3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in Niger
WASHINGTON — Three United States Army Special Forces were killed and two were wounded on Wednesday in an ambush in Niger while on a...
Sending ‘Defensive’ Arms to Ukraine Would Be Deadly
Both Russian and U.S. generals have an interest in testing their newer weapons against each other.
By Leonid Bershidsky
As part of the latest escalation of...
World’s most expensive dram of Scotch was a fake
A dram of vintage Scotch bought by a Chinese millionaire in a Swiss hotel bar for £7,600 was a fake, laboratory tests have concluded.
Analysts...
When tuberculosis strikes in the North, complacency is deadly
Ileen Kooneeliusie died of tuberculosis, a treatable, curable disease. She was diagnosed far too late.
Had the 15-year-old been living in the slums of Mumbai...
John McCain: America’s Foreign Policy Loose Cannon
President Trump’s testy telephone conversation with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull quickly produced a reaction from one ubiquitous U.S. player on foreign policy issues,...
Can Most Americans Find North Korea on a Map?
North Korea has been high on the minds of Americans lately, dominating the news and the talk in Washington, D.C. But despite its notoriety,...
Bringing Montenegro into NATO Is a Mistake
The Senate voted to approve Montenegro’s entry into NATO:
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to admit the small Balkan nation of Montenegro to the...
Catalonia crisis: Spain could allow referendums, says FM
The Spanish government will consider holding a nationwide referendum on changing the constitution to allow for legal independence referendums, the foreign minister says.
In an...
Trump’s budding North Korea strategy is scary as hell
Ever since the media lavished praise on the president for lobbing 59 Tomahawk missiles into Syria last week, the administration has apparently decided that...
Bob Weinstein Accused of Sexual Harassment by TV Showrunner
A female showrunner who worked on the Weinstein Co. drama “The Mist” has accused Bob Weinstein of sexual harassment during the production of the...
