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United States Military Launches Airstrikes on ISIS-Held Iraqi City of Mosul

ISIS hold on Iraqi city of Mosul tenuous following coalition airstrikes BuzzFeed News Investigates The Fight Against ISIS from BuzzFeed Blue United States Central Command announced “precision strikes” were launched against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), targeting buildings from which ISIS fighters had initiated attacks against Iraqi forces. The US military targeted […]

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News Headlines for May 10, 2015: Afghan Leaders Shocked by Civil Protests, Raul Castro Likes the Pope, Russia and China Sign Internet Pact

Counting the Cost – Russia and China: Strategic allies? Egyptian mummy scheme discovered, Nepal earthquake family members trapped in Qatar, Stone-Age Englanders practiced cannibalism Afghan Religious Leaders Shocked by Civil Rights Protests in Kabul Raul Castro, Leader of Cuba: “The Pope’s so impressive, I may return to church.” UK Scientists Discover Some Egyptian Mummies Nothing […]

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Europeans Frightened by US PRISM Scandal, Urge Passage of New Laws Stockholm’s Male Train Drivers Wear Skirts to Beat Heat Australian Foreign Minister Says Julian Assange is ‘Of No Concern’ The Bilderberg Group Meets in London United Kingdom Beneficiary of United States’ NSA Prism Program Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talaal Sues US-Based Forbes Magazine for Understating His […]

United Nations Begins Inquiry Into United States’ Drone Program

The United Nations announced that it will be launching an inquiry into the United States’ deployment of combat drones and the legal frameworks governing such use. Ben Emmerson from the United Kingdom, the United Nations‘ special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, opened the inquiry on January 24 and will focus on deployments in […]

United States and Japan to Review Security Agreement Amid Tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Over the Senkaku(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu( 釣魚台列嶼) Islands

The United States and Japan will be conducting a thorough review of their joint security arrangements after the election of Shinzo Abe returned the US-friendly Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党) to power in Tokyo. Amid worsening tensions with China over the Senkaku Islands(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu Islands (釣魚台列嶼), and the spectre of a nuclear North Korea capable of […]

German Taliban Recruit Quits, Expressing Displeasure with the Unhygienic Conditions and Drug-Induced Machismo Pervading the Organization

A German recruit to the Taliban has defected from the group after becoming tired of its unclean, drug-filled lifestyle. His time spent in Afghanistan left him infected with hepatitis. The former Taliban recruit claims the Taliban’s lifestyle and method is ‘incompatible with the Quran.’ [The Telegraph]

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Heroin: The Lifeblood of Tajikistan’s Economy

Less than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, former Soviet republic Tajikistan can best be classified as an economic catastrophe: Tajikistan is dependent on remittances from Tajiks living abroad and this is equivalent to roughly 45% of GDP. Further, poverty is extremely widespread, with half of the country’s population of eight million […]

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller Relieved of Duty in Afghanistan Following Disparaging Remarks about Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller, the number two general in charge of training in Afghanistan, has been dismissed by his commanding officer following disparaging remarks made during an interview with website Politico about Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Of note is Maj. Gen. Fuller’s comments regarding Afghanistan’s intimations that it would support Pakistan in a war against […]