infiltrated American borders with authentic-looking passports ISIS has printed itself with its own machines, according to…
Putin says he hopes Russia won’t need to nuke ISIS
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015
Nearly three months after Russia began its own campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he hopes his military won’t have to rely on nuclear weapons to wipe out the terror group.
