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CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s military rulers picked a prime minister from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s era to head the next government, according to state television, a choice that will almost certainly intensify criticism by tens of thousands of protesters accusing

The Daily Caller, Zero Hedge, and Stratfor report that the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has been sent to the Levant, near the Syrian coast. From Zero Hedge: Yesterday we reported that the Arab League (with European and US

Remember when we were promised that then-candidate Barack Obama would restore the image of the United States around the world–when we were promised our country would be loved again? From the Telegraph: A top Russian female newsreader has caused a

Egypt’s military ruler said presidential polls will be held by the end of June, and offered a referendum on the immediate transfer of power in a bid to defuse tensions after days of deadly anti-military rallies. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi,

Russia on Wednesday warned the West that it could deploy missiles on the EU’s borders to strike against missile defence facilities that the United States plans to install in eastern Europe. President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia was prepared to deploy

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Those who hoped for a new era of peaceful democracy following the Arab Spring demonstrations in Egypt, especially as they led to the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak, will be troubled by the latest news from the country. The hope

NEW YORK (AP) – An “al-Qaida sympathizer” accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home has been arrested on numerous terrorism-related charges. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced at a

VIENNA (AP) – The U.S. and its Western allies bluntly accused Iran on Friday of deceiving the world by trying to hide work on nuclear arms, as the U.N. atomic agency passed a new resolution criticizing Tehran’s nuclear defiance. Iran

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders that have the potential of turning nuclear, the nation’s top military officer said Thursday. Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of

HONOLULU (AP) – President Barack Obama turns from economic to security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region as he travels to Australia, finally making a long-delayed visit to the longtime and increasingly important U.S. ally. Obama twice last year canceled visits

Military.com, a private website-based organization that provides information to military families, posted this video by Brick Stone, who recently took on demonstrators from the Westboro Baptist Church in LA:

Former Chinese dissident and Harvard-trained sociologist Dr. Sasha Gong will help you make the culinary best of a very bad, bad situation in her new book, co-authored with Scott D. Seligman: The Cultural Revolution Cookbook: Simple, Healthy Recipes From China’s

VIENNA (AP) – A former Soviet nuclear scientist’s son-in-law has told the U.N. atomic agency that the scientist’s involvement in alleged Iranian efforts to develop nuclear arms is broader than originally thought, diplomats have told The Associated Press. The International

ROME (AP) – Italian Premier Minister Silvio Berlusconi said for the first time Tuesday that he would resign once parliament approves economic reforms, and Greek politicians said they were close to agreeing on a new government to lead their country

On the UK’s Daily Mail: Nicolas Sarkozy was caught branding Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘a liar’ when a microphone was left on during a private conversation at the G20 summit. The French president thought he was having a discreet

From Ynet: French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly told US President Barack Obama that he could not “stand” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he thinks the Israeli premier “is a liar.” According to a Monday report in the French website

From Reuters: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country’s poor. Ortega has overseen a period of economic progress in his

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Among the many alliances of convenience in the Middle East, one is so unusual that the partners can barely hint about it publicly: Israel and the Gulf Arab states linked by shared fears over

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a confidence vote early Saturday, calming a vicious revolt in his Socialist party with an emotional pledge to step aside if necessary and seek a cross-party government lasting four months

From the Associated Press: SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Edward Zivica, a 70-year-old who served in the Navy in the 1960s, faces a hard choice come Veterans Day next week: He can obey the rules and remain in his apartment complex, or

From the Associated Press: NEW YORK — Thousands of U.S. military veterans are heeding the rallying cry of Occupy Wall Street, saying corporate contractors in Iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home — and can’t make

From the Associated Press: BEIJING — China’s military is accepting recruits who are heavier and have more visible tattoos, conceding to rising prosperity and individuality among the nation’s young. In keeping with a drive for better educated recruits, the military

This is an update from our report yesterday. From the UK Guardian: Plans by the hacker collective Anonymous to expose collaborators withMexico’s bloody Zetas drug cartel – a project it dubbed “#OpCartel” – have fallen into disarray, with some retreating

From Avi Jorisch: Mahmoud Reza Khavari As details of the Iranian terror plot to blow up the Saudi Embassy in Washington DC become clearer, the U.S. and other Western allies will look to punish Iran. One of the most powerful

From the Associated Press: SAN DIEGO — A soldier who was killed in a bomb explosion last week in Afghanistan was on his 14th combat deployment — including four tours in Iraq and 10 in Afghanistan — making him the

From the Associated Press: SEOUL, South Korea — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he is skeptical that diplomacy will push North Korea to give up its nuclear program, and he raised the prospect of the North’s stance leading to

From Russia Today: [youtube JFqu-zA5BrI nolink] Lithuania declared this year as one of remembrance for the country’s holocaust victims. But that does not include focusing on the brutality that people endured under the Nazis, as the country seems to pursue

From the Associated Press: SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan — Sen. John McCain said Sunday that military action to protect civilians in Syria might be considered now that NATO’s air campaign in Libya is ending. However, President Obama’s administration has made clear

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From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said Saturday that U.S. troops are leaving Iraq after nearly nine years of war because Baghdad rejected American demands that any U.S. military forces to stay would have to be shielded

From the Washington Times: On a bitter winter night in 1943, four Army chaplains stood on the deck of the torpedoed and foundering USAT Dorchester while hundreds of American soldiers around them prepared to slip into the icy depths of

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year’s end.

Targeting him would be illegal. They wouldn’t do that….(sarc.) From the Associated Press: BRUSSELS — NATO said its commanders were not aware that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was in a convoy that NATO bombed as it fled Sirte, as NATO’s

From the Wall Street Journal: Kim: I’m one of the 99%! You could see this one coming. North Korea’s state news agency weighed in on the Occupy Wall Street protests Thursday, highlighting the “stern judgment” of “millions of people” against

From the militarytimes.com: COIN operations against kittens? As the wars edge toward a close in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is hunting a new enemy-an adorable, furry widdle kitty enemy. I mean, isn’t the yawning kitten in Army’s new