U.S. Intelligence Agencies Prepare To Pull Back From Africa

The opening ceremony of a joint military exercise between African and Western nations in Burkina Faso in February.Credit...Laetitia Vancon ...

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Tweets For Today

Happy New Year! It's already 2020 in some parts of the world. From Paris to Dubai to Bangkok, here's how cities around the globe ar...

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Pentagon Preparing To Deply 4,000 Paratroopers To The Middle East

Approximately 750 #Soldiers will deploy to the region immediately & additional forces from the IRF are prepared to deploy over the nex...

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Picture Of The Day

Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France January...

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Russia Puts The Squeeze On Belarus Over Energy Supplies

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka attend a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Co...

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Even The Pope Can Get Angry

A woman grabbed Pope Francis towards her when he was greeting pilgrims at St. Peter's Square. The abrupt gesture appeared to cause him ...

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Angolan Court Seizes Assets Of Africa's Richest Woman Isabel dos Santos

Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, speaks to journalists before being sworn in as chief executiv...

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Kim Jong Un: North Korea Ending Nuclear And Missile Test Moratoriums

In this picture released today by North Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un can be seen smiling during a party conference in the North ...

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Is The The Picture To Close Out The Decade?

This is the picture to close out the decade pic.twitter.com/RhwSC160R4 — Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) December 31, 2019

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New York Times Under Fire For Claiming Thousands Of Organized Iranian- Backed Militia Fighters Storming The US Embasssy In Iraq Were Grieving “Mourners”

Hundreds of Iraqi mourners tried to storm the United States Embassy in Baghdad, shouting “Down, down USA!,” in response to deadly American ...

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Iraqi Security Forces Turned A Blind Eye During Attack On US Embassy In Baghdad

Washington Examiner: ‘How did they get so close?’: Analysts ask if Iraqi security forces turned a blind eye during attack on US Embassy i...

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100 US Marines And Apache Helicopters Deployed To Reinforce U.S. Embassy In Baghdad After Iraqi Protesters Storm Gates

VIDEO: AH-64 Apaches protect @USEmbBaghdad . 🚁“We have taken appropriate force protection actions to ensure the safety of American citizen...

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Britain Floated NATO Membership For Russia In 1995

First Russian President Boris Yeltsin Daily Mail: Secret plan to bring Russia in from the cold and make it an 'associate member'...

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Twenty Years Ago On New Years Eve Vladimir Putin Became Russia's Acting President

Marc Bennetts, Politico: Putin’s Russia, 20 years on The president’s hold over the country has been absolute — and it’s not over. M...

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In A Phone Call Ukraine President Zelenskiy And Russian President Putin Talk About Natural Gas And Prisoner Deals

Putin and Zelenskyy held face-to-face talks in Paris on December 9 [Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin/Sputnik via Reuters] Al Jazeera: Russia, Ukr...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Warns Iran Nuclear Deal In Danger Of ‘Falling Apart’

RFE: Russia's Foreign Minister Says Either Abide By Iran Nuclear Deal Or Kill It Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said th...

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China Steps Up Its Warship Building Program

China launches its sixth Type 055 destroyer as its overseas ambitions increase. Photo: Handout SCMP: China steps up warship building pro...

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Are These The 3 Worst Foreign Policy Disasters Of The 2010s?

Daniel R. DePetris, Foreign Policy: The 3 Worst Foreign Policy Disasters of the 2010s Will Washington be able to dodge similar mistakes...

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Is The U.S. And Russia Entering A New Nuclear Arms Race?

An Avangard missile test launch in 2018. Source: TASS Henry Meyer and Jake Rudnitsky, Bloomberg : Putin’s Hypersonic Nuclear Missile Stir...

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McLaren Speedtail Versus A F-35 Fighter

Driving: New 'Top Gear' trailer features McLaren Speedtail racing F-35 fighter The hosts are also taking heat for the way they ...

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Was Iran Involved In Today's Attack On The U.S. Embassy In Baghdad?

WNU Editor: Here is the evidence that Iran was behind today's storming of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, and on how these protesters got ...

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U.S. Embassy Under Attack By Pro-Iranian Militia Members In Baghdad

Daily Mail : Donald Trump vows to hold Iran 'fully responsible' for attack on US embassy in Baghdad: Under-siege American soldie...

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Tweets For Today

President Donald Trump's order for airstrikes on a Tehran-backed Iraqi militia group, after resisting retaliating against Iran for mont...

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Picture Of The Day

People watch confetti as it's thrown from the Hard Rock Cafe marquee as part of the annual confetti test ahead of the New Year's Ev...

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Did Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Violate US Sanctions On Venezuerla?

Erik Prince testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol...

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Lockheed Martin Delivered 134 F-35 Jets In 2019

F-35 Reuters: Lockheed Martin hits 2019 F-35 delivery target of 131 jets Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said on Monday it has reached it...

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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He To Visit Washington To Sign Phase One Of Trade Deal With U.S.

SCMP: Trade war: China’s top negotiator Liu He to visit US for phase one deal signing this week, source says * Vice-Premier Liu He has ...

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Wikileaks: CIA Is Able To Restrict The Use Missiles To A Specific Region

(Click on Image to Enlarge) Reuters: CIA devised way to restrict missiles given to allies, researcher says LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) ...

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Subsidies for Foxconn weaken Trump's objections to China's many subsidies

I was taken aback by this summary of the lead story on the home page of The Washington Post  website Monday evening: Initial U.S.-China tr...

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The Pentagon Is Preparing To Fight The Wrong War

David Axe, Daily Beast: This Is What War Looks Like in 2029 America has the most military hardware of any country—but experts say the na...

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 30, 2019

From left, protests in 2019 in Paris, France, in Baghdad, Iraq, and in Hong Kong. Stephane de Sakutin, AFP; Khalid al-Mousily, REUTERS; Dan...

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Gallup Poll: Obama And Trump Tied For Most Admired Man

The Hill : Obama, Trump tied for most admired man: Gallup President Trump and former President Obama have finished 2019 tied as the ...

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