Former national security officials: The fear over ubiquitous data encryption...
More than three years ago, as former national security officials, we penned an op-ed to raise awareness among the public, the business community and Congress of the serious threat to the nation's well...
View ArticleRussia is modernizing an advanced missile system for Iran, says Putin aide
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is modernizing its S-300 missile system to supply to Iran, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, RIA news agency reported."It has partially been...
View ArticleOne African nation says it killed 117 Boko Haram fighters in a 2-week span
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad said on Thursday its forces had killed 117 Boko Haram insurgents during a two-week military campaign aimed at clearing islands on Lake Chad used by the militants as hideouts...
View ArticleThe US is growing wary of the relationship between the Thai and Chinese...
The Royal Thai Navy claims it urgently needs more submarines to compete with other Asian countries. The assistant commander made the claim aimed at persauding a skeptical public that the nation should...
View ArticlePutin just signed a decree ordering the 'destruction' of all Western imported...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday ordering the "destruction" of all food brought into the country against import bans on Western products. The import bans were part of...
View ArticleA Nigerian general is leading a multi-national army against Boko Haram
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Defense Ministry has appointed a new general to head the multinational army it is hoped can defeat the Boko Haram Islamic uprising that has killed 20,000 people and...
View ArticleUS intelligence: ISIS is no weaker than a year ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the U.S.-led bombing campaign began...
View Articleal Qaeda in Syria are attacking US-trained rebels as they enter
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front attacked Western-backed rebels in northern Syria on Friday, rebel groups and an organization monitoring the war said, escalating tension between rival...
View ArticleWhat the CIA thought of the most notorious US espionage case before Snowden
One of the most notorious spies in American history will walk out of prison by the end of the year.On November 20, Jonathan Pollard will be paroled 30 years after being convicted of spying for...
View Article4 of the weirdest things the Nazis ever did
We can all agree that the Nazi Party was a band of terrifyingly cruel, delusional sickos. What you may not know, however, is that Hitler’s SS minions were also sometimes really, really dumb. From...
View ArticleThe incredible story of US Navy sailors sunk by torpedos and then attacked by...
When the USS Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the final weeks of WWII, around 900 men of the crew jumped into the water to escape the burning ship.Yet that was just the start of their...
View ArticleOne of the biggest weaknesses in the fight against ISIS is being fully...
Turkey's airstrikes on ISIS targets in northern Syria and Kurdish PKK camps in northern Iraq have coincided with a nationwide crackdown on suspected militants and extremists operating within its own...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia wants to buy $5.4 billion in advanced missiles from the US
The government of Saudi Arabia has requested several hundred Lockheed Martin Corp.-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles and other equipment as part of a potential $5.4 billion deal.The...
View ArticleWest Bank settlers killed a Palestinian infant in an arson attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday forcefully condemned the arson attack on a Palestinian family — in which an infant was burned to death — as a “horrific, heinous” crime that is “a terror...
View ArticleThe first F-35 squadron is ready for combat, according to the Marines
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the commandant of the Marine Corps, has declared an initial squadron of 10 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35B fighter jets ready for combat, sources familiar with the decision said...
View ArticleSeveral senior Taliban leaders walked out of a meeting this week, and the...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist militant group's new head, several senior figures in the movement,...
View ArticleThe Pentagon war fund is 'the worst thing that could happen to budget...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of US troops deployed in battle zones is at its lowest level since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Still, Congress has authorized a 38 percent increase in the war...
View ArticleHere's why a historic meat packing plant in Uruguay was named a UNESCO World...
It may seem strange that a meat packing plant received recognition as a UNESCO cultural site of significance, but the Anglo meat packing plant in Uruguay has played a fascinating and vital role in...
View ArticleThere’s a massive World War II bomber at the bottom of a lake in Nevada
The American Southwest is in the midst a catastrophic drought.It’s so bad, in fact, that it’s caused Lake Mead — a massive oasis in the middle of Mojave Desert formed by the Hoover Dam — to recede to...
View ArticleUS slams 'vicious terrorist attack' that killed Palestinian baby
Washington (AFP) - The United States on Friday condemned what it said was a "vicious terrorist attack" after suspected Jewish settlers burned Palestinian homes and killed an 18-month-old baby.A...
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