According to Russian reports, an air strike on May28 may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and up to 330 other fighters. BBC reports: A statement by Russia’s defence ministry published by the state-funded Sputnik news agency said 30 IS commanders and up to 300 soldiers were at the Raqqa meeting. “According to… Continue Reading
North Korean ministers have made a state request to officials in China begging them to stop referring to their “glorious leader” Kim Jong-un as fat. Continue Reading
On Tuesday, North Korea claimed it had successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. They made the announcement about an hour after detection services around the world recorded a 5.1 seismic event off its northeast coast. NYTimes reports: “This is the self-defensive measure we have to take to defend our right to live in the face… Continue Reading
Iran is saying that it has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium, and they will start extracting it at a new facility. Many thought the country had a relatively low supply and that they would eventually have to start importing uranium for their nuclear programs. According to Reuters: “I cannot announce (the level of)… Continue Reading
In an interview with RT, Gorbachev said in reference to the US that ‘they need a Perestroika.’ Translated from Russian, Perestroika means ‘restructuring.’ During the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev was largely viewed as the leader of the perestroika in the then USSR. Personally speaking, I never thought that I would ever agree too… Continue Reading
According to Obama and his administration, they don’t have a strategy to combat the forward momentum of the Islamic State. As alarming as that is, it is equally alarming that the Islamic State has one and they seem to be right on schedule. Back in 2005, SPIEGEL online posted on a 7-step plan toward an… Continue Reading
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