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French go to the polls after hacking attack and civil unrest

May 6, 2017

Cyber·EUROPE·Headlines·Politics·WORLD NEWS

Sunday the French people are going to the polls for a second and final time to decide on who will next occupy the

Erdogan’s purge continues, Turkey sacks and detains thousands, targets media

April 30, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

ISTANBUL, TURKEY (LC) This weekend Turkish authorities fired nearly 4,000 public employees from several ministries and judicial bodies, and 45 civil society groups and health clinics

Russia’s New Arctic Military Bases

April 29, 2017

Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

In April 2017, the Russian Government announced that it had completed its new military bases in the Arctic and had completed most

Afghanistan: SecDef Mattis addresses Russia-Taliban connection

April 26, 2017

ASIA·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (LC – CENTRAL ASIA) Defense Secretary James Mattis addressed claims that Russia is supplying the Taliban with weapons, during a press

Venezuela: Chavez’s legacy falls into chaos

April 23, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·South America·WORLD NEWS

CARACAS, VENEZUELA (LC – SOUTH AMERICA) Opposition leaders have called for new mass protests on Monday, after twelve people were killed in

Puerto Rico debt default looming, bankruptcy ‘likely’

April 13, 2017

AMERICAS·ECONOMICS·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (LC) Puerto Rico has until May 1st to restructure $70 billion in debt. Negotiations with the U.S. legislature

Despite OPEC cuts, world oil market stabilizes, boon to U.S. shale

April 13, 2017

ECONOMICS·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

VIENNA, AUSTRIA (LC) The Origination of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced this week that its plan to increase global oil prices is

US, Japan prepare for North Korea nuclear testing; ‘sniffer’ aircraft deployed

April 11, 2017

ASIA·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, America’s nuclear “sniffer” aircraft is deploying to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Nikkei Asian Review reports that

Racial tensions continue to rise in India amid attacks against Nigerians, Africans

April 5, 2017

AFRICA·INDIA·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

In a joint statement this week from envoys of multiple African nations in Delhi, the African Heads of Mission said Indian authorities

Dutch elections to test populism in Europe, with far right Geert Wilders

March 15, 2017

EUROPE·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

Dutch elections will be held today, testing the popularity of the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders. These elections are

New poll shows close presidential race for Marine Le Pen – the ‘Trump effect’?

March 11, 2017

EUROPE·Headlines·WORLD NEWS

Current national polling in the French presidential election has far right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen, and Emmanuel Macron, a former

Mosul: The Longest, Hardest Slog

March 7, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

The fight for Mosul did not have to be this difficult. In the film Gettysburg, there is a scene where Confederate Maj.

North Korea claims heart attack, not women, killed Kim Jong Un’s brother

March 2, 2017

ASIA·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

This week two women were charged with murdering Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korea’s leader, in Kuala Lumpur International Airport,

Image Feyisa Lilesa, Ethiopian Olympic Silver Medalist

Ethiopia’s Oromo Revolution echoes around the globe

February 28, 2017

AFRICA·Headlines·MENA·WORLD NEWS

| “If I go back to Ethiopia, maybe they will kill me. If I am not killed, maybe they will put me

Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom facing extradition to US

February 24, 2017

Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·WORLD NEWS

Internet mogul, self proclaimed “Internet Freedom Fighter” and “Megaupload” founder Kim Dotcom, is facing extradition to the US, following a New Zealand court