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Almost 12,000 candidates have registered for Iran's February parliamentary election, state television said on Saturday, breaking participation records at a time of political uncertainty in the Islamic Republic.
Amid ISIS' spread, with NATO troops pulling out, and local law enforcement agencies ill-equipped and underfunded, Afghanistan has once again become the frontline in the so-called "War On Drugs."
Over the past five weeks, Turkey's role in facilitating the trafficking of illicit Islamic State crude has been exposed for the world to see.
US Saving Israeli and perhaps American commanders of ISIS brigades...again
Russia has bolstered its military and asserted itself on the world stage with a forcefulness not seen since the Cold War, ratcheting up tensions with the West. Here is what Russia has been doing to reclaim its influence.
The Israeli political leadership, with some notable exceptions, appears to have reduced its all-out efforts to derail the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the P5+1 and Iran in hopes of cadging a new 10-year, $50-billion dollar milit
White House Tries to Spin 'Care' Being Taken in Existing Strikes
After more than a year of stonewalling and what some might call obstructing justice, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued an apology for the horrific execution of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason van Dyke.
The Western Press doesn't have much to say about the military operations in Syria, except to affirm, without the slightest proof, that the Coalition is successfully bombing Daesh jihadists while the Russians continue to kill innocent civilians. It
Back in May, Seymour Hersh upended the "official" narrative surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden and in the process created a media firestorm prompting a response from the White House.
Last week John Kerry traveled to Moscow and after meeting with Russian foreign minister Lavrov and preside
A US military ground operation began and ended without much fanfare earlier this week in Libya, the Pentagon admitted today, in a shockingly bungling effort to secretly establish a presence of US special forces in the country.
A bombshell article from Seymour M. Hersh is being previewed by the London Review of Books. It details how President Obama carried on the George W. Bush policy of destabilizing the Syrian government despite sometimes overwhelming opposition from inte
Putin Blasts Interventionist US Foreign Policy, Calls Forcible Regime Change "Intolerable"
Europe, Turkey Close Airspace To Russian Warplanes Flying Anti-ISIS Missions, General Says
The Russian military can "train" in Syria "for a long time without any serious harm to Russia's budget," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual marathon press conference Thursday morning.
A unit of US Special Operations Forces have been spotted inside Libya after photographs were posted online on the North African country's air force social media page
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Khaled Meshaal, leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkish presidential sources said, a day after Israel and Turkey said they were close to patching up five-year political ri
Growing ISIS Presence Only Adds to Problems
Military Touts Victory After 'Intensive Fighting'
The notion that a political settlement will take place lacks credibility - the realities on the ground in Syria won't allow it
TODAY BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill intended to keep government services funded through September 2016.
Calm Before the Storm?
AJ+ tours Israel's imposing and controversial separation barrier and reports on its impact on Palestinians
While candidates such as Marco Rubio blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the rise of ISIS, Rand Paul threatened the consequences of regime change in Syria and how it could lead to ISIS gaining more power.
In his annual marathon news conference Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to Russia's intervention in the Syrian civil war as a military "exercise" for Russia's "air forces, air defense," and "intelligence."
Militants affiliating themselves with the terrorist group ISIS are taking advantage of a power vacuum in Yemen to establish an increasingly strong foothold there as the government focuses on fighting other rebels, experts say.
US intelligence services have mapped Islamic State's media installations producing terrorist propaganda for the internet, yet none of them have been bombed out for fear of collateral damage and the need for intelligence to monitor the jihadists'
Vladimir Putin escalated his confrontation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the downing of a Russian bomber, saying relations are beyond repair while declaring Syria a no-fly zone for Turkish military aircraft.
"It is an obligation to fight and kill…these enemies of Allah"
