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Report: Baltics to Triple Military Spending by 2018
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia intend to triple their annual spending on arms and military equipment to $670 million by 2018 from 2014 thanks to fears of Russia after its annexation…
continue readingUS, UK Cybersecurity Officials: Destructive Hacks are Coming
The world should brace itself for more physically destructive hacks, two senior cybersecurity officials said Wednesday, warning that a more dangerous era of hacking was already upon us. Paul Chichester,…
continue readingUS Group Honors Iraqi Couple for Yazidi Rescue Missions
Soon after Iraqi lawyer Khaleel Aldakhi and his wife heard the chilling news that Islamic State militants were enslaving Yazidi women and children in Iraq, they began plotting a rescue…
continue readingSaving Lives in Rwanda, With US-made Drones
Images of drones are often associated with surveillance and military attacks. But a California-based technology startup is trying to change that image from one that causes fear to one that…
continue readingPalestinians Push for UN ‘Consequences’ for Israeli Settlement Activity
The Palestinians are pushing for a U.N. Security Council resolution threatening “consequences” if Israel continues building Jewish settlements in lands the Palestinians want for a future state. Palestinan Ambassador Riyad…
continue readingIraqi Town Near Mosul Routs Militants as Troops Arrive
The mutilated bodies of Islamic State group fighters were still strewn on the ground of this northern Iraqi town Wednesday. One was burned. Another’s face was flattened. Iraqi troops on…
continue readingRussian Warships to Bolster Aleppo Assault, NATO Diplomat Says
Russian warships off the coast of Norway are carrying fighter bombers that are likely to reinforce a final assault on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in two weeks, a…
continue readingLIVE: Clinton, Trump Face Off in Final Debate
The final debate between presidential candidates Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump is taking place after a particularly heated period in the 2016 campaign, with sexual assault allegations against…
continue readingHot Dog in Malaysia, OK by Any Other Name
Food outlets selling hot dogs in Malaysia have been asked to rename their products or risk being refused halal certification. The Malaysian Islamic Development Department, a religious governmental body, said…
continue readingAssange’s London Embassy Asylum Nearing Its End?
Ecuador’s decision to temporarily cut Julian Assange’s internet access is a sign that the WikiLeaks founder could be overstaying his welcome at the country’s London embassy — or so some…
continue readingOctober 19, 2016
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continue readingCroatia Parliament Approves New Conservative-led Cabinet
The Croatian parliament approved on Wednesday a new government led by the conservative HDZ party leader Andrej Plenkovic, whose main task will be to boost growth and sort out fragile…
continue readingQuebec Considers Ban on Face Veils in Public Sector
Quebec is moving ahead with a law to ban face coverings in the public sector in a move criticized as marginalizing Muslim women and potentially inflaming anti-immigrant tensions in the…
continue readingIslamic State Founder Baghdadi Hunkers Down in Mosul, Reports Say
Islamic State commanders, including founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, are huddling in bunkers in Mosul, where they are directing the defense against an Iraqi-led offensive to retake the city, Iraqi military…
continue readingUS, South Korea Tightening Alliance to Counter Nuclear Threat from North
The United States and South Korea on Wednesday announced a further strengthening of their security alliance with the start of talks on an “extended deterrence” against a nuclear North Korea.…
continue readingPolice: Ex-leader of Brazil’s Lower House Arrested on Graft Charges
Eduardo Cunha, the former head of Brazil’s lower house of Congress who led the impeachment drive against former President Dilma Rousseff, was arrested Wednesday on corruption charges. Cunha, one-time leader…
continue reading2nd California Man Gets 30 Years for Trying to Aid Islamic State
A southern California man convicted of trying to become a fighter for the Islamic State terrorist group was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison. Muhanad Badawi, 25, was convicted…
continue readingAnti-Semitic Messages Targeted US Jewish Journalists Critical of Trump
The Anti-Defamation League in the U.S. said Wednesday that thousands of anti-Semitic hate messages targeted Jewish journalists in the last year after many of them wrote articles that were perceived…
continue readingNine Killed In Crash Of Uzbek Military Helicopter
State media reports in Uzbekistan say nine people, including six soldiers, have been killed in the crash of a military helicopter in the eastern part of the country. …
continue readingEU-Russian Space Probe Lands On Mars, Scientists Await Signals
The European Space Agency (ESA) says a multibillion-dollar space lander has touched down on the surface of Mars as part of a search for traces of life on the red…
continue readingKyrgyz Christian’s Body Buried Three Times Amid Religious Tension
A grieving widower in Kyrgyzstan has been forced to bury his Christian wife three times amid religious tensions over her Baptist faith. Kanygul Satybaldieva passed away on October 13, but…
continue readingSummit On Ukraine Conflict Held In Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was hosting late-night talks behind closed doors in Berlin with the presidents of Russia, France, and Ukraine in an attempt to resolve the ongoing conflict in…
continue readingPro-Western Moldovan Presidential Hopeful Warns Of ‘Massive Fraud’ In Looming Vote
One of the leading pro-Western candidates in this month’s presidential election in Moldova has warned of “risks of massive fraud” in the vote, which has further divided the tiny post-Soviet…
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