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NATO Plans East European Bases to Counter Russia
Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
NATO is to deploy its forces at new bases in eastern Europe for the first time, in response to the Ukraine crisis and in an attempt to deter Vladimir Putin from causing trouble in the former Soviet Baltic…
Ukraine Says It Has Captured Russian Soldiers
Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Ukrainian security services on Monday released video footage purporting to show Russian servicemen who were captured by Ukrainian government forces while fighting alongside pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine.
Islamic State Building Caliphate Through Brutality
Posted on Monday, August 25, 2014
The Islamic State terrorist army's brutality and threats against America on Aug. 19 are signs it's focusing on entrenching its so-called Muslim caliphate -- without interference.
U.S. Steps Up Military Action Against the Islamic State
Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2014
President Obama, reacting to the brutal execution of an American journalist by Islamic State terrorists, called for a "common effort" across the Middle East to "extract this cancer so it does not spread" as U.S. fighter jets and…
Iran Stalls With West As Its Nuclear Program Develops
Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Tehran's long-range missile program will not be discussed as part of talks aimed at resolving a decade-long nuclear dispute. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister did…
Ukraine Crisis: Separatists Trained in Russia
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2014
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…
Ebola Threatens West Africa, Airlines Halt Flights
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2014
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…
Islamic State Changes Tactics, Closing in on Aleppo
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2014
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…
N. Korea Fires Short Range Missiles as Pope Visits S. Korea
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2014
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…
Obama Blames Bush for Iraq Troop Withdraw
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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…
Oil Prices Hit Nine-Month Low
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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
Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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’
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
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…
Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
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
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
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.
