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One Thing Is Clear From Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Testimony: Al Qaeda Is...
As all eyes focus on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's congressional hearings today regarding the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, one thing is very clear: The terrorist group Al Qaeda is still very much...
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The Pentagon Approves Combat Roles For Women
The debate over women in combat is over.The Associated Press reports that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has officially removed restrictions barring women from serving in ground combat elements,...
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RUSSIA TO WEST: We Told You Not To Overthrow Qaddafi!
On Wednesday Russia blamed Western countries for creating the current turmoil in Africa by arming Libyan rebels, Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska of Reuters report. "Those whom the French and...
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Potential 'Mutiny' Of Overworked Afghan Contractors Put US Embassy At Risk
A Project Of Government Oversight (POGO) report out today reveals some troubling allegations about security contractors in Afghanistan.The report details a lawsuit that alleges British security...
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How Coalition Planes Hunt For Somali Pirates Off The Coast Of Africa
DJIBOUTI – The shipping lanes of the pirate-infested Somali basin have faded somewhat from the headlines in the past year as attacks and successful hijackings have dropped significantly. The decrease...
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Taiwanese Activists And Japanese Coast Guard Have Water Cannon Duel Near...
A boat with Taiwanese activists headed for disputed Japanese-controlled islands turned back Thursday after coastguard vessels from the two sides converged and duelled with water cannon.The boat,...
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Iran Says War Is The Only Thing That Can Stop Them Now
The United States has nothing left to pressure Tehran over its nuclear programme except for war, and if it chooses conflict Iran could close a key energy chokepoint, its envoy to Baghdad told AFP on...
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BREMMER: The Japan-China Crisis Is The Most Significant Geopolitical Tension...
China and Japan appear to be on the verge of a shooting war over some tiny islands that are the subject of a territorial dispute.Tension between these countries is escalating irrespective of the...
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Does The Navy Have A Drinking Problem?
With hand-held alcohol detection devices headed across the fleet, you might think the U.S. Navy has a drinking problem.The Navy said on Wednesday it would conduct random blood-alcohol tests on sailors...
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20 Breathtaking Pictures From The US Air Force
Servicemembers in the U.S. Air Force do more than just fly planes.Sure, they have a variety of them that you may have seen — the F-22 Raptor, the F-16, or the C-17 Globemaster.But there are plenty of...
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LEON PANETTA: Women In Combat Are 'Integral' To 'Our Ability To Perform Our...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey officially announced Wednesday the Pentagon's plans to integrate women into previously-closed combat jobs across the country's defense...
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Putin Says Shame On The Western World
On Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Western countries created the current turmoil in Africa by arming Libyan rebels to topple the Qaddafi regime.On Thursday Russian President...
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32 Militants Overran 100 Guards To Take Over Algerian Oil Field
The Amenas gas plant in Algeria was guarded by around 100 armed gendarmes but they failed to fend off an attack by less than half the number of terrorists, it can be disclosed.A base for the gendarmes...
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How The West Misread Mali
For 10 months the collapse of Mali was largely ignored by the west. A country seen as a model democracy imploded, with an army coup in the south and an Islamist takeover of the vast desert regions in...
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Beautiful And Deadly: Meet The Women Warfighters Of Israel
When Cpl. "S." came upon Cpl. Netanel Yahalomi, she knew he was finished."I ran under fire until I reached Netanel, but when I saw his condition, I told my commander there was nothing we could do to...
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Ex-CIA Officer Given 30-Month Jail Sentence For Leaking Agent's Name
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou on Friday was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for leaking the name of a secret agent implicated in harsh interrogations of Al-Qaeda suspects.Kiriakou, 47,...
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Privacy Advocates Urge Skype To Disclose Info About Alleged Government Spying
More than 600 million people use Skype to make voice and video calls and send text and audio messages, and there are indications that governments can gain access to these private...
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Kissinger: The Iran Nuclear Situation Will Come To A Head In The 'Very...
Henry Kissinger recently gave an ominous forecast on the future of Iran's nuclear program: that it will be taken care of one way or another very soon.Speaking at the World Economic Forum at a Swiss ski...
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Russian Soldiers Encouraged To Look For 'Intimate' Tattoos On Each Other's...
Russia is encouraging its soldiers to check each other's "sexual organs" and "buttocks" for clues on sexual orientation according to a BBC report.From the report:The guidelines, which cover all aspects...
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The Syrian War Has Arrived At Assad's Coastal Retreat
Local people describe it as a distant growl, an ever-present rumble, just to the north. A reminder that war is now at their doorstep.It has been this way for two months in Latakia. The port city had...
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