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The FBI made a secret plan in case nuclear war broke out

The United States government made extreme, top-secret plans for preserving national security in the event of a nuclear attack during the Cold War, according to documents recently released to...

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Prosecutors: Russian spying is thriving in the US

NEW YORK (AP) — Three men accused in the latest Russian spy case didn't hide behind fake identities and weren't stealing military secrets. The evidence even suggests they were annoyed that their...

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State Department budget 2016 includes $75 million to 'counter Russian...

Amid the growing threat of the Islamic State group, a trouble-making Russia and the influx of Central American children flooding the southern border last year, President Barack Obama is calling for the...

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The latest ISIS rampages send 3 messages

ISIS is once again on a rampage. The terror group executed a second Japanese hostage this past weekend, took a minor oil field in Northern Iraq for a few days, stormed the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and...

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Russia wants to delay a plan that would create an aviation warning system...

Russia clashed with Europe and the United States on Tuesday over the aviation industry's response to the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, calling for a delay in plans to establish a warning...

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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan may have just renewed a secret nuclear weapons pact

The visit by the chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will likely prompt concern in Washington and other major capitals that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have reconfirmed an arrangement...

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Former CIA official paints a bleak picture of the war against ISIS

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell gave a bleak assessment during an interview on "CBS This Morning" on the number of troops necessary to fully uproot ISIS from its bases of operations in Iraq...

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The next US defense secretary says he'll consider keeping the A-10

Defense Secretary nominee Ashton Carter agreed Wednesday to hear arguments from Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTACS) for keeping the A-10 despite renewed efforts by the Air Force to retire the...

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Russian-backed rebels say they conducted their first airstrike against Ukraine

Russian-backed separatists say that they have conducted their first air strike on Ukrainian forces.According to reports on several news outlets, including the Russian RIA-Novosti press agency, a Su-25...

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The US is running out of airstrike targets in ISIS's capital

The U.S.-led coalition killed roughly 30 Islamic State group militants with just one airstrike on the group’s Syrian headquarters of Raqqa on Friday. That was one of the heaviest single blows since...

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Intense photos show how crazy things are getting in Ukraine

As Europe and the US debate whether or not to arm the Ukrainian military, the situation on the ground in eastern Ukraine is degenerating with astounding speed as Russian-backed separatists push their...

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Radicalism in Egypt may become the main risk to the US's interests in the...

Far from being dead, or even on the defense, groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) are proliferating. Radical Islamists now control more territory than since the first decades of the...

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All of the reasons Putin is likely having a great time in Egypt

The visit will give the Kremlin a chance to increase its reach in Egypt while signaling to the West that Putin remains an influential world leader.On February 9-10, Russian president Vladimir Putin is...

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The US is establishing a new cybersecurity agency

The U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of risks, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday.The Cyber...

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China is expanding its influence in Afghanistan

KABUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - China has promised to help build a hydroelectric power plant in a violent Afghan border region, as well as road and rail links to Pakistan, in the latest sign it is taking a...

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American F-22s are escorting Jordanian planes during airstrikes against ISIS

Last week the Pentagon provided some details about American support for the Jordanian airstrikes in Syria that followed the Islamic State group's killing of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbe.According to...

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The US-led war against ISIS may stretch beyond Iraq and Syria

Barack Obama’s proposed framework for the US-led war against the Islamic State will not restrict the battlefield to Iraq and Syria, multiple congressional sources said on Tuesday, placing the US into a...

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Tens of thousands of people have gone to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among...

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The US embassy in Yemen just shut down over security concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is closing its embassy in Yemen amid political deadlock and deteriorating security conditions after the takeover of the country by Shiite rebels, two U.S. officials...

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US Army commander for Europe: Russian troops are currently fighting on...

Russian troops are directly engaged in fighting in Ukraine along the front lines of the critical town of Debaltseve, US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges said on Wednesday. "It's very obvious from the...

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