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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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Poll Reveals Half of US Respondents See Utility in Torture
Poll reveals that employing torture against enemies may not be as taboo as previously thought The Case Against Torture | Op-Docs | The New York Times from New York Times Half of American respondents polled in a global survey by the United Nations revealed that they believed an enemy fighter could be tortured to extract […]
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OPEC Deal Falls Apart After Saudi Arabia and Iran Disagree on Terms of the Agreement
Iran’s oil sales continue to rise in the face of Saudi calls to cut production Saudi Arabia-Iran Tensions Ignite OPEC Worries | CNBC Saudi demands that Organization of Petroleum Exporting PEC members, including Iran, cut oil production directly contradict an agreement reached earlier this year in Algiers with the Islamic Republic of Iran according to […]
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News Headlines May 9, 2015: Li Jinyuan Takes 6400 Staff on Holiday to France, Russia Marks V-E Day, Dubai to Employ Robot Cops
V-Day Parade Coverage by Russia Today The United States Wants a Unipolar World – Vladimir Putin Chinese Billionaire Li Jinyuan Takes 6400 Staff on Holiday to France Norway Abolishes Blasphemy Law Protesters Clash at Downing Street in Protest of New Conservative Government in United Kingdom Russia Marks 70th Anniversary of Victory Over Nazi Germany People’s […]
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Sacred Defense Week in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran Unveils Its Batmobile At Sacred Defense Week Iran holds annual defense show as part of celebration of the end of the Iran-Iraq War The Iran-Iraq War‘s end celebration and Sacred Defense Week in the Islamic Republic of Iran The bloody conflict between Iran and Iraq was also known as the First Persian Gulf War […]
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Extra, Extra: North Korea and South Korea Squabbling, Russia Cracks Down on Night Protests, Turkish Tanks Mass Against ISIS
News from Around the World: 1. International Relations: North Korea Declares 2015 Reunification Year, Promises to Prepare Military 2. News: Madrid Fining Uber Users 3. World Politics: Russia Forbids Night Protests 4. International Relations: South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Vessel 5. News: Japanese Police Question Students Interested in Joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) […]
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News Headlines October 6, 2014: Ebola in Spain, Ruble Continues to Fall, ISIS in Kobani, Large Explosion in Iran
World Headline News for October 6, 2014 1. World News: Nurse in Spain Infected with Ebola 2. Technology: Dubai Police to Use Google Glass Facial Recognition to Capture Criminals 3. World Politics: United Kingdom (UK) Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Calls for Drug Laws Reform, Calling Addiction a Health Issue 4. World News: Kim Jong un Absent As Democratic […]
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Seized Islamic State Laptop Shows ISIS Plans to Weaponize the Bubonic Plague
To further their medieval fantasy larping that is bringing terror down upon the people of northern Iraq and eastern Syria, a recently seized ISIS laptop shows that the radical group wants to bring back the black death in a biological weapon attack. A laptop seized from Tunisian-born Islamic State fighter Muhammed S. Abu Ali show detailed […]
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Life in the Islamic State – Sharia Law but No Actual Government
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as the Islamic State, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) has swept through eastern Syria and northern Iraq with astonishing speed and has left terror and destruction in its wake. Claiming to resurrect the ancient Islamic caliphate, ISIS’ reign of terror upon its […]
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