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Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in Iraq Shootings

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe and was denounced by critics as an illustration of

Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in Iraq Shootings

North Korea frees US man; 2 more still detained

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea’s reclusive government abruptly freed an American man Tuesday, nearly six months after he was arrested on charges of leaving a Bible in a nightclub, but Pyongyang refused to hand over two other U.S. citizens who

North Korea frees US man; 2 more still detained

Kerry Blames Israel For Rise of ISIS

Thursday’s claim by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that lack of “progress” in the Israel-Palestinian peace process is helping fuel the rise of ISIS continues to reverberate both in Israel and the Middle East. Kerry’s remarks, which appeared to

Kerry Blames Israel For Rise of ISIS

Obama to Allow 100,000 Haitians into America Without a Visa

Calling it “an irresponsible overreach of the executive branch’s authority,” Senator Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, is criticizing an executive order issued by the president that would allow at least 100,000 Haitian nationals into the United States

Obama to Allow 100,000 Haitians into America Without a Visa

State Dept 'Not Considering' Travel, Visa Bans

State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said that the State Department was not considering a travel or visa ban on countries with massive outbreaks of the Ebola virus because of concerns that individuals will travel illicitly and be harder to

State Dept 'Not Considering' Travel, Visa Bans

Egypt Warplanes Hit Libya Militias, Officials Say

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Egypt deepened its involvement in the fight against Islamist militias who have taken over key parts of Libya on Wednesday, with officials saying Egyptian warplanes have bombed their positions in the eastern city of Benghazi. The

Egypt Warplanes Hit Libya Militias, Officials Say

US Promises $212 Million in New Gaza Aid

CAIRO (AP) — The United States on Sunday promised $212 million in immediate assistance to the devastated Gaza Strip, while also urging Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks. People in Gaza, which borders Israel and Egypt, “need our help

US Promises $212 Million in New Gaza Aid

Rumors Swirl of Coup in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 6 (UPI) — Rumors that North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has been deposed have heightened in intensity following a surprise trip by the country’s No. 2 leader to visit South Korea. Kim has not

Rumors Swirl of Coup in North Korea

EU Prepares To Impose Crushing Sanctions on Israel

Even as details of the latest ISIS plot to behead innocents on the streets of London emerges, the machinery of the European Union’s massive bureaucracy is well along its plan to impose crippling economic and cultural sanctions on Israel if the

EU Prepares To Impose Crushing Sanctions on Israel

India, Pakistan Exchange Fire over Kashmir Border

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani troops fired bullets and mortar shells across the border between Kashmir and Pakistan for a second day Tuesday, with both accusing the other of provoking the violence.   Police in both countries said

India, Pakistan Exchange Fire over Kashmir Border

Leon Panetta: First Horseman of the Hillary-Pocalypse

In response to Are You Ready For Hillary-Krieg? : I’d say good ol’ Leon Panetta is riding in the vanguard of that Hillary-krieg, doing the important work of setting up an implicit contrast between Madame Secretary and the semi-retired amateur

Israel Chides Swedish PM over Palestinian State

Israel has hit out at Sweden’s newly elected prime minister Stefan Loefven over his decision to recognise a Palestinian state. “Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that he regrets that the new prime minister was in a hurry to make statements

Israel Chides Swedish PM over Palestinian State

Why the Ineptocracy is Always Broke

I’ve probably got enough material from various contributors to put together a symposium on the utterly stupid behavior of supposedly super-intelligent government.  Let me loop David Harsanyi at The Federalist in to make one more point about the Ineptocracy: the

US Eases Ban on Lethal Arms Sales to Vietnam

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it was partially lifting its ban on sales of weaponry to Vietnam to help its maritime security in a sign of deepening ties between the former enemies. The move is intended to

US Eases Ban on Lethal Arms Sales to Vietnam

6 Ways The Feds Screwed Up The Ebola Response

Ebola is not easy to contract. Ebola is not easy to transmit. But the federal government is making it a hell of a lot easier for those who have contracted Ebola to transmit it here in the United States, if

6 Ways The Feds Screwed Up The Ebola Response