Spc. Kyle Lauth, of Calverton, N.Y., sips an energy drink in preparation for a dismounted patrol through the Hussaniyah town of the Istaqla...
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Are America's Nuclear Submarines Obsolete?
Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: Did Sweden Make America's Nuclear Submarines Obsolete? Nuclear-powered submarines have traditi...
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Tweet For Today
The year in photos: Looking back on the most arresting images of 2016. https://t.co/65MJqjcdNS http://pic.twitter.com/fQupNFa1ml — Foreig...
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President-Elect Trump's New Year Message
Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do. Lov...
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White House Photographer Shares His Favourite Images Of President Obama In 2016
The president meets with the National Security Council in the Situation Room on March 18, 2016. Souza said it was a difficult room to shoot...
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Year In Pictures 2016
Two days after the election, Obama sat down with president-elect Donald Trump. Obama called Trump a 'very good man' while the busin...
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Ten Elections To Watch in 2017
James M. Lindsay, Council of Foreign Relations: Ten Elections to Watch in 2017 Millions of people around the world went to the polls th...
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China Issues Its 'Red Lines' For 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year speech at 7:00 o'clock Beijing time on December 31, 2016.[Photo: Xinhua] Bloomberg: ...
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Vows To Continue The War
The Hill: Leader urges Boko Haram members: 'Kill, slaughter and abduct' The leader of terror group Boko Haram instructs fighter...
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Massacre At Istanbul Nightclub That Was Celebrating New Years Eve
Daily Mail : Terrorist caught on CCTV dressed as Father Christmas shoots 35 dead and wounds 40 in Istanbul celebrity nightclub as terrifie...
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On The Front-lines In Ukraine
President Poroshenko, U.S. Senators visit command post near Shyrokine in Donbas. http://ift.tt/2iRWFVu Daily Mail : It looks like a scene...
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Everybody Is Taking Selfies In The Battle For Mosul
Lt. Gen. Abdel Wahab Saadi, Iraqi Special Forces commander, center, does not have a Facebook account but has posed for enough selfies that ...
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The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates December 31, 2016
Reuters : Baghdad blasts kill 29 as Mosul fighting intensifies Three bombs killed 29 people in Baghdad on Saturday as fighting intensifi...
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The Syrian Archive Is Documenting The Atrocities Of The War Online
A man being treated after what activists claimed was a nerve gas attack in the Damascus suburbs of Jesreen in August 2013. Photograph: Reut...
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Russian Special Forces Wear Hezbollah Patch In Syria
Russian Special Forces in Aleppo, via @MH17_RUS http://pic.twitter.com/gyNjPzdC0w — BM-27 Uragan (@bm27_uragan) December 30, 2016 Tyler...
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Syrian Truce Unravelling After Only Two Days
Reuters : Syrian rebels threaten to abandon truce if violations continue Syrian rebel groups threatened on Saturday to abandon a two-day...
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Mexican man charged with rape had 19 deportations, removals
WICHITA, KANSAS - A Mexican man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on a Greyhound bus that traveled through Kansas had been deported 10...
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U.S. Senator McCain: Russian Cyberintrusions Are An 'Act Of War'
CNN : McCain: Russian cyberintrusions an 'act of war' (CNN)Sen. John McCain said Friday that Russia's alleged meddling in th...
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In His Weekly Address President Obama Hints That He Will Be Active After He Leaves Office
Washington Examiner : Obama: I won't leave on Jan 20 President Obama used his final weekly address in 2016 to assure Americans that ...
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Russian President Putin Congratulates President-Elect Trump But Ignores President Obama In His New Year's Message
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS TASS: Putin congratulates world leaders on New Year Putin has congratulated the American people in the person of...
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China Launches A Global Television News Network
Asia Times: CCTV launches global platform in Xi push to rebrand China 'China needs to know better about the world and the world nee...
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China Moves To Contain Taiwan
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks on the phone with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at her office in Taipei, Taiwan, in this han...
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Did Russia Try To Hack Into A Vermont Power Utility?
Bloomberg : Russian Hacking Code Found in Vermont Power Utility Computer * Utility said the laptop wasn’t connected to the power grid *...
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Here Are Some Of The Famous Figures Who Died In 2016.
PHOTOS: Here are some of the famous figures who died in 2016. https://t.co/WBUAyuQVv6 http://pic.twitter.com/FJ2QisMM5P — Reuters Top New...
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A U.S. Army Colonel Explains Why He Has Doubts That The U.S. Military Is The Best In the World
U.S. military vehicles parading near Russia's border in Narva, Estonia on Feb. 24. (Estonian Defense Forces) Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel: 'Islamist Tterrorism Is The Biggest Challenge Facing Germany Today'
BBC : Merkel: Islamist terror is 'greatest threat' to Germany Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chance...
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Caltech Flat Lens can be Integrated onto Image Sensor
Engineers at Caltech have developed a system of flat optical lenses that are said to be easily mass-produced and integrated with image sens...
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Tweet For Today
Russia remains generally unpopular among EU citizens: https://t.co/wOsZwDaP9p http://pic.twitter.com/mtTGmFYpcU — RFE/RL (@RFERL) Decembe...
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Picture Of The Day
Supporting Iraqi Forces U.S soldiers execute a fire mission to support Iraqi security forces during the Mosul counteroffensive in northern...
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Russia Starts To Open Up On Its Bolshevik Past And How Their Brutal Rule Resulted In Famine And The Death Of Millions
The suffering of the Russian people did not end with Wold War I, the Bolshecik Revolution, and the Civil War. The destruction and devastati...
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 30, 2016
Al Jazeera/Inside Story: How will a Trump presidency impact sanctions on Russia? Moscow opted to wait for Trump's move rather than ...
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World News Briefs -- December 30, 2016 (Evening Edition)
BBC: Syria conflict: Clashes reported despite truce Fighting between government and rebel forces has been reported in parts of Syria des...
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President-Elect Trump Praises Russian President Putin Amid Hacking Expulsions
Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2016 BBC : Russia...
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