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“The man who saved the world” reported dead in Russia

Stanislav Petrov, a former Soviet military officer known in the West as “the man who saved the world” for his role in averting a nuclear war over a false missile warning at the height of the Cold War, has died at 77. Petrov’s German friend, Karl Schumacher, said Tuesday that… Read More

Deadly Hurricane Maria heads towards U.S.

Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with 160 mph winds, ripping the roof off even the prime minister’s residence and causing what he called “mind-boggling” devastation Tuesday as it plunged into a Caribbean region already ravaged by Hurricane Irma. The storm was on a track to wallop U.S. territory Puerto Rico… Read More

U.S. sends message to North Korea with powerful warplanes

The U.S. military flew advanced bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula and near Japan in drills with South Korean and Japanese warplanes on Monday, three days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan. The United States often sends powerful military aircraft in a show of force in… Read More

[Weather Alert] Hurricane Maria strengthens, follows Irma’s path

Hurricane Maria grew into a Category 3 storm on Monday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters warned it was likely to grow even stronger. The storm was on a path that would take it near many of the islands already wrecked… Read More

Horrific! Four American students attacked with acid in France

Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in France, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as the alleged assailant, the local prosecutor’s office and the students’ school said. Boston College, a private Jesuit… Read More

Two refugees suspected in London subway bombing

The two suspects detained over last week’s London subway bombing are an 18-year-old refugee from Iraq and a 21-year old believed to be from Syria, both of whom were fostered by a British couple, according to a local official and media reports. The 18-year-old was detained Saturday at the southeast… Read More

Radical Islamic terror strikes London tube

Radical Islamic terror once against struck in Europe — and the bloody carnage is proof that America needs President Donald Trump’s travel ban. In London, hundreds of police embarked on a massive manhunt Friday, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London subway train during… Read More

Outrage! North Korea tests Trump with ANOTHER missile test

North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon hurtling over U.S. ally Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean in a launch that signals both defiance to its rivals and a big technological advance. Since President Donald Trump threatened the North with “fire… Read More

Putin launches new war games

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are watching with concern the latest round of Russian military drills that some analysts think might be the largest of their kind since the Cold War. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, who often criticizes Russian leaders, said the war games getting underway in Belarus on Thursday are… Read More