How Will Islamic State Defend the Capital of Its 'Caliphate'?
Syrian Kurdish commanders are working to contain an Islamic State onslaught of suicide bombers and commando-style raids – the favored twin tactic of the jihadist group both when losing ground and ahead of counter-offensives in Syria and Iraq. Islamic State time and again has exploited its fighters' mobility, including switching from one side of the Syrian-Iraq border to the other, launching attacks where they are least expected, and using suicide bombers and lightening raids behind enemy lines ..>> view originalNo Terrorist Groups Took Credit for Downing EgyptAir Flight 804. So Experts Have Other Theories
Perhaps clarity on EgyptAir Flight 804 will surface with the black box, which reports say sensors have located on the Mediterranean floor. But a week after the airliner went down, from what experts and government officials from Cairo to Washington continue to say was very likely a terrorist attack, no terrorist group has taken responsibility. That’s unsettling all by itself. ISIS and al-Qaeda, the big global terror powers, tend to make their claims promptly. And even when they take their time..>> view originalTrump's Energy Policy: Take America Back to 1940
Yesterday afternoon I endured the live stream of Donald Trump's "energy policy" speech from the stage at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in North Dakota. Of course, Trump's speech was not a speech on comprehensive energy policy at all, but more of his now typical pandering to the audience in front of him by stringing together slogans lifted directly from conservative orthodoxy. Between his usual sophomoric insults and name calling, he set out a long list of executive actions he would..>> view originalPutin warns Romania, Poland over implementing US missile shield
Romania and Poland are in the potential crosshairs of Russian rockets because they are hosting parts of the U.S. missile defense shield that Moscow considers a threat to its national security, President Vladimir Putin warned Friday. Putin warned the European nations that Moscow has repeatedly said it would have to retaliate if the missile defense shield was put into place, but U.S. allies have ignored Russia’s warnings. Earlier this month, the U.S. program was declared operational at a site in ..>> view originalMount Everest deaths: Body of 5th climber located
Paresh Chandra Nath is the fifth person to die climbing the world's highest peak this season.A team of Sherpas located Nath's body Friday morning but were unable to carry it to base camp because of weather conditions, Wangchu Sherpa told CNN. Another member of Nath's climbing team, Goutam Ghosh, is missing, Wangchu Sherpa said. The two men were part of a team of four Indian climbers and four Sherpas. Indian national Subash Paul died at Base Camp II -- at an elevation of about 24,600 feet -- Sund..>> view originalIslamic State advance near Turkish border, civilians trapped
BEIRUT Islamic State fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on Friday and inched closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said. The hardline group has been fighting against rebels in the area for several months. The rebels, who are supplied via Turkey, last month staged a major push against Islamic State, but the group counter-attacked and beat them back.The United States has identified the area ..>> view originalKim Jong Un's aunt speaks out while living secret life in the US
Kim Jong Un may be pampered in North Korea, but the person who changed his diapers when he was a pouty child is no longer there – she’s living in the United States. We spent the weekend in New York with Kim Jong Un’s aunt and uncle, who live in the U.S. This is their story https://t.co/rwN2uGEO8X— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) May 27, 2016 Kim’s aunt is speaking out for the first time while living a secret life in the U.S. after defecting from the regime 18 years ago – and now her husband says he..>> view originalBomb survivors feel both wonder and doubt after Obama visit
HIROSHIMA, Japan — The survivors of the world’s first atomic bomb attack are used to hearing grand vows to rid the world of nuclear weapons. They just don’t usually come directly from the leader of the country that dropped the bomb on them in the first place. On Saturday, a day after Barack Obama left, there was gratitude — wonder, even — that he had become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the place where the nuclear age began. But there was also clear-eyed recognition that the realiti..>> view originalChinese schoolkids climb a 2625-foot cliffside ladder to get home. Soon, they'll have stairs.
Children wearing their school backpacks climb a cliffside ladder on their way home from school. (Chinatopix via AP) For more than a dozen children in a small, remote village in southwest China, the mountainous route home from school is long — and extremely steep. Every two weeks, when the students, ages 6 to 15, return from boarding school, they climb a chain of 17 bamboo ladders, secured to a sheer cliff face and leading some 2,625 feet up, according to reports. Locals say the ladders — ..>> view originalVideo of girl allegedly gang-raped shocks Brazilians
The perpetrators put up pictures and a video of the girl on Twitter, sparking a nationwide backlash. The incident occurred in a Rio de Janeiro slum over the weekend. At a press conference Friday, police said they had identified four people who were involved, including one man who appeared in the video, the girl's boyfriend and two people who were heard on the video.Police said they had not spoken yet to those identified and had not issued arrest warrants as the investigation continues. They are ..>> view original
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