Taking care of some overseas visitors. Blogging will return tomorrow morning.
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Will U.S. Special Forces And Kurdish Peshmerga Lead The Fight Into Mosul?
Soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition are seen with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in a village east of Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2016. Azad Lashkari/R...
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 31, 2016
Michal Addady, Fortune: Global Slavery Is Still Staggeringly High A measure of enslaved people has increased by almost 30% since 2014. ...
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World News Briefs -- May 31, 2016 (Evening Edition)
L.A. Times : Iraqi forces press on in Fallouja as concerns rise over 'human catastrophe' As Iraqi forces pressed an offensive Tu...
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Missouri woman sentenced to prison for posting nude photos of 15-year-old girl on Facebook ‘to teach her a lesson’
A Missouri woman who posted nude photos of a 15-year-old girl on Facebook has been sentenced to a year in federal prison. Michelle Renee...
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There Are 46 Million Slaves Living As Slaves In The World Today
Reuters: Almost 46 million people trapped in slavery with North Korea, India key offenders: global index LONDON (Thomson Reuters Founda...
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Iran regime carries out two public executions
Public hanging of Hamid B. in Shiraz on May 26, 2016 NCRI – Iran’s fundamentalist regime has publicly hanged two men in Fars Provi...
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UN human rights body condemns floggings in Iran
Public flogging in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishments NCRI - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned ...
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Supreme Court Rules in Capital Cases, Overturning a Death Sentence
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday took action in two death penalty cases, rejecting a broad constitutional challenge to capital pu...
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Australian charged with cyanide-coffee killing not exempt from death penalty, Indonesian court says
Jessica Wongso There is no agreement preventing Australian resident Jessica Wongso from facing the death penalty, an Indonesian co...
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Basler Explains ToF Basics
Basler publishes an educational Youtube video explaining ToF camera basics:
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Socionext Demos Milbeaut Features
Socionext posts Youtube videos showing its Fotonation-licensed EIS for drones and defog algorithms :
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Omnivision 12MP Stacked Sensor for High-End Smartphones
PRNewswire : OmniVision announces the OV12890 , a new 1.55um big-pixel stacked sensor with 12b ADC and PDAF and HDR support for flagship sma...
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U.S. - Pakistan Relations Are Now At A New Low
Nicholas Wadhams and Kamran Haider, Bloomberg : Taliban leader's killing exposes deepening U.S.-Pakistan strains * U.S. more willing ...
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Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 31, 2016
VICE/Reuters : Taliban Attacks Have Killed Dozens of Police and Civilians Across Afghanistan in Past Three Days The Taliban killed nine ...
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What Are the Implications of Sentencing Dylann Roof to Death?
Dylann Roof How will executing Dylann Roof help the Black community? Author Ta-Nehisi Coates pondered the irony of executing Cha...
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U.S. Issues Terror Alert For Travellers To Europe This Summer
Time : U.S Warns of Possible Terrorist Attack in Europe The alert asks U.S. citizens to "exercise vigilance" in public. Foll...
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First U.S. Soldier Injured In Syria. Another U.S. Soldier Injured In Iraq.
U.S. Soldiers with 4th Iraqi Army Division Stabilized Transition Team's security element teach the Iraqi Intelligence Surveillance Reco...
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Islamic State Halts The Iraqi Army At The Gates Of Falluja
Reuters : Fear for civilians as Islamic State halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault o...
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Supreme Court refuses to review death penalty over two justices' dissents
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused to hear a Louisiana prisoner's death penalty appeal Tuesday, but two of the eight justices said ...
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Remaining Pentagon-Trained Syrian Rebels On The Verge Of Defeat
(Click on Image to Enlarge) Washington Post: The last remaining Pentagon-trained rebel group in Syria is now in jeopardy REYHANLI, Tur...
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China's Army Will Now Permit 'Fatter' Recruits
General Mao Xinyu, grandson of Chairman Mao Tse-Tun. The Telegraph: Chinese army surrenders to flabby recruits as weight criteria loosen...
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World News Briefs -- May 31, 2016
The Guardian : Isis fighting back as Iraqi forces try to take centre of Falluja Terror group launches counterattack but Iraqi commander ...
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 31, 2016
AFP: Pentagon chief heads to Asian summit as nations fret over S. China Sea Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will ...
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The Pentagon's Dark Budget
The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, taken from an airplane in January 2008. Wikipedia Salon/TomDispatc...
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U.S. Congressman And The Pentagon Are 'At War' On Where A Military Base Should Be Built
Shane Harris & Nancy Youssef, Daily Beast : Exclusive: Top Congressman Accuses Pentagon of ‘Criminal’ Leaks An obscure decision over...
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North Korea State Media Endorses 'Wise' Donald Trump Over 'Dull' Hillary Clinton
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in San Diego, May 27, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST...
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Another North Korean Missile Test Failure
FOX News: North Korea missile launch attempt failed, Pentagon confirms In the latest embarrassment for the communist nation of North Ko...
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Top North Korean Official Makes A Surprise Trip To China
Ri Su-yong, vice chairman of the North Korean ruling party's Central Committee, arrives at Pyongyang International Airport before depar...
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How big of a difference does an all-white jury make? A leading expert explains.
The first thing you need to know about Patrick Bayer is that he's an economist, a social scientist and part of a discipline that relies...
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