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Interest is growing in the Arctic as receding ice makes the region more accessible. Military officials and policymakers have sounded the alarm about gaps between the capabilities of the US and other major powers in the region — Russia in particular. The relationship going forward may depend on which issues the US and Russia are […]
Luke MacGregor/Reuters The $ 14 trillion Treasurys market was rattled this week by news from several central banks. Investors were led to believe that Japan, China, and the Eurozone could be slowing their bond purchases. “None of these developments were priced into the market as interest rates rose in response,” analysts at Bank of America […]
Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 08:51 Edited time: 7 Jan, 2018 09:15 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced that government forces had “broken down the chain of unrest” which they say was fomented by foreign enemies of the Islamic Republic. “Iran’s revolutionary people along with tens of thousands of Basij forces, police and the Intelligence Ministry […]
REUTERS/Brian Snyder The US National Guard has been mobilized to deal with a powerful blizzard that knocked out power for tens of thousands and already claimed more than 12 lives. New York City’s main airports had to halt flights due to the whiteout conditions. Travel up and down the East coast has become fraught. BOSTON/NEW […]
Screenshot via Twitter A National Guard soldier who reportedly went home for the holidays died while trying to save people from the deadly apartment fire in New York City. Witnesses say he went back into the fire to search for more victims after bringing four people to safety. Authorities believe he died from smoke inhalation. […]
American election security is a mess. Many voting systems are vulnerable, but replacing machines is expensive — and then there’s the lack of coordination between different levels of government. The country needs a lot of help if it’s going to prevent a repeat of Russia’s 2016 interference, let alone full-fledged tampering. Some new legislation might […]
Published time: 19 Dec, 2017 21:14 A St. Petersburg man has been fired from his job as a metro security guard and charged with hooliganism after he drunkenly held up an innocent passenger on suspicion of being a terrorist for at a busy underground station. The incident, which has gone public after CCTV footage of […]
Published time: 10 Dec, 2017 12:32 Edited time: 10 Dec, 2017 12:52 An Israeli security guard has been severely wounded in a stabbing attack outside Jerusalem’s central bus station, paramedics say. The knifeman has been taken alive into custody. Medics at the scene treated a 25-year-old man for a stab wound to his upper body, […]
Published time: 29 Nov, 2017 22:08 A Heathrow airport security worker has been arrested after 7 kilograms of cocaine was found in one of the airport’s toilets. The guard was arrested in the bathroom of Terminal 5 on November 23. Three others are also in custody. Police arrested the guard, 30, from Southall, west London, […]
Published time: 26 Nov, 2017 04:50 Europe is not a threat to Iran, but just in case it allies itself with the US and Israel and becomes one, Tehran has enough technical capabilities to increase the range of its missiles, the commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned. “Both the United States and […]
