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Syria Is Getting Pounded By The Heaviest Airstrikes Since The Conflict Began
Damascus shook with loud explosions on Monday as Syrian warplanes reportedly launched their heaviest air strikes yet after a failed bid to halt the country's violence for a Muslim holiday. The blasts,...
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Taiwan Busted Several Ex-Military Officials Giving China Unprecedented...
Taiwan said Monday that three retired military officers have been arrested on suspicion of leaking military secrets to China, in what legislators described as one of the island's worst espionage...
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Everything Else In D.C. May Be Shut Down, But Not The Tomb Of The Unknown...
To serve as a Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery is considered one of the greatest honors in the military. The tomb itself has been under continuous guard, every...
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The Next Weapon Of Mass Destruction Will Probably Be A Thumbdrive
Despite congressional foot dragging, or maybe because of it, most defense and technology analysts are screaming dire warnings of impending cyber attacks, whether by Internet hacks or infected thumb...
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One Crew Member Dead, One Missing In HMS Bounty Shipwreck
One of the world's most famous ships, the HMS Bounty is a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Initially the ship was reported to be "intact and upright" but subsequent reports say it has sunk. The Bounty...
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Incredible Pictures Of Storm Damage In New York City
Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on New York City. (For coverage of storm damage from Jamaica to Canada, click here >) At least 10 New Yorkers died, with more fatalities expected. New...
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They Just Discovered A Bunch Of Awesome WWII Spy Gadgets
A rare wartime book documenting the ingenious James Bond-style gadgets invented by British 'spooks' to help prisoners of war escape has been discovered. The 1942 classified catalogue contains the...
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French Investigators To Exhume Yasser Arafat Due To Poisoning Theory
The body of Yasser Arafat, the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), will be exhumed next month in order to determine exactly how he died, according to the Associated Press....
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The National Guard Is Pouring Into Sandy Stricken States 'Big And Fast'
Army and Air National Guard units responded after Hurricane Sandy unleashed billions of dollars of damage, left millions without power, and killed a reported 12 people. "We had to be ready to respond...
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The Man Who Paints Washington's Portraits May Be The Most Powerful Guy In DC
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates had his official portrait unveiled in a small ceremony in the Pentagon Tuesday while the rest of the East Coast hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy. Defense...
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Sandy May Have Uncovered An Old 500-Pound Bomb At The Guantanamo Ferry Landing
The U.S. military shut down a ferry landing at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent for a bomb disposal team from Florida on Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy churned up a suspicious object in...
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The Russian Plane That Killed Poland's President In 2010 May Have Been Packed...
Polish investigators conducting the inquiry into the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in 2010 have detected "chemical structures similar to those in high-energy materials...
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These Schools Reaching Out For Military Vets Have Brilliant Recruiting...
For some veterans, transitioning from military service to college life is a bigger challenge than they expected. The wheels of the VA churn slowly, making payments a bit late. Post-traumatic stress...
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Celebratory Gunfire Sets Off Inferno And Kills 25 At Saudi Wedding
A fire sparked by celebratory gunfire has killed at least 25 people at a wedding in Saudi Arabia, media reported on Wednesday. The bullets struck electric decorations that triggered a short-circuit,...
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80 Tons Of Metal are Still Dangling 1,000 Feet Over Manhattan
With Sandy gone, and the worst of the damage assessed, all eyes are looking up to the twisted crane atop One57 — 1,000 feet above the ground. Mayor Bloomberg in his press conference yesterday promised...
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Part Of The Space Shuttle Enterprise May Have Been Ripped Off During...
Count Space Shuttle Enterprise as another one of Sandy's victims. The 60-foot-high pavilion protecting the space shuttle aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's flight deck collapsed during...
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The Spike In Myanmar's Opium Production Could Destabilize All Of Asia
Despite efforts to combat the cultivation opium in Southeast Asia, production of the cash crop has doubled in the last six years and the price has risen dramatically, according to a new report from...
View ArticleMitt Romney Has Made It Clear That He Backs Indefinite Detention Too
President Barack Obama has been getting slammed for his act allowing the indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, remotely connected to terrorist groups. But would the Mitt Romney...
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US Delegation Warns Hillary Clinton The China-Japan Island Spat Could Turn...
Tension over the islands known as in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese has spilled over in recent months, resulting in multiple tense diplomatic exchanges and even widespread anti-Japanese rioting in...
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Coast Guard Abandons Search For Missing Captain Of Sunken HMS Bounty
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard halted its search Thursday for the captain of a tall ship that sank off the North Carolina coast during Hurricane Sandy after more than three days of...
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